Application of Bernardo Trindade for the presidency of CTP with support of 60%

Dand according to the entity, which is chaired by Bernardo Trindade, the candidacy “has already received statements of support corresponding to about 60% of the electoral universe of the Confederation, gathering a base that covers all the subsectors of Tourism and the entire national territory, continent and autonomous regions”.

In addition to the AHP, they support the application to APHORT – Associação Portuguesa de Hotelaria Restoração e Turismo, AHETA – Associação de Hotels e Entrepreneurimentos Turísticos do Algarve, ARHCESMO – Associação dos Hoteleiros de Cascais, Estoril, Sintra, Mafra e Oeiras e ADHP – Associação dos Directores de Hotels de Portugal, as well as other tourist activities, such as the ARAC – Associação Nacional dos Locadores de Veículos, APC – Associação Portuguesa de Casinos, CNIG – Conselho Nacional da Indústria do Golfe, APR – Associação Portuguesa de Resorts, representing respectively the ‘rent-a-car’, casinos, golf and resorts.

At the regional level, according to the same daughter-in-law, “entities such as ACIF – CCIM – Associação Comercial e Industrial do Funchal, ACISO – Associação Empresarial Ourém – Fátima and Câmara do Comércio e Indústria de Angra do Heroísmo, as well as the tourist promotion entities of Lisbon, Porto and Norte and Algarve” are joined.

Finally, in the business plan, the application is supported by the main hotel groups, including Pestana Hotel Group, Vila Galé Hotels, Sana Hotels, Hoti Hotels, Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon, Altis Hotels, Savoy Signature, NH Hotels, Grupo Solverde, PHC Hotels, SC Hospitality, Turistrela – Turismo Serra da Estrela, Palminvest and Dom Pedro Algarve and Madeira.

Also ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, SATA, Ibersol, DouroAzul, Estoril Sol, Sociedade Figueira Praia, IAFE – Instituto da Empresa and Lisbon Cruise Port support Bernardo Trindade, according to AHP.

“The application now enters a new phase of direct contact with the members of the CTP, with the aim of travelling the country, listening to the different realities of the sector and collecting contributions to the construction of the program,” the statement said.

According to the statement, “the list for the social bodies of the CTP, which will include the candidacy of Bernardo Trindade, and the program will be presented at a later stage, after this period of contact and listening”.

In addition to Bernardo Trindade, who submitted the candidacy in May, also the president of the Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (APAVT), Pedro Costa Ferreira, advanced with an application for leadership of CTP, for the mandate 2027-2030.