Andrew Ede
Background in business publishing. Started an online blog about Mallorca in 2005, which went daily in 2007, covering culture, environment, history, politics, tourism and more. Became a regular contributor to the Bulletin in 2010 before joining the staff a few years later.
Tourism: Lost in transformation and translation
Hoteliers, and indeed the whole of the tourism industry, are agreed that the situation surrounding this summer’s season is highly “volatile”.
Curfew or no curfew?
How difficult can it be in giving a definitive statement of the situation? Very difficult, it would seem.
The destruction of Mallorca
The Talaiotic Culture is a vital part of Mallorca’s heritage, the clearest evidence of old civilisation.
This is the sound of the tourist
It was a Sunday morning around ten o’clock last year and the sound of silence was deafening for a resort in Mallorca.
The obsession with “the data”
How often have we heard politicians say that they will be guided by science, by scientists and by data?
Ninety years ago: The Republic in Mallorca
The authorities, those about to be removed, didn't really know how to react or what to do.
Pollensa’s new health centre - ready by the end of 2023
The ministry has assured him that the new health centre will be ready by the end of 2023.
Antoni Ques, executed in 1937, proposed as a favourite son of Alcudia
The Obra Cultural Balear has registered a proposal with Alcudia town hall to initiate the process for declaring Antoni Ques a favourite son of the city.
No SOS Turismo at Alcudia town hall
There never seems to be a clear idea about who is responsible for what; not in the minds of residents at any rate.
Cleaning up Puerto Pollensa ... on it goes
Mayor Cifre’s administration is now “committed” to presenting a plan for wastewater within a year and a half.
The uncertainties for summer tourism and the warning from Chile
As ever, the tourism situation is mired in uncertainty...
The essential Tramuntana
A tourist alternative to sun and beach was wanted, and once there were alternative tourists, there were too many of them.
The irreconcilable images
The Italian government has now announced that it intends to expel large cruise ships from the lagoon.
What can go wrong will go wrong
"We have all become used, rather too used I would suggest, to Covid-recovery forecasts."
Vandals, Visigoths and Vikings: Mallorca’s uncertain history
As history goes in Mallorca, there is hardly anything, prior to the conquest of Jaume I in 1229, to which specific dates can be attached.
Spanish sailing cup in Puerto Pollensa
Covid restrictions set a maximum number of registrations for the cup.
Albufera recovering after the devastating fire
In late September last year, the fire in Albufera affected 480 hectares.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
- Mallorca needs to remember price is king
Comment
The lost pride of Spanish transport
The Trasmediterránea being acquired by Italy’s Grimaldi is clearly a very different company to what it was in those early days.
Andrew Ede 16/04/2021 09:40