Business
Meliá receives business award for innovation
The hotel chain has retained its strong position through its commitment to a new holidaying model.
Magalluf
Fewer police inspections in Magalluf this summer
Calvia town hall describes these results as "positive" in that the increased police presence had an informative and dissuasive impact.
Magalluf
The Magalluf metamorphosis continues as season ends
The second phase of work on the Magalluf Avenue and the creation of a tourist and commercial street will lead to it becoming an area of restricted traffic.
Charity
Calvia Council signs agreement for first Prostate Cancer charity football tournament
The Majorca Beach Sports Arena is going to be hosting Errol McKeller’s first Prostate Cancer Beach Football Tournament.
Tourism
British praise for Magalluf changes
The Times devoted half a page in drawing attention to the changes in Magalluf.
Tourism
British Ambassador thanks holiday industry for promoting ‘safe behaviour’ among young Brits
The UK travel industry’s #TakeYourPic campaign, aimed at 15 to 30 year olds, encouraged young visitors to Magalluf and San Antonio to choose between a #holidaywin and a #holidayfail.
Tourism
The Bulletin prepares for the World Travel Market
The supplement takes as its theme the "new Magalluf".
Magalluf, flights and tourist tax: the week in The Bulletin
Inevitably, that tax continued its dominance of the news pages last week, while Calvia was unavoidable.
Tourist tax and winter flights: the week in the Bulletin
There were really only two words to sum up last week - tourist tax.
Police
Guardia Civil efforts in Magalluf praised
Teresa Palmer, the national government delegate, paid tribute to the force and their efforts in Magalluf in particular.
Tourist tax and dog mess: the week in the Bulletin
That tax was once more a feature of the week, as were the hardy perennials of the weather and dog mess, while a somewhat unexpected twist on the summer rentals story loomed into view.
The week in the Bulletin: a saint and a tax
A saint, a tax, a government defeat, the past week was one of holiness and distinctly unholy rows, one of them even involving a saint.
Magalluf
Significant fall in incidents in Magalluf
“Significant decrease” this year in the number of incidents involving British nationals in resorts in Calvia: Magalluf, most notably.
Tourism
“Hardest part has been done”: Magalluf’s transformation
Gabriel Escarrer, Meliá's CEO, says that the hardest part has been done in turning Magalluf around.
The past week in the Bulletin
More record numbers (when aren't there record numbers?), a boost for UK tourism, some major police operations and sadness were some of the themes of the past week.
Crime
Italian drug gang smashed in Magalluf
Major Guardia Civil operation against drugs trafficking in Magalluf.
Magalluf
Crackdowns in Calvia continue
A major operation in Magalluf at the weekend has resulted in the closure of three restaurants and the impounding of 850 articles considered potentially dangerous to consumers.
Police
Parents hope for truth behind son’s Magalluf fatal balcony fall
“This was no accident. Someone must have seen something.”
- Britons cash in on the outgoing Golden Visa in Spain to beat the 90 day rule
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
- The 90 day rule does have some positive results in Spain!
- German low-season tourism in Mallorca set for a new record
Police
"British police officers should have a permanent presence in Spain..."
It now looks as if every area in Spain wants British police officers patrolling their streets.
Jason Moore24/08/2015 00:00