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.
The power of “local”
The important role of the local publications and their place in local communities.
Guggenheim it isn’t
The museums must make a real assessment of their contribution, especially to the diversification of the tourist product.
The business of Majorca’s snow
The snow business was advantageous enough that Ca'n Joan de S'Aigo in Palma was created and continued for over three hundred years.
Between the short and the long-term
Germany has acquired additional vaccine and so has stepped outside the EU mechanism for vaccine supply. Can’t Spain do the same?
Salvador Illa: Frying pan meets fire
Salvador will have a heck of a job getting elected in the next Catalan elections.
Muro cancels Sant Antoni
So, one of the best nights of the year - Sant Antoni Eve in Muro - will not be.
Puerto Pollensa heritage - five months on...
The opposition at Pollensa town hall was outraged at the exclusion of six properties in Puerto Pollensa.
The year of the impossible
The state of alarm, the lockdowns, the confinements - call them what you will - were not tools that any democratic government would wish to utilise.
Your Vaccination Passport?
Only 40.5% of Spaniards wish to be vaccinated asap; 28% are against being vaccinated immediately.
Questioning the data
"I have had cause to question the veracity or at least the consistency of the coronavirus data.."
Rescue for tourism: too little, too late?
The Spanish government's package for tourism and hospitality has been described as "incomprehensible" due to a lack of direct aid.
The cock crows at midnight
But the Sibil·la is the main attraction, and this year marks the tenth anniversary of it having been admitted to the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
All be over by Christmas
Can one really blame politicians for what turn out to be unrealistic forecasts or promises?
Formentor and “the best resort in the Mediterranean”
The future Four Seasons Formentor will mean that Mallorca becomes the most luxurious holiday destination in the Med.
Virtual Pollensa on show
Anything that promotes the hoped-for reactivation of tourism next year has to be welcomed, so well done the Council and the town hall.
Christmas is called off in Alcudia
While this means what is sounds like, suspended, there is little chance of the health situation improving so quickly that the suspension is lifted.
Who controls the test regulations?
Find out what has been happening this week in the tourism industry.
Comment
Crucial negotiations for the tourism industry
The Ministry of Employment has taken on the key role, but has to consider how long it can maintain the furlough scheme and under what conditions.
Andrew Ede 08/01/2021 12:45