TURIHAB HISTORY

1983

Foundation of TURIHAB, based in Ponte de Lima.

1984

Adoption of logo of TURIHAB: the Pheasant, simplicity; the Rose, beauty and mystery; Gold, justice; Red, valor; Green, courtesy.
Agreement with RTAM (Alto-Minho Tourism).

1985

Presentation of TURIHAB in the World Travel Market - London and the Gothenburg fair.

1986

Presentation of TURIHAB in the Brussels Travel Fair and in Fitur - Madrid.

1987

Presentation of TURIHAB in ITB - Berlin.

1988

Constitution of the Association with national scope.
Presentation of TURIHAB in the Utrecht fair -(The Netherlands).

1989

Organization of the Cultural Itineraries together with the National Center of Culture.

1990

Prize of Europe of Tourism.

1991

TURIHAB is President of ADRIL - Integrated Development Association of Minho Valley.
Signing of Protocol with Junta of Galicia (launching of TER in Galicia).
Protocol with University of Bournemouth, England.
Cooperation with Vie de Château, France.

1992

Founder Member of Adeturn.
Formation of Central Reservations.

1993

Organization of the First National Meeting of Turismo de Habitação - creating a logo of Solares de Portugal. .
Presentation of BTL and Norférias with its own booth Solares de Portugal.
Presentation of Solares de Portugal in BIT - Milan.

1994

Organization of the Second National Meeting of Turismo de Habitação.
Partnership with Adriminho - Development Association of Minho Valley.
Protocol with the city government of Ponte de Lima.

1995

Organization of the III National Meeting of Turismo de Habitação on the theme of "Patrimony and Environment".
Gold Medal of Tourism Merit.
European Prize of Tourism and Environment - "Architectural Heritage" Honorable Mention.

1996

Member of City Council of Ponte de Lima.
Member of National Tourism Council.
Cooperation with ADRIL in organization of I National Meeting of Village of Traditions.
Constitution of Europe Consortium, Traditional European Consortium, with its European partners, having been nominated Chairman of the consortium: Chateau Accueil, France; Wolsey Lodges, United Kingdom; The Hidden Ireland, Ireland; Erfgoed Logies, the Netherlands.

1997

Organization of the International Seminary of Europe of Traditions.
Member of Portuguese Confederation of Tourism.
Presentation of Solares de Portugal in Stockholm and Helsinki.

1998

Presentation of Solares de Portugal and Europe of Traditions in European Parliament.
Protocol of cooperation with Porto Convention Bureau.
Protocol with Tourism Fund.
Protocol with City Council of Ponte de Lima and CCRN.
Institutional Protocols with ICEP - Investments, Commerce and Tourism of Portugal and DGT.

1999

Protocol cooperation with Agriculture Bank (Caixa Agrícola) and Rural Insurance.
Signing of Protocol of Cooperation with ATUASERRA (Tourism Association of Northwest Serra) and SHRBS (Hotel, Restaurant, Bars, etc. Syndicate of Northwest Serra).
Signing of Protocol of Cooperation with SUTUR (Uruguay Society of Rural Tourism).
Protocol of Cooperation with the PRESERVALE (Institute of Preservation of Paraíba Valley Development).
Protocol with ACETER (Cearense Tourism Association of Rural and Natural Space) and SETUR (Ceará State Tourism Secretary).
Protocol of Cooperation with AREALIMA (Regional Agency of Energy and Environment of Lima Valley).
Protocol of Cooperation with AMETUR (Association of Mining Businesses of Rural Tourism).
Protocol Cooperation with AGATUR (Gaúcha Rural Tourism and Ecology).
Project CENTER ( National Center of Rural Tourism ).

2000

Presentation at the Jeromino Monastery of the Europe of Traditions Network of the scope of the Common European Patrimony.
Signing of the Protocol with Redunicre for the promotion of Solares de Portugal.
Formation with ATA of CENTER ( National Center of Tourism in Rural Spaces) for the commercialization and marketing of TER and the logo Solares de Portugal and Portugal Villages.
Presentation in Berlin to the European Council DG IV invitation, of the web site Europe of Traditions: "A Common European Patrimony" at the International Conference "Sustainable Tourism, Environment and Employment".
Presentation of Solares de Portugal and Roadshow Brasil in ABAV 2000, S. Salvador da Baía, Brazil.
Protocol with Blue Sky Travel for the promotion in the Czech Republic of Solares de Portugal.

2001

Prestige Edition of the book Solares de Portugal together with Unibanco.
Protocol with VINITUR - Firms specializing in Cultural tourism, Gastronomy and Wines for the promotion of Eco-Tourism.
During BTL 2001, TURIHAB presented the project "Europe of Traditions - A Transatlantic Vision" to the Partners of Brazil, Preservale, Ametur and Aceter.
Protocol of Cooperation with Porto 2001-– European Capital of Culture for the promotion of Portuguese Road to Santiago of Solares de Portugal.
Presentation of the Europe of Traditions web site "TheEconomy in Europe: its potential impact on EU enterprises and policies" in Brussels at the invitation of the President of the European Commission.
Cooperation with IFAT for the development of Help to the Investor.
Presentation of Solares de Portugal and the web site Europe of Traditions, in Recife and Fortaleza, in the Workshop of Rural Tourism.
Project of cooperation with the Western Countries (Germany, Slovenia; Hungry) "Europe of Traditions - Ecos Overture", together with the CCDR'N (Commission of Coordination of the North Region). Presentation of the web site www.europe-traditions.net.
Solares de Portugal development of a new cd-rom and web site with partners of Traditional Europe www.europetraditions.com.
TURIHAB implementation of CENTER - National Central of Tourism in Rural Spaces, presented a new reservation system for all of the associated houses and a new web site www.center.pt and a register of the estates www.solares-de-portugal.com; www.turihab.pt.
European Journalists Federation Prize, for the Project of European Web "Europe of Traditions".

2002

Inclusion of Solares de Portugal in the new system of Centernet reservations.
Production of an itinerant photographic exposition of Solares de Portugal.
Conclusion of Project Ecos-Overture and TERREG II C. Initiation of the project "Europe of Traditions: a Transatlantic Vision".
Prodution of an Itinerante Photographic Exposition of Solares de Portugal.
Exposition in Vigo of Solares de Portugal.

2003

Solares de Portugal Exposition in the Instituto Camões, Lisbon.
Organization of National Meeting of Turismo de Habitação.
Creation of the Merit Badge with three degrees: Gold Pheasant; Silver Pheasant and Bronze Pheasant.
Award of Gold Pheasant to the President of the Assembly, Dr. João Gomes de Abreu de Lima
Awarding of the Silver Pheasant to the founding partners and the Bronze Pheasant to all the Permanent Partners.
TURIHAB together with RITMOS promoted International Musicians through Solares de Portugal.
TURIHAB presented the new web sites www.solaresdeportugal.pt; www.casasnocampo.net; www.center.pt; register of estates www.fazendasdobrasil.com; www.casasantigas.com, www.casasrusticas.net and www.europe-traditions.org.
The web sites www.europetraditions.com and www.europe-traditions.com were renovated.
Participation in ABAV and Roadshow "Portugal Hot for Nature" in Brazil and in Seminars with Travel Agents in the USA.

2004

Approval of the project PIQTUR for "Qualification of Solares de Portugal".
Formation of a Technical Ecclesiastical Court for the discussion and approval of Reference Norms of TER produced in the area of the project PIQTUR n.º 117/DGT/03.
Celebration of Protocol between TURIHAB and ADRIL - Association of Integrated Development of Lima for the implementation of the project INTERREG IIIC Europe of Traditions: a Point of Entry to Euro-regions: (Province of Belluno, Udine Province, Venezia Province, Eco Plus, Amt der Niederosterreichischen Landesregierung, Zavod Za Turizen - Ljubljana, County Hall - Vas County and Galicia Committee).
Signing of Protocol with ISAI - Institute of Qualified Assistants and Interpreters.
Signing of Protocol with the Multitechnical Institute of Castelo Branco.
Conclusion of the project "Europe of Traditions: A Transatlantic Vision"; produced in the Final Seminary, a creation of reference norms for the constitution of the consortium Fazendas do Brasil, with the associated partners AMETUR of Minas Gerais State, PRESERVALE Rio de Janeiro State and ACETER Ceará State and observers of APETURR, Pernambuco State and APPAN, Mato Grosso do Sul State.
Participation in the publicity campaign "Portuguese without Frontiers".
Participation in the official visit to Luxemburg accompanying retinue of His Excellency the President of Republic.
Participation in the Project Seminary INTERREG III C "Europe of Traditions: A bridge between Euro-regions" running in Ljubljana - Slovenia.
Participation in the Conference Europe and Quality in the Urban Tourist Establishments and Historic Buildings of Rural Scope. European models running in Lugo, Spain.
Participation in World Tourism Forum - WTO - Bahia, Brazil.
Participation in the Luxury Travel Fair in USA.
Workshops held in the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego e Orange County, California, USA.

2005

Certification of TURIHAB and CENTER, with the ISO9001:2000, by APCER –The Portuguese Association for Certification.

2006

Solares de Portugal network certificated with the ERS3001:TER and "Marca Portugal" www.portuguesebrands.com
Conclusion of the project INTERREG IIIC "Europe of Traditions: a bridges between Euroregions". Following the concept of Solares of Portugal, five new associations had been created in 2006 to be integrated in the Europe of Traditions. In Spain the association of Casas Grandes de Espania, in Italy, the association of Casa Della Tradizione, in Austria, the association of Tradition Österreich, in Slovenia, the association Hi.e s Tradicijo and in Hungary, the association Magyar Vendégváró Ódon Házak Egyesület - Houses of Tradition; www.europetraditions.eu.

2007

Developed the project of the Prestigious Book Solares de Portugal, the thematic itineraries "You arrive as a Guest you leave as a Friend" and "Discovery the best of Portugal"; the Road Map with the GPS coordinates at www.solaresdeportugal.pt

2008

TURIHAB: 25 years certifing quality of the accommodation Solares de Portugal.
Agreement with the nautic club of Ponte de Lima to increase the sport activities for the guests of Solares de Portugal.
Conclusion of the Project VALIMAR Digital
Publication of the Book "Solares de Portugal – The art of good living" with photos of António Homem Cardoso.
The network Solares de Portugal was certified by APCER with ERS3001 TH/TER – Edition 2

2009

TURIHAB was certified with ISO9001/2008.
TURIHAB integrates the Commission CT144, of the Portuguese Tourism Board, to develop the rules for Rural tourism quality certification.
Cooperation with Pazos de Galicia to promote together, their members.
Agreement with TAP for the promotion of Solares de Portugal trough the VICTORIA programme.