With a strong commitment to promote an inclusive culture, the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura), through its Cultural Accessibility Programme, gave to the officials of the Bern Hotel Chain 6 menus folders in the Braille system with an additional innovation of QR code to facilitate the gastronomic experience of people with visual disabilities.

The WestiN Panama and Intercontinental join with the seven restaurants in Panama that have broken barriers and open opportunities for this collective, leading to an inclusive and accessible experience for all.

The project is led by the Office of Equal Opportunities and Gender at MiCultura in collaboration with the Ornament light of the Blind, an entity that transforms menus to the Braille system.

The delivery of the folders was performed by the National Director of Creative Economics, Miguel Fábrega, representing MiCultura, who emphasized that "the menus at Braille are symbols of an hospitality that embraces the difference, that celebrates peculiarity and that guarantees every client a gastronomic experience." Furthermore, Fábrega emphasized that "culture is a right, not a privilege, and should be accessible to all and all."

For his part, Lastenia González, Director of the Office for Equal Opportunities, emphasized the importance of these projects to build a more inclusive and sensitised society.

That initiative was the result of a number of training provided by MiCultura's personnel to hotel network employees with a view to improving care for persons with disabilities.