Mallorcan is Spain’s seventh richest person
There are more than 120 Iberostar hotels worldwide
New British-owned luxury hotel opens in Santa Ponsa
Open year-round, Kimpton Aysla Mallorca will be home to two restaurants, two bars, two outdoor swimming pools and a 900 sqm Maison Codage Paris spa
Easter inspections find high degree of compliance
270 reports for breaches of regulations.
Workers dismantle furniture at a hotel in Minorca
Workers dismantle furniture at a hotel in Minorca for the winter season.
Economy
Spain's hotel occupancy crashed in first half of 2020
The rate of occupancy in Spanish hotels more than halved in the first six months of the yea.
The Blog
A Hotel Really Can Be Like A Home
For hoteliers, the current crisis is one of liquidity. Going forward, there has to be a doubt about all the existing hotel stock. Will it be needed?
Tourism
“Tourists kill the city" graffiti springing up in Palma
The police are still investigating a wave of similar incidents dating back to last summer.
Building
No more new hotels to be permitted in the centre of Palma
Any form of new moratorium on new hotels in the city centre will not be introduced until September or October.
Meeting
Crisis talks in Calvia over falls from hotels
Two Britons have already died in balcony falls this summer and another is in a serious condition in hospital.
Tourism
Hoteliers have hiked their rates by 10 percent for next year
Some sectors of the tourist industry consider it a gamble, but Majorcan hoteliers have managed to increase rates by as much as ten percent for 2018.
Branson's Virgin Hotels is taking over a London property owned by the Reuben Brothers, all are big land owners in Mallorca.
Branson's Virgin Hotels is taking over a London property owned by the Reuben Brothers, all are big land owners in Mallorca.
Tourism
Tourism sector heading for another record year
With respect to the uncertainty generated by Brexit, the hoteliers are more confident that the UK market will still show a positive trend.
Hotels
Hoteliers opposed to building licence suspensions in Palma
A three-year moratorium on licences would not be possible as suspensions can only be for one year.
Hotels
Majorca resorts lead recovery of hotel profitability
Revenues per available rooms in Majorca's hotels were higher than hotels in other regions.
Construction
Manacor clamping down on illegal building work
The hotel in Porto Cristo has been sealed off and the electricity has been cut off.
Finance
UK investors choose the Balearics to avoid Brexit effect
Figures from the office of the national secretary of state for commerce show that British investment was 229 million euros to the end of September.
Tourism
Jet2 and Ryanair move into the holiday rental market
Ryanair will be offering the complete package, flight, accommodation and transfer.
- 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
- Balearics looking to ban all holiday lets in apartments
The Week in Tourism
German tourism: the mixed messages
We have in the Balearics a proposal from the Association of Hotel Chains that there could be a "test" from the middle of June.
Andrew Ede08/05/2020 04:01