Within the hospitality industry, there is much speculation about who will be the next tourism minister. Among the names frequently mentioned are Alfredo del Mazo Maza, outgoing mayor of a Mexico City suburb and scion of a politically influential family; Ivonne Ortega, outgoing Yucatan governor, Miguel Torruco, a former president of the National Tourism Confederation, and Miguel Alemán Magnani, president of Interjet Airlines. Alemán Magnani’s father, a former Veracruz governor, owns the carrier and his grandfather, a former president, is credited with making tourism important in Mexico. The bandying about of names is something of a surprise. All too often in the past, the Tourism Ministry simply was awarded to politicians in need of a job.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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