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Sol Barbados: Fun returns to one of the most iconic hotels in Calviá
The Sol Barbados hotel offers its guests fully refurbished rooms with beautiful views of the sea or the mountains

One of the swimming pools at Meliá Calviá Beach
One of the swimming pools at the Meliá Calviá Beach Hotel located in a fabulous beachfront position
Agreement on conversion of obsolete hotels in Mallorca
The agreement is for 50% of conversion into residential accommodation to be for social housing.
Meliá revenue almost quadruples
Bookings bounced back after the initial impact of the Omicron variant.

Gabriel Escarrer Jaume Chief Excecutive of Melia Hotels International
Gabriel Escarrer Jaume Chief Excecutive of Melia Hotels International.

New lease of life for the Hotel Formentor.
New lease of life for the Hotel Formentor.
Formentor Hotel gets expansion licence
The hotel, which has neoclassical and Art Deco elements, opened in 1929
British fury over all inclusive booze limits
Claims that Mallorca no longer wants British tourists
Hotel deals in Mallorca highly unlikely this summer
Tour operators are trying to pressurise hoteliers into offering discounts.

Calls for tougher controls on entrance to beach clubs.
Calls for tougher controls on entrance to beach clubs.
Empty hotels and hostels could be used as social housing
Hotels can only expand if they reduce the number of beds.
A bumper summer season in Mallorca!
“Mallorca will be the champion holiday enclave this summer..."

Glorious Illetas over Easter.
Glorious Illetas over Easter.
Mallorcan hoteliers report massive Easter bounce
Mallorca hotels which opened for Easter will remain open for the season now.
Mallorca's tourism economy bounces back
Hotels and restaurants looking at a good Easter; retailers less sure.

Hotel in Playa de Palma, Mallorca, prepared for opening
Hotel in Playa de Palma prepared for opening.
Balearics hotel prices lowest for Easter
Average hotel price in the Balearics is less than half the highest in Spain.

A hotel in Menorca preparing to open
Some hotels are still preparing to open. Will they have enough staff?
Hotels looking at buying apartments in order to house employees
Cost to rent and availability of employees could result in staff shortages this season.
- Mallorca restaurants' concern for the 2025 tourism season and alarm at union demands
- Start applying for UK entry visa now
- Mallorca hotel is the best in Spain, according to TUI holidaymakers
- Electricity bills power ahead in Spain as goverment slaps heavy tax on bills
- Beware of new red lines on Spanish roads
Comment
Hotel conversion - sound in principle, but ...
The agreement on conversion of obsolete hotels into accommodation raises any number of questions.
Andrew Ede10/05/2022 19:49