“For us, hoteliers, Web Summit is a great mystery,” said Cristina Siza Vieira, executive president of the Association in Hospitality Portugal (AHP), the presentation of the results of the hotels in the first quarter, the summer prospects and impacts expected with the big events.
the survey of AHP hoteliers reveals that 37% of Lisbon hotels not received any bookings for Web Summit conference, and the other hotels received only ‘pre-booked’ ( not flagged, and that at any moment can be canceled).
“we’re almost in July, and an event that takes place in November, we were a bit surprised by these results,” admits Cristina Siza Vieira. “When the Pope’s visit in 2017 is already having an impact on the hotel, it really is amazing not be logging for the Web Summit.”
According to the head of the association of hotels, international conference of entrepreneurship and innovation, which is expected to bring to Lisbon 50 000 people in November, “will have its greatest impact on local accommodation, because it was announced from the rooftops that this wave of Congress gives preference to ‘sharing economy’ and sharing of experiences also to level of accommodation “.
Cristina Siza Vieira admits that last minute bookings are likely to shoot up to the conference and stresses that” it is clear that Web Summit will have an impact, because November is not a very month good for tourism, and people are still expectations that is an opportunity for the hotel. ”
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