Mallorca a top cheapest all-inclusive destination
A survey by travel insurance provider Staysure has revealed that 88% of UK travellers are contemplating changes to their summer holiday destinations with increased costs a primary concern.
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Majority of Britons will avoid “overcrowded” destinations
63% of Britons likely to reject a destination because of overcrowding.
Heated debate between tourist sector and the Spanish government continues over new registration scheme.
Heated debate between tourist sector and the Spanish government continues over new registration scheme.
Spanish hotel fined 1,500 euros for wanting to photocopy a guest’s ID card
The argument over the new 'big brother' visitor registration scheme rumbles on with calls for it to be scrapped.
Gordon Ramsay opens in the Balearics
Ramsay has said he is ‘very excited to bring Hell’s Kitchen to Ibiza this summer season’ and has highlighted the island’s ‘incredible energy’, as well as ‘its lively nightlife and world-class cuisine.
easyHotel is flying to open in Palma
The hotel chain is an affordable, low-carbon chain of value hotels. It was founded in 2004 by Sir Stelios Haji loannou, who launched easyJet.
"Big Brother" register slammed as being disastrous by top Mallorca hotelier
Fears that guests will think twice about booking a hotel room.
Mallorca hotel guests faced with "Big Brother" check-in measures, this is what you will need
Fears than tourists may stay away
November in Soller: From tourist trails to holiday traditions
The question of the week is when are you putting your Christmas decorations up?
American arrested for not paying a hotel bill in the Balearics
This arrest is one of the most significant made this season on the island of Ibiza for hotel fraud.
The National Police carried out the investigation and arrest.
The National Police carried out the investigation and arrest.
Hoteliers fear the new registration scheme will turn people away to other destinations.
Hoteliers fear the new registration scheme will turn people away to other destinations.
“Someone in power needs to make it clear to the UK and Germany that Mallorca wants tourists”
“We can’t have hotels and airlines putting up their prices by between 15 and 20 percent and then offering the same services and quality as the year before.”
Britain’s richest Mallorca landowners join forces to open new hotel
Branson to open second hotel in Mallorca in 2026.
The Wall Street Journal lists its best Mallorca hotels for Americans this year
Rafa Nadal and the Meliá chain have caught the US eye.
Mallorca hotel has the best breakfast in the world
The award for Best Hotelier of the Year went to Gabriel Escarrer Jaume, Chairman and CEO of Meliá Hotels International.
Selling up? Big rise in the number of hotels for sale in Balearics
Majority of big international chains represented on the island.
Sir Richard Branson to open second luxury Mallorca hotel in 2026
Sir Richard secured approval for a second hotel on the estate in 2021.
- Balearics looking to ban all holiday lets in apartments
- No capacity for growth? Too expensive? TUI expect a record number of tourists in the Balearics in 2025
- Alcudia top “Most Beautiful Town in Spain”
- Britons will soon have to provide fingerprints landing in Mallorca
- Fight over the best flat alerted neighbours to an attempted occupation by squatters in Palma
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A hot winter for the hoteliers in the Balearics?
Employer-union negotiations are expected to be long and complicated.
Andrew Ede22/11/2024 10:00