Tourism
Talks on recovering tourist movement from the UK to the Balearics
The British Consulate and the employers association are "joining forces".
Law
Hoteliers want UK help to tackle holiday insurance fraud
The British Consul General and Vice-Consul yesterday held talks with the hoteliers federation about false holiday compensation claims.
Law
British Consulate joins fight against false holiday compensation claims
The holiday claims' fraud has grown enormously in the past couple of years, the target hotels typically being large all-inclusives.
Society
British Embassy confirms new consular appointments in the Balearics
Lucy Gorman takes over as Vice-Consul from long-serving Gillian Brion, who retired last month.
Tourism
British tourists pay 400,000 euros for lost passports
As part of an overall safety campaign, the British Consulate is drawing attention to the impact of the loss of passports.
Foreign affairs
New British Consul-General announced for north-east Spain
Lloyd Milen promoted from Vice Consul in Alicante, where recruitment begins for his successor.
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.
- New setback for Britons travelling to Mallorca from Sunday, September 1
- Britons could be “stuck” on planes at Mallorca airport
- Mallorca on storm lockdown for the long weekend
- Severe weather warning upgraded for all of Mallorca, airport delays
- Update: Barcelona now on red alert for rain, 50 flights cancelled