Professional journals are in the institution

In the case of indigestion of foie gras, there is no such as a small good cassoulet. André Daguin, the very media thuriféraire of the art of living in French in General and the former kitchen in particular, gave his chair of President of the Union of trades and industries (Umih) catering to the more discreet but less pugnacious Christine Pujol, sixty years all round. This native of Castelnaudary, which manages three hotels, a restaurant and a bar in Carcassonne, was not the candidate that André Daguin would have liked to see him succeed. But the France tour done this summer by the energetic Audoise and its Danièle Deleval, Restorer in Lille, his finally weighed heavier in the balance the support of the President leaving to another contender for the post.

Elegant, talkative, falsely naive, Christine Pujol tells his dual professional and Union path with warmth and frankness. A graduate of the higher school for interpreters and translators (Tiss), she is would be well seen officer to the United Nations, in which heads of State. The coincidences of life have decided otherwise. Her future husband party work in Carcassonne, she follows and makes the nose in the Affairs of the in-laws, a small hotel in 16 rooms in the city. His knowledge of English are welcome. Professional journals are in the institution. It is cast an eye, discovers the existence of courses to train the marketing. This falls well: 16 rooms become 32 during the winter of 1984. In the aftermath, Christine Pujol took the Chair of the Umih Aude. A position that she held until 2004.

Transmit the love of the profession

Today, the city hotels SA includes a hotel Best Western of , a mercury, a formula 1 debut, without forgetting the brewery of the Dungeon and the counter of the wines. With the expansion of the Mercury project, the President of the Umih will soon be at the head of 200 rooms in "Carca". A pretty SMEs with 70 employees in the winter, 110 in the summer, and nearly 6 million euros of turnover. But the main pride of Christine Pujol is elsewhere: it is able to convey the love of the craft to his four children. Two of them picked up the torch and share responsibilities in the family business. And a third expected turn... Parallel to this life of business leader, the Carcassonne Hotels has always given of his time to the profession. Quickly enrolled in the Chamber of commerce and industry, the office of tourism, the labor, she understands that "the real power is in the town hall" and between the City Council. President of the Languedoc-Roussillon Umih from 1986 to 1988, she will be providing a few years later the Chair of the Regional Committee of tourism (TRC) by Georges Frêche, but to resign after three years, without being able to express themselves. "Too political function", explains.

More fruitful will be its action to the Executive Board of the Umih, which she joined in as 2002 mission to deal with the record of the classification standards. The famous stars must be soon reformed. In the meantime, Christine Pujol will have had time to show that it deserves what it is now on his epaulettes.