News of the day 1 September 2017
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Hotels
Benito resignation causes concern for hoteliers
The hotel industry has been left without someone to take it into the wage negotiation and to contend with the rise in the tourist tax.
Transport
Madrid taking measures to control Uber licences
Licences could soon become available. It is reckoned there could be as many as a thousand in the Balearics.
Tourist tax
Unions back tourist tax rise
The CCOO and the UGT don't believe the rise in tourist tax will be harmful, but the UGT is wondering why the tax isn't applied to yachts.
Police
Woman beaten up at Felanitx fiestas
There had been an earlier incident of a sexual nature. Four young men later attacked the woman.
News / Comment
Comment
Tourist tax
The damage could cost the islands at least double the amount the government expects to raise.
Jason Moore