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Malta Enterprise is the agency responsible for the promotion of foreign investment and industrial development in Malta.

Its mission is to sustain Malta's overall competitiveness to create the right environment for successful enterprise in Malta. It offers assistance and advice to those who seek to learn more about the multitude of business and investment opportunities available on the island. Likewise, Malta Enterprise offers investors the best possible service before, during and after they decide to do business in Malta.

The ERDF e-Business Development Grant Scheme supports Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) who will invest in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) projects that integrate business functions, streamline workflows and enhance interactions with clients and suppliers.

The scheme will co-finance ICT hardware costs and ICT software costs. The ERDF e-Business Development Grant Scheme Incentive Guideline is the official publication governing this incentive. The Incentive Guideline document includes details on eligibility, State aid regulations and the value of Aid that may be granted under this incentive.

The MTA is the tourism industry’s regulator and motivator, its business partner, the country’s brand promoter, and is here to form, maintain and manage meaningful partnerships with all tourism stakeholders. Importantly, the MTA is also here to help strengthen the industry’s human resources, ensure the highest standards and quality of the Islands’ tourism product, and foster relations with local and international media.

The Authority was formally set up by the Malta Travel and Tourism Service Act (1999).  This clearly defines its role – extending it beyond that of international marketing to include a domestic, motivating, directional, co-ordinating and regulatory role. The Act strengthens the public and private partnership in tourism through greater and more direct participation by the private sector in national planning and development of the industry.

The Malta Tourism Authority falls under the responsibility of the Parliamentary Secretariat for Tourism, the Environment and Culture within the Office of the Prime Minister. The Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, the Environment and Culture is the Hon. Dr. Mario De Marco.

The VisitMalta Division is responsible for the development, maintenance and continuous upgrading of VisitMalta.com - the official tourism portal for the Maltese Islands, in its various language versions.

The division also maintains a CRM database of consumer and trade contacts, produces and publishes a regular electronic Newsletter, and carries out e-marketing initiatives in collaboration with other MTA departments and external partners. The division has also been entrusted with the task of keeping an up-to-date events calendar and to market local events online.

Air Malta started its flying operations on 1st April 1974 with scheduled services to London, Birmingham, Manchester, Rome, Frankfurt, Paris and Tripoli. Today Air Malta operates a modern fleet of aircraft to over 50 destinations in Europe, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean, with 200 flights a week.

Air Malta remains the main airline offering the most extensive choice of air services to get to Malta. No other airline serving Malta is committed to the Maltese community and Malta’s economy as Air Malta.

The Institute of Tourism Studies is an institution of higher education aimed at meeting the changing needs of the Hospitality and Tourism Industry.  ITS was established in 1987 and consolidated by the Education Act No. XIII of 2006 of the Laws of Malta.

The main responsibility of the Institute is to furnish the Tourism Sector with professional personnel who can guarantee an excellent standard of products and services within the Hospitality Industry.

The Malta Chefs Society (MCS) is the result of an amalgamation of two former associations, namely, The Malta Cookery and Food Association (MCFA) and The Malta Culinary Association (MCA). The MCS is a member of WACS (World Association of Chefs Societies) and is therefore recognized  as the official organization to represent Malta in international culinary events, and also plays a very active role in the European Regional Committee.

Throughout  the Malta Chefs Society organizes several educational activities in the form of seminars, workshops and  demonstrations always with the aim of  further improving the skills and talents of our chefs.The MCS works in close collaboration with the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS)

Vida is the first Maltese lifestyle monthly distributed to all Maltese and Gozitan households free of charge. With an unparalleled circulation of over 162,000 copies, it is by far the publication with the
widest reach in the Maltese islands.

It is the first media product of Focused Knowledge Ltd, the latest member of the Famalco Group. As the local and international economy struggled to survive the 2009 recession, the group invested heavily in this new company to consolidate its position in the media, marketing, and public relations sector. Through Vida and a team of media professionals, Focused Knowledge can now offer tailor-made marketing and public relations services to all companies within the Famalco Group as well as to third party companies.