financial excesses

TENERIFE
cent you need a permit from
the ministry of the environment,
a yellow piece of paper.
Since people waving yellow
forms have been making their
way to the crater – never more
than 200 a day and a maximum
of 7,300 a year – the
volcano has fallen silent. It last
erupted in 1909.
Each year about 5.5 million
tourists visit the biggest island
of the archipelago covering
an area of 2,057 square
kilometres. “We know many
people think Tenerife is a sun
On the west coast of Tenerife,
in Guía de Isora, lies
the five-star luxury resort
Abama.
For meetings, corporate
celebrations, events or incentives,
multifunctional
conference and meeting facilities
fitted out with stateof-the-art
technology are
available on an area of 1,500
square metres. The hotel’s
ten comfortable and elegant
conference rooms
hold up to 850 people. It is
also possible to drive vehicles
into the premises.
In the main building the
Abama offers 328 rooms, in
and beach holiday prototype,”
is the summary of the
obvious image given by Rolando
Pallaoro from DMC Ultramar.
“And indeed, we do
have a spring-like climate all
year round that is quite unique
in Europe.” But there are also
“modern conference centres,
top-class hotels, and as fringe
programmes unusual venues
typical of the island in banana
plantations or whale watching
with an almost dead-cert
guarantee of a sighting”.
In February last year the DMC
the villas another 148
rooms and suites surrounded
by palm trees and subtropical
vegetation await
the guest, all with breathtaking
views of the Atlantic.
www.abamahotelresort.com
In the exclusive residential
district Puerto de la Cruz,
the Hotel Botánico, a
member of the famous luxury
hotel group The Leading
Hotels of the World, offers
views of Mount Teide and
the sea.
The deluxe resort has 252
guestrooms and suites,
gardens extending over
25,000 square metres that
make an ideal setting for
dinner and cocktails al fresco,
five à la carte restaurants
and two bars, one of
them with live music of an
evening.
The Oriental Spa Garden,
which is free of charge for
guests over the age of 16,
provides more than 3,500
square metres of sauna facilities,
experience showers
and Jacuzzis. For con-
handled an event for 1,500
people hosted by the company
John Deere, one of the
world’s leading manufacturers
of tractors, combine harvesters
and harvesters. Not
Less than an
hour’s drive
Heads on beds
quite eighteen months previously,
Ultramar, a member of
the TUI Travel Group, organised
an incentive for 1,400
participants on behalf of the
ferences and product presentations
the Hotel Botánico
offers more than 1,500
square metres of exhibition
space and conference areas,
all featuring natural
daylight.
www.hotelbotanico.com
The 391-room Iberostar
Grand Hotel Anthelia
close to the Atlantic and directly
overlooking the
sweeping beach of Playa
Fanabé on the Costa Adeje,
can boast around 60,000
square metres of gardens
and parks.
The hotel is equipped with
Intesa Sanpaolo banking
group, one of Italy’s biggest
financial institutions. The fourday
stay included a visit to
Teide National Park, a UNES-
CO World Heritage site. A
whale watching tour on catamarans
was, of course, also
part of the programme, and
after the farewell gala dinner
rock singer Gianna Nannini
gave a concert in the Magma
Congress Centre. (www.ultramarexpress.com).
In terms of volume, Diego
Fernández estimates that
eight conference rooms offering
capacities for up to
500 people plus two exhibition
halls covering a total area
of more than 2,000
square metres.
www.expogrupo.com
In the south of Tenerife lies
the eco-tourist resort San
Blas Reserva Ambiental.
Inspired by the shapes, colours
and structures of this
region, the resort features a
boating lake and a spectacular
multimedia centre
about the environmental reserve
from which the hotel
takes its name. The resort
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