About Us
The association
Who we are:
The tourist heritage of the Estoril Coast, formerly called the Portuguese Riviera, has allowed over the years the hotel industry to combine tradition with innovation, refinement and glamor to the service of Excellence, where no detail is forgotten. Resulting in outstanding hospitality and responding exactly to what the visitor is looking for whether they are enjoying their vacations, alone or with the Family, on their business trip, or even to organize meetings.
The Regional Association of Hoteliers of Cascais and Estoril, Sintra, Mafra and Oeiras, is a business association that for more than 30 years has been defending the interests of hoteliers in the Region and striving for a sustained and sustainable development of tourism in its area of influence.
Mission: To represent, defend, promote, propose and ensure the rights and interests of our Associates.
Vision: Appreciation of the collective spirit, of the Hospitality and the Tourism of the Regions that we represent, through the quality, innovation and excellence of the services we provide.
Values: Transparency, competence, efficiency, responsibility and quality.
The Management Principles and Guidelines: The strategic and operational objectives are based on a careful and sustained management of the activity in a search for continuous improvement.
What we do:
Since 1985 that this Association has been fighting for the revitalization of Tourism in the Region, and has been the main player in drawing up a plan for the recovery of existing tourist infrastructures and the creation of new poles of attraction for this area.
The intransigent defense of the interests of all those who invest in this region in the area of Tourism and the constant willingness to mediate relationship between private and regional, and national institutions remain our main goal.
We do this by means of dialogue with public authorities with a view to creating, change or updating infrastructures, or by proposing legislative measures and practical measures to protect hotel businesses and the tourist interests of the municipalities of Cascais, Sintra, Mafra and Oeiras, or still supporting to support any action of entertainment and events of relevant interest to the Region.
Board of Members
Executive Board
CHAIRMAN
- Ana Maria Tavares | Conjunto Turístico das Arribas, S.A.
VICE-CHAIRMAN
- José Branco | Gracentur – Grande Centro Turístico, Lda.
- Rui Ventura | Patrihotel – Gestão Hoteleira, S.A
- João Coruche | Investimentos Hoteleiros da Baía de Cascais, S.A.
TREASURER
- Manuel Guedes de Sousa | Estoril Plage S.A.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
- Francelina Amaral | Estoril 8023 – Investimentos Turísticos, S.A.
- Ana Lamas | Honest Talents, Lda.
General Assembly
CHAIRMAN
- Paulo Bertão | Casino do Estoril
VICE-CHAIRMAN
- João Pinto Coelho | Hotel Quinta da Marinha
SECRETARY
- Tânia Rodrigues | Viva Marinha – Promoção Turística e Imobiliária, S.A.
Supervisory Board
CHAIRMAN
- Frederico Simões de Almeida | Hotel Albatroz Cascais
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
- Noel Dias | Alternativ Ocean, Lda.
- Mariana Soares Franco | Guinchotel – Actividades Hoteleirs, S.A.
