Nov 29 - Press Release: MICE FORUM: GIB EXPLORES POTENTIAL AS HIGH QUALITY TOURIST DESTINATION
Gibraltar’s potential as a leading MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions) destination in Europe was highlighted this week during a ‘Meet and Talk Forum’ at Mackintosh Hall for a group of employees from local transport operators, hotels, Gibraltar Tourist Board and the Finance Centre.
MICE is an emerging type of specialised excellent-quality services tourism which requires meticulous professional planning and coordination by the suppliers and buyers of such services. It is aimed at professional associations, trade organisations and other special interest groups.
Successful MICE locations are considered “higher category destinations” within the global tourist industry.
The GSD is calling on the Chief Minister to take practical measures to curtail the tobacco smuggling activity from our beaches, which has been steadily increasing in recent months. 
Unite the Union has expressed serious concern over the Chief Minister’s inability to give a talk at the Cadiz University in Algeciras yesterday.
The Leader of the GSD, Daniel Feetham, has today condemned the scenes at Algeciras yesterday, which prevented the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, from delivering a speech to students at the University of Cadiz. 
