The Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE) presented the recognition to the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality (ICTE) for its commitment and involvement in the standardisation activity. The presentation took place yesterday during the Q night, organised every year by the ICTE at FITUR.
Miguel Mirones, President of the ICTE, received the recognition from Javier García, Managing Director of UNE.
The ICTE is strongly committed to standardisation. For the last 16 years, it has managed the secretariat of some dozen Technical Standarsation Committees (CTN) that have developed key standards in the area of tourism quality in Spain, such as the UNE 182001 for hotels and UNE 302002 on museums. Many of these have become the basis for drawing up international standards, such as UNE-ISO 13009 on beaches, thus exporting Spanish expertise and knowledge to the rest of the world.
Thanks to its support, the ICTE has contributed to making Spain the only country in the world with 45 specific standards for the tourism sector.
The ICTE has been a member of UNE since 2002 and is part of its Standing Committee and Board of Directors.
New model of tourism
UNE is a key player in the design of the new Spanish tourism model. It collaborates with the most relevant organisations in the tourism sector in the development of national and international standards designed to boost competitiveness and quality in tourism services. UNE is also participating in the UNETUR initiative.
UNE's latest report, Endorsing Standardisation in the Tourism Industry, explores in detail how standardisation contributes to boosting tourism.
