What are the dimensions of the resort (hotel and casino)? How many rooms does it have, and how many will be available for visitors to the event?
The Casino Magic Hotel extends over a property of approximately five hectares, offering ample spaces for our visitors to enjoy and rest. It is the only 5-star hotel in the City of Neuquen (Argentina) and has a total of 32 high-quality comfort rooms. These are distributed in different categories to satisfy the preferences of our guests. We have 10 standard rooms, 20 superior rooms, 1 room adapted for people with physical disabilities, and a luxurious presidential suite of 168 square meters. All the rooms are located on the ground floor, with direct access to our beautiful garden, where there is a heated pool and an outdoor jacuzzi. In addition to the elegant rooms, our resort offers a wide range of first class services. We can mention the following: 1) Spa: it is a relaxing space where guests can access the sauna, enjoy a Scottish shower and book relaxing massage sessions to revitalize after an exhausting journey; 2) Gym: we have a complete exercise room with modern equipment for those guests who wish to maintain their physical routine during their stay; 3) Rooms for Events: we have multiple rooms specially designed for holding events of all kinds. They offer an elegant and versatile environment, perfect for conferences, banquets, weddings and other special celebrations; 4) Casino Gaming Hall: the perfect place to live an exciting entertainment experience, with a wide selection of traditional game tables and more than 1,150 slot machines for our visitors; and 5) Restaurants: we propose a diverse gastronomic offer to satisfy the different demands of our guests. They range from haute cuisine restaurant with gourmet dishes to a lounge with everyday meal options, with a homey flavor, which can accommodate more than 300 diners. These first class services and amenities will be available to all those executives who attend G&M Events Neuquen and decide to stay at our hotel.
As for the guests and visitors that you usually receive, now, in the post-pandemic period, what percentage comes from the country, and how much from abroad?
The City of Neuquen is a corporate tourist plaza driven by the development of hydrocarbons in the Vaca Muerta basin, as the main objective of this type of visitors. In terms of guests, 80% come from of our country, mainly from the City and Province of Buenos Aires. We also have many foreign tourists who visit us for work. Likewise, there are a good percentage of Chilean visitors who, favored by the currency exchange rate, choose our city for shopping and entertainment. They are joined by a significant number of residents of the surrounding cities (south of Argentina), who choose the Casino Magic Hotel to rest and enjoy our leisure center, with music shows, top gastronomy and a gambling room that is among one of the largest of the country.
How do you manage the security system at check-in and during the stay?
At Casino Magic Hotel, we take the safety of our guests very seriously. We have a comprehensive security system that includes physical security personnel and monitoring of public areas. In addition, we have implemented various measures to guarantee a safe stay, such as smoke detectors, fire sprinklers, marked emergency exits and manual push alarms.
Which sustainable policies does your company develop, in terms of energy saving, waste management and other related issues?
Our company has deployed different exclusive trash cans for plastic or paper, as well as being part of a bottle cap collection campaign for a national hospital. In the hotel, each room has a manual power cut so that the lights do not remain on when the guest leaves his/her room. The mechanism can be pressed with the room entry card, generating energy savings. Also, both in the corridors and in the rooms, all the lights are LED, which also provides significant energy savings.
How is spring in Neuquen? How to enjoy tourism during that season? What will be the leisure proposal for the event?
Spring in Neuquen is temperate, cool in the mornings and nights, and with moderate to strong winds. It is important to note that Neuquen is a young city, with 119 years and strong real estate development in recent times. The territory is located between the Neuquen River (northeast bank) and the Limay River (southeast bank), with the confluence of both forming the Negro River. For this reason, through the slogan ‘The City Looking at the River’, the construction of coastal walks on both banks has been promoted, a route of great natural beauty that is enjoyed by both locals and tourists. In addition, just one hour from Neuquen City, in the town of San Patricio del Chañar, are the main vineyards of the province, represented by the Familia Schroeder, Bodega del Fin del Mundo and Malma wineries, among many others. These globally recognized companies organize guided tours and have gourmet restaurants for an excellent tasting of premium products.
Once the capacity of the Casino Magic Hotel is completed, what other accommodation options will the executives who attend G&M Events Neuquen have?
There are different options at a very good level. In addition to our Hotel (located less than 10 minutes away from the Presidente Peron International Airport), I can mention, in the four-star category, the Howard Johnson Neuquen Hotel and the Hilton Garden Inn Neuquen Hotel, while in the three-star, there is the Land Express Neuquen Hotel, which is the closest of those indicated to the venue of the event.