The FEDELE ANNUAL MEETING or the Professional Workshop of Spanish in Spain, is organized every year by FEDELE with the support of the Spanish tourist board, Turespaña and the Instituto Cervantes, and the collaboration of regional organisms.
This workshop is an ideal platform to create and promote commercial contacts between language travel agencies and Spanish language schools
Besides the working sessions, a large social programme is offered to all participants which permits, especially the agents, to get to know Spain, its culture and gastronomy.
The IX FEDELE ANNUAL MEETING took place this year in Cáceres (Extremadura) from the 22nd till the 26th of October 2007 and was organized by FEDELE with the support of the Spanish tourist board, Turespaña, the Instituto Cervantes, the regional tourist board, Turismo de Extremadura, the Provincial Tourist board of Cáceres and the City Council of Cáceres.
On one hand participated a selected group of Spanish Language Schools well-known for their professionalism and high-quality standard of services. Forty seven schools coming from all over Spain (Andalusia, Madrid, Castile and Leon, Catalonia, Navarra, Valencia, Basque Country, Canary Islands, and Galicia) participated, many of them with two teams, offering the greatest range and the best quality of Language Courses in Spain, a country where the culture and way of life is unique in the world.
On the other hand, a selection of seventy four agents from 27 different countries (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, China, Korea, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, United States, Finland, France, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Russia, Sweden, y Switzerland).
Together between agents and schools, more then 1700 business appointments were created.
Previous editions:
1999, Estepona
2000, Madrid
2001, Salamanca
2002, Vitoria
2003, Valencia
2005, Valladolid
2006, Granada
On-line appointment diary for participants: www.fedeleannualmeeting.com