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December 7, 2009 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Visit of Mr. Wardiyatmo, Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia and his delegation at the CED headquarters.

November 20, 2009 – Madeira, Portugal
Official SMED report presented to Madeira, Portugal.

November 11, 2009 – London, England
Signing of a SMED agreement between the CED and Samos, Greece.

November 2 , 2009 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Visit of Mr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization to the CED.

October 5 to 8, 2009 – Astana, Kazakhstan
Participation of the CED in the XVIII General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

October 3, 2009 – Caracas, Venezuela
Allocution of Jorge Guerrero Lozano, SMED Coordinator, as speaker during the 2009 Venezuela International Tourism Fair.

September 29 to October 4, 2009 – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Allocutions of Tommy Byrne, liaison officer of the CED, as speaker during the 5th edition of the International Exhibition of Tourism and Hospitality (SITHO).

September 27, 2009 – Hangzhou, China
Presentation of the SMED by César Castañeda, Director of operations of the CED, during PATA Destinations council meeting.

September 23, 2009 – Quebec, Canada
Meeting of André Vallerand, President of the CED, with a delegation of four directors from the Shandong Provincial Tourism Administration for the purpose of analyzing the possibilities for cooperation between the Province of Shandong and the CED.

September 21 and 22, 2009 – Hangzhou, China
Participation of François Bédard, Director General of the CED, in the 5th International conference on destination management: « Weathering the storm of global recession: the challenge for destination management. »

September 14 to 19, 2009 – Chengdu, China
Implementation of the SMED in Chengdu by the CED experts.

August 30 to September 5, 2009 – Riviera Maya, Mexico
Implementation of the SMED in Riviera Maya by the CED experts.

June 10, 2009 – Eastern Townships, Canada
Official presentation of the SMED to the Eastern Townships region by André Vallerand and César Castañeda, respectively President and Director of operations of the CED, in the presence of Jocelyna Dubuc and Alain Larouche, respectively Presidente and Director General of Tourisme Cantons-de-l’Est.

April 28 and 29, 2009 - Mendoza, Argentina
Participation of César Castañeda, Director of operations of the CED, to the 49th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas and International Seminar on Management Support for Tourism.

April 13, 2009 - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Allocution of André Vallerand, President of the CED, as speaker during the Saudi Tourism and Investment Market (STTIM) organized by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities.

March 25, 2009 - Mexico City, Mexico
Official presentation by the President of the CED, André Vallerand, of the SMED report to the City of Mexico, and press conference in the presence of the mayor, Marcelo Ebrad, the Secretary of Tourism for Mexico City, Alejandro Rojas Díaz-Durán, the former Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, Francesco Frangialli, and César Castañeda, Director of operations of the CED.

March 17, 2009 - Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Allocution of André Vallerand, President of the CED, as speaker during the International Symposium on Sustainable Tourism Development organized by the Ministry of Tourism of Québec.

March 12, 2009 – Berlin, Germany
4th Meeting of the UNWTO Destinations council chaired by André Vallerand, President of the CED. Presentation of the SMED by César Castañeda, Director of operations of the CED.

March 10 to 13, 2009 – Berlin Germany
Participation of César Castañeda, Director of operations of the CED, to ITB, Berlin International Tourism Fair.

January 16, 2009 - Marrakech, Morocco
Conference of César Castañeda, Director of operations of the CED, during the second edition of the International Marrakech Travel Market for tourism professionals.
 
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