MURCIA (EFE).- The restaurant La Pequeña Taberna de Murcia has received the award for the hospitality company committed to sustainability at the XV National Hospitality Awards, whose delivery ceremony was held this Wednesday in Madrid.

The organization has reported that this place has even been recommended by the New York Times newspaper and that it serves typical dishes from the Region of Murcia, with local, local and seasonal products. The bars and restaurants in Spain are already "healing " the wound that the pandemic has left in their businesses, but they face other "uncertainties" such as the negotiation of the labor reform, possible new restrictions or the arrival of credits from the Official Credit Institute (ICO). the president of the Hospitality Association of Spain, José Yzuel, in his speech at the delivery of these awards. After fifteen years of doing this recognition exercise with these awards, the sector has found itself again after a "hard and complicated", although it maintains other uncertainties. It has abounded that the hotel industry "has pulled the bandwagon" and is responding to its customers, who have come out to share and celebrate after the pandemic. For this reason, Yz uel has expressed hope that the authorities will not take more restrictions or other measures that, in his opinion, have been "ineffective."

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'La Pequeña Taberna', el restaurante murciano que recomienda hasta el 'New York Times', recibe un premio nacional

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has collected the Food of Spain award for valuing the diversity and quality of Spanish products "source of inspiration and basis of our gastronomy and the hospitality sector". And for its contribution to the improvement of the hospitality industry, the president of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs, Antonio Garamendi, has been awarded, who has recalled the hard work to defend the 300,000 entrepreneurs in the sector during the pandemic in which two agreements on ERTE were even stopped because "they did not the hotel industry was there, our people were not there." He has abounded in the fact that the hotel industry has been punished as responsible for the virus; For this reason, he has called that if measures are taken again, that those that have worked be valued, as in the case of Madrid, "where the hospitality industry has flowed, people have left and the contagion parameters were lower than in others spaces". The head of the businessmen has underlined that two million people work in the hotel industry, a sector that accounts for 6% of the economy and that must work with the prism of quality, effort and work to face problems as the lack of personnel. One of the names of Spanish gastronomy, Andoni Luis Aduriz, has been recognized in the category of chef-entrepreneur, for his Mugaritz, "synonymous with R&D", according to the jury. And for his Internationalization work has been awarded to Dabiz Muñoz, who has three Michelin stars with his avant-garde cuisine and continues to expand his Diverxo world with initiatives such as StreetXO Dubai. Both chefs have shared the stage, in which they have mentioned the keys to continue external promoting Spanish cuisine, such as maintaining the artisan theory "tomorrow, again and better", defending Spanish food and betting on the coexistence between tradition and innovation and continuing to think about future projects, Aduriz said. For his On the other hand, Muñoz has underlined the "generosity, responsibility and resilience" shown by the sector during the pandemic, whose future lies in "training and professionalization" with changes that "have come to stay", such as making hard work compatible of the hotel industry with having a personal life. Meanwhile, the Federation of Associations of Journalists of Spain (FAPE) has won its award for its "tireless" work to help the sector show its reality during the pandemic. As an institution, the Community of Madrid for its "pandemic containment model without criminalizing the sector" and Pescanova as one of the most innovative providers in the hospitality industry. Aurelia Matellán Santos (Zamora) has achieved the award to the hotelier for dedicating her life to the sector, in the Los Hermanos bar, in the Plaza Mayor de Zamora, and has received a well-deserved and long applause from the auditorium. The recognition to the client has been received by the president of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Madrid, Miguel Garrido, an award with which it is intended to extend the reunion between hoteliers and their diners. Meanwhile, the Salamanca Group, in Barcelona, ​​has won the award as a company for being part of the "essence of Barceloneta " for decades. The award for the hospitality company committed to social responsibility has gone to the Quebec Group (Cantabria), with projects to its credit such as "Mamatierra", in which they abolished plastic bags from their establishments and "Tortillas with a heart", to obtain funds for Down Syndrome, Alzheimer and Autism organizations. The hotel company committed to people with disabilities Els Magazinos (Denia) has been distinguished by carrying out solidarity and inspiring projects such as the "Market for a better world". Its relationship with innovation has been the reason for awarding the centenary Grupo La Ancha, (Madrid), which has developed the projects of Armando Delivery, Fismuler and the Gabino omelette. Tierra Astur Sidrerías has been recognized for promoting culture and gastronomy, establishments known for the uniqueness of their decoration that reflect the identity of Asturias. The José Luis Fernández Noriega Concord Award has recognized the quarter of a century that complies with the State Hospitality Labor Agreement, for having been a fundamental instrument to provide stability to the sector. associationism in the sector.

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