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Jose Carlos de Santiago, President and CEO of the Excelencias Group, on behalf of Spain-based Doña Maria de las Mercedes Foundation and the Latin American Gastronomy Academy –close collaborators- unveiled this project to the technical council of Central America, gathered in Panama on the occasion of the regional tourism fair.
Among the Editors of the Year, the President and Editor-in-Chief of Excelencias Group, Jose Carlos de Santiago, was awarded with the 2011 Accesit Award for Best General Publication Editor, granted by the Spanish Association of Periodical Publication Editors, which analyzed all magazines and newspapers published in 2010.
Gastronomic Seminar Comes to an End with Call for the Preservation and Spreading of Culinary Traditions in Cuba, the Caribbean
“The grand challenge presently faced by the culinary art all over the world is obtaining a balance between pleasure and health, from each region’s characteristics”, said Mr. Rafael Anson, Chairman of the Royal Gastronomy Academy of Spain and the Latin American Gastronomy Academy, during a master lecture in the final sessions of the International Gastronomic Seminar organized by the Excelencias Group in Havana.
Havana, July 22, 2011 – The Excelencias Group from Spain doled out its own awards to a number of Cuban companies linked to travel and tourism in a bid to underscore their efforts in the advance of this sector and the expansion of their exemplary actions across the Caribbean region.
The tasting of several hors d’oeuvres, main courses and desserts from both Cuba and the Caribbean brought delight to over 200 participants and guests from a dozen nations attending the International Gastronomic Seminar in Havana organized by the Excelencias Group under the title “Restaurant Business in Cuba and the Caribbean: Fusion and Pairing.