Information: Pauleta promotes the Azores in Lisbon
The Tourism Ambassador of the Azores, Pedro Pauleta, will participate in a promotion of Azores Destination at the “Loja Açores” in Lisbon next Wednesday. This will be the first of four sessions to promote the archipelago in the Portuguese capital scheduled for October in an initiative of the Regional Secretariat for the Economy and the Azores Tourism Association (ATA). Being prima... more >>

Information: Government committed to promote the role of Sea in regional economy
The interventions that the Government of the Azores has been developing on several islands to provide them with better maritime infrastructures represents a clear commitment to enhance the role of the Sea in Region as “this is a strategy which is not confined to the provision of physical infrastructures,” stressed the Regional Secretary for the Economy on Pico Island on Thursday. Vasco... more >>

Information: Government promotes English course for regional artisans
The Regional Secretariat for the Economy, through the Regional Centre for Handicrafts, will organise a training course in English for regional artisans. This initiative, which will carried out in collaboration with Azores Delegation for the Dissemination of Information Technologies, will have a length of eighty hours, divided into a thirty-hour module on Basic English and another of fifty hours on... more >>

Information: Travel Agents from Estonia visit the Azores
In order to promote the Azores destination, 16 Estonian travel agents will visit the Azores between September 3 and 10 to become better acquainted with the region. This initiative is supported by the Regional Secretariat for the Economy under the governmental policies for the promotion of the Azores destination in new tourism markets. This is an important promotional action for the Region, taking ... more >>

Information: Azorean communities are essential for the affirmation of the Azores
With regard to visit to Fall River concluded on Monday, the Regional Secretary for the Economy, Vasco Cordeiro, considered that “with all examples of success, achieved through hard work, the emigrants are an essential tool for the affirmation of the Azores in the host communities, such as the case of the USA.”Moreover, Vasco Cordeiro considered that this visit, which took place in the ... more >>

Information: Holy Spirit Festivities in New England add value to the Azorean presence in the United States of America
The Regional Secretary for the Economy, Vasco Cordeiro, challenged on Monday “the new generations of Azorean descent to increasingly engage in the organisation of the Holy Spirit Festivities in New England” as this is an event “that does not diminish, but rather adds value to the presence of the Azorean community in this North American state.” During a speech delivered at c... more >>

Information: Holy Spirit Festivities show great pride in Azorean traditions
The Regional Secretary for the Economy, Vasco Cordeiro, assured on Sunday that the Government of the Azores follows the Holy Spirit Festivities in New England with “all care and attention” as this event is a tribute to the most deep-rooted traditions of the Azorean people, which is also symbolises the growing claim of the Azorean communities in the economic, social and political scene ... more >>

Information: Region keen to deepen economic relations the Azorean emigrant communities
The Government of the Azores wishes to deepen its relation “with the authorities of the places where Azorean emigrants reside in order to strengthen the already existing ties, but also to reinforce the economic relation with these communities, such as the case of the city of New Bedford in the state of Massachusetts, mentioned the Regional Secretary for the Economy this weekend. Vasco Cord... more >>

Information: Regional Secretariat for the Economy challenges North American businesspeople to know and invest in the Azores
The Regional Secretariat for the Economy, Vasco Cordeiro, challenged the businesspeople attending the conference “Business Opportunities in the Azores,” held at the Fall River Conference Center in the city of Fall River on Friday, to visit the Azores to “become better acquainted with their vast potentialities.” This event is an organisation of the Agency for the Promotion ... more >>

Information: Azores promote investment opportunities
The Regional Secretary for the Economy, Vasco Cordeiro, presides over the opening session of the conference “Business Opportunities in the Azores” in Fall River next Friday. This is an initiative of the Agency for the Promotion of Investment in the Azores (APIA) that will gather businesspeople and investors from the state of Massachusetts. For the Regional Secretary, this “will... more >>