Promote and expand the development of the PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY of every and each of the member companies. This is our target and we actively proceed, projecting it in:
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THE PROTECTION AND DEFENCE of the interests of our members. |
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THE INTERCHANGE of opinions, information and experiences between our members and other managerial associations of different lines of tourist business, tourist boards, tourist organizations and institutions, and especially the social office workers concerned by tourism. |
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The creation, development and distribution of a full, fast and convenient service of interesting DOCUMENTATION AND DATABASE for our members. |
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| We consider and study REPORTS, STATISTICS, etc. published by the Institute of Tourism Studies – Observatory of the Costa Daurada, concerning: |
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The Tourist Activity at the Costa Daurada. |
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The characteristics of the demand |
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The occupation of the tourist accommodations |
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THE TOURIST PROMOTION of our splendid COSTA DAURADA, with our catalogue, present at all tourist fairs of the world. |
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| We develop the DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION WITH THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS about all and each of the questions concerning the activity of our companies: |
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We stimulate a high specialisation level so as to avoid all COMPETITION, in cooperation with the Direction of Tourism. |
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We project the importance of our Association in the different TOWN HALLS, so that its municipalities can progress and develop into tourist municipalities. |
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We propose norms regarding swimming pools, safety measures, neatness, noise pollution control, security… |
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We cooperate with the authorities in order to guarantee the SECURITY of our customers, and we ask for more employment and information. |
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ADVICE OF OUR JURISTIC, FISCAL AND LABOUR CABINET about the adoption process of commercial decisions. |
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We contribute to the improvement of the commercial management of our agencies with information about fiscal instructions, emitting NEWSLETTERS with regard to rigorous topics, advising as to the asked questions with respect to its interpretation and application. |
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Creation of COOPERATION AGREEMENTS with companies and organs in favour of the management of common interest services: |
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ECONOMY: |
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+ FISCAL, JURISTIC AND LABOUR CABINET |
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INSURANCES: WITH AON GIL AND CARVAJAL / ACC INSURANCES |
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PROTECTION OF BANKRUPTCIES AND DEFAULTS: Agreement with Aon Gil and Carvajal by Zontur, protecting the tourist companies against bankruptcies, suspensions of payment and defaults of national as well as international tour operators and travel agencies. It’s a tailor-made agreement for tourist agencies, exclusively for the sector of tourist accommodations and therefore perfectly adapted to its necessities, bringing about important profits to the companies: |
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- Peace for the policyholder protecting his profit and loss account.
- Contributes to the prevention of the defaults, accommodating with financial information of the travel agencies and tour operators.
- The indemnity is about 85 % of the outstanding debts. |
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+ DEPOSIT: Agreement with Aon Gil and Carvajal (Acc Insurances). Advantageous insurance policy for the apartments, administered by the association, to cover the banker’s reference, required in the tourist sector, according the Decree 163/1998, of 8th of July, of tourist apartments, to perform the activity of renting apartments. The yearly insurance premium is: 0.8 % of the security money, without any constitution costs. By this policy the association can get the substitution of the actual banker’s references. |
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: |
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+ Contracts of practice-teach.
+ Course by FORCEM for free for the members. |
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HUMAN RESOURCES: UNIQUE |
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+ Company of interim work resolving the peak times of work , avoiding the administrative costs and economy of unproductive salaries, transforming the personnel fixed costs in variable costs. |
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LEISURE: PORT AVENTURA, routes and all kinds of tourist activities. |
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+ A very big free time offer for our customers. Over the association, we can offer your company: very attractive discounts buying admission tickets, direct promotions with big profits, professional licences for the board department as well as for the reception staff, free admission tickets, etc. |
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DEFENCE OF THE CONSUMER: CONSUMPTION ARBITRATION BOARD OF CATALUNIA. |
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+ A system that protects the rights of consumers and employers and an alternative for the complaint forms of the Department of Commerce, Tourism and Consumption enabling the prompt, binding and free of charge resolution of any disputes that might arise between the companies and their clients. We are part of the Arbitral College and facilitate the entrance to our members. |
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INTERNET: TELEKIA NEWMEDIA |
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+ Portal of Internet, Comarcalia, a window on Catalonia, open to the world with a business directory, that intends to be a meeting point for all the socio-economic agents of the districts of Catalonia. All our members are for free registered. |
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AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVELY WITH: CEHAT |
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+ Deal with CEPSA : By this agreement, the associated companies can profit, if they want, from a reduction of 0,132223 € /Litre in their consumption of diesel oil C.
+ Deal with IBERDROLA : By this agreement, Iberdrola can offer a personalized care in energy-giving matter to all our associated companies.
+ Deal with SGAE : By this agreement, the associated companies can profit, if they want, from a reduction of 15 % concerning the rates applied by the SGAE (Spanish General Society of Authors and Publishers) to the sector.
+ VIP card : It involves a card addressed to the whole accommodation sector. This card offers the holders lots of VIP discounts and advantages as an appreciation of their membership of the sector. Actual cost: 100,- € /year.
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The union of these services and the power of the associates companies, over the ASSOCIATION OF TOURIST APARTMENTS OF THE COSTA DAURADA, makes that our apartments are situated as the LEADERS OF THE TOURIST SECTOR OF OUR COASTS. |
