Higher prices needed to save Spanish pensioner holidays in Mallorca
The Balearic government won't be topping up the payment to hotels.
Imserso holidaymakers arriving at a Mallorca hotel
The majority of hotels have pulled out of the programme.
Mallorca hotels not participating in Spanish pensioners' holiday programme
Hotels insist that Spanish government payment for Imserso holidays is too low.
Spanish pensioners on an Imserso holiday in Mallorca
Hoteliers say that Imserso isn't financially viable.
Spanish pensioner holidays are "guaranteed"
News to Mallorca's hoteliers, who have said they will be withdrawing from the Imserso programme.
Travel agent sign announcing sale of holidays for Spanish pensioners
A travel agent's sign from a few years ago announcing the sale of Imserso holidays.
Mallorca hoteliers pull out of Spanish pensioners' holiday scheme
Imserso prices have been a bone of contention for years; they are even more so now.
Tourism sector recovery is being "consolidated"
Germany's decision to remove Spain from its high-risk list was a "positive step".
Imserso holidays for Spanish senior citizens in Mallorca
An earlier start to the Imserso programme had been hoped for.
Holidays in Mallorca for Spain's senior citizens unlikely until early 2022
The specifications for the contracts for operating Imserso holidays have yet to be drafted.
Tourism
Hoteliers calling for "immediate measures" for tourism survival
The national confederation of hotels says: "Time is against us. There needs to be immediate action."
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Spanish pensioner holidaymakers arriving in Majorca
It is estimated that some 340,000 Spanish pensioner holidaymakers will come to Majorca and the Balearics over the low season.
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Spanish pensioner holidays to the Balearics selling out
While sales are going well, not all sectors of the travel and tourism industry are happy with the pensioners' vacations.
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Record number of senior citizen holidaymakers expected
A record number of Spanish senior citizens are expected over the low season. But do they represent profitable business?
Tourism
October looking good for Majorca, but Minorca faces Monarch blow
October hotel occupancy in Majorca is forecast to be as high it was last year, but Monarch's collapse has done Minorca no favours.
Tourism
Hotels may leave Imserso programme because of lack of profit
While hoteliers are saying that they may pull out, they were pointing earlier in the year to the positive impact of Imserso, if only in terms of occupancy.
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German half-term tourists packing out Majorca's hotels
In Playa de Palma, occupancy this month is 10% higher than in October 2015. In Playa de Muro, certain hotels are fully booked.
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250,000 Spanish pensioners on Imserso holidays from October
The scheme of holidays for Spanish senior citizens is scheduled to run between October and May; quarter of a million will be coming to the Balearics.
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Comment
A rare sight in Magalluf
Not just one, but around fifty.
Andrew Ede14/02/2022 09:34