Tourism
Jet2 and Ryanair move into the holiday rental market
Ryanair will be offering the complete package, flight, accommodation and transfer.
Weather
Get braced for torrential rain
Sharp change in the weather forecast for this weekend across the Balearics.
Tourism
Holiday let licences frozen for the moment
The government wants to have a cap on the number of properties first.
Majorca
Guardia Civil mounting massive crackdown on drinking and driving
The Guardia Civil launched a major crackdown on drinking and driving at the start of the week and the campaign will continue throughout the festive season.
Entertainment
Majorca in the running for best TV location in the UK
Film locations can have a very strong influence on the way some people book their holiday destinations and ABTA produce a report every year.
Tourism
British tour operators experience a winter city break in Palma
Over the past four days, a group of representatives from a number of British tour operators which specialise in city and short breaks have been on a “familiarisation” trip to Palma.
Tourism
Puro: an oasis of happiness in the heart of Palma
"We want our guests to enter the hotel and feel happiness, pleasure and comfort. Whether they are on business or holiday, we want them to enjoy the Puro experience."
Society
Fresh calls for graffiti crackdown in Palma
"As this is a tourist area and there are still cruise ships coming in, I do feel that this adversely affects their vision of Palma."
Food and drink
Ginbo puts Palma on the map with another award
Cocktail bar Ginbo has done it again. Since the bar opened eight years ago, it has enjoyed its best year yet for national and international recognition.
Spain’s domestic violence problem
Spain really has got to get a grip with the problem of domestic violence.
Head in a golf hole
How can the government ignore the island’s biggest international golf fair ever?
Golf
Majorca's hole in one at golf travel market
The International Golf Travel Market continued at Son Termes today and all of the stands from across the globe were a hive of activity.
Cycling
Team Sky to race in Majorca Challenge at the end of January
Team Sky confirmed today that they will have a team participating in next year’s XXVI Challenge Ciclista a Mallorca, one of the season's opening cycle races in Europe.
Golf
The golfing world gathers in Majorca
This year, a record number of tour operators, travel agencies and carriers are participating in the event which runs until 17 November.
Tourism
Balearic winter bookings up 20% on last year
According to On the Beach, Ibiza is proving to be particularly popular this winter.
Politics
If president, Hillary Clinton will be invited back to Majorca
"If she is elected, and I am 97 per cent sure she will be, despite the dreadful behaviour of the FBI, I shall return the invitation."
Entertainment
The Scotsman who has become Spain's latest TV star
"I guess it’s a guide to alternative Spain, alternative tourism, looking at the local culture, gastronomy, history, places of interest and, of course, the fishing."
Brexit: nothing changes
"It is case of Britain now having to make the best of a terrible situation."
Entertainment
Danny DeVito lights up the Evolution! Film Festival
As the centrepiece of the festival, DeVito received the inaugural "Evolution Honorary Award".
- Ryanair grounds 12 Spain routes over excessive airport taxes
- End of the Golden Visa....but there is a new way to live in Spain with few problems
- Nautical exodus from Mallorca
- The EU threatens the future of Mallorca beach bars
- Non-resident Britons and Americans buying a property in Spain face massive tax bill, PM announces
Comment
It's Christmas, isn't it?
All this fuss about the delay in switching on the Christmas lights, what are the retailers doing?
Humphrey Carter 19/11/2016 00:00