Virginia Lopez Valiente is the owner and CEO of Cruises News Media Group, a company dedicated to communication, marketing and promotion of the Cruise industry.

Cruises News Media Group edits the magazine Cruises News and organises annually the International Cruise Summit, the Cruise Excellence Awards, Cruise Forums and Cruise Trainings.

Virginia has spent most of her two-decade career leading departments of commercial, marketing and operations in international companies of various sectors such as transport, hospitality and consultancy.

Before founding Cruises News Media Group, she held various managerial posts in companies such as DHL, Panalpina Global Transport, Air Express International, Thomas International and IPS Consultants and was Director of Operations for Spain and Portugal at Hospitality Marketing Concepts, an American multinational of marketing and loyalty programs for luxury hotels and chains.

She has a degree in Business Administration, International Trade and Marketing and completed her executive program (PGD) in Marketing Management and Strategic Management at the British School of Management Sciences in London.

Virginia is also the publisher and Chief editor of Cruises News, the magazine.

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Comisario del Puerto de Ceuta. 1.979-1.980

Jefe de Personal y Relaciones externas del Puerto de Ceuta. 1.982-1990

Jefe del Negociado de Verificaciones de Declaraciones. 1.990-1.993

Jefe del Grupo de Gestión del Dominio Público. 1.993-1.995

Jefe del Grupo de Gestión Comercial y de Calidad. 1.995-1.996

Presidente de la Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta. B.O.E. 185, de 09 julio.1.996 al 08.octubre.1.999

Presidente de la Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta. B.O.E. 52, de 01 marzo.2.001 y en la actualidad.

Emiliano González is the Managing Director of MSC Cruises in Spain and was born in Madrid. He studied "Director of Tourism Enterprises" at the Official School of Tourism in Madrid. His career has always been linked to the tourism sector beginning  in 1967 in the historic CHAT Travel Agency , where he remained until 1980. Subsequently, he held various management positions at agencies  such as  Icab Travel, Atlanta Travel, Vincit,  Mapfre, over a period of 22 years. Emiliano joined MSC Cruises in 2002 as its Commercial Director. In 2004, he became Managing Director of the company in Spain.

Nacido en Noja (Santander) en 1958, Emilio Carreira reside en Ceuta desde 1987.

Estudió Ciencias Geológicas en la Universidad de Salamanca y es funcionario de Instituciones Penitenciarias en excedencia.

El consejero de Turismo y Deporte del Gobierno de Ceuta fue presidente del CSIF antes de entrar en política, ámbito en el que se inició como jefe de Gabinete de la Presidencia de la Ciudad en 1996. Desde entonces, y en diferentes legislaturas, ha asumido competencias en materias tales como Gobernación, Presidencia, Economía, Hacienda, Recursos Humanos, Medio Ambiente, Turismo y Deporte, áreas , estas dos últimas, que dirige en la actualidad en la Ciudad Autónoma.