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The Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) will be distributing over 10,000 complimentary discount cards to group and convention attendees, providing special savings at over 140 participating restaurants, retailers, golf courses and other travel-related companies within Cancun and nearby Puerto Morelos. Meeting attendees, including their families and other travel companions, will obtain exclusive discounts ranging from 10 to 50 percent on products and services at participating businesses. The first 10,000 cards will be distributed through the city’s 154,000-square-foot convention center, the Cancun Center, as well as more than twenty hotels that also organize group events. Discount cards will be valid until August 2008.

“On average, visitors with groups and conventions stay four days and three nights in our destination and spend 925 U.S. dollars per person, as compared to leisure visitors who spend on average U.S. $688,” said Arturo Escaip Manzur, general director of the Cancun CVB. “Recognizing the importance of meeting and convention travelers, who bring in over U.S. $51 million to our destination each year, the Cancun CVB has decided to extend this exclusive offer as a thank you for their business with us.” In addition to the new discount cards, Cancun will continue to offer its tax-free incentive for meetings, exempting events from the usual 10 percent tax on beverages, meals, accommodations, entertainment and event services for the entire event, plus up to two nights before and after the event.

or more information, visit http://www.cancun.info/