Mallorca's tourism critics seek solutions with the hoteliers and tour operators
The hoteliers federation and TUI believe it is essential for the Forum of Civil Society to be party to discussions about Mallorca's tourism model.
President of the Mallorca Hoteliers Federation, Javier Vich
President of the Mallorca Hoteliers Federation, Javier Vich, speaking at the Berlin tourism fair earlier this week.
Mallorca hoteliers calling for government "courage" by not renewing apartment holiday let licences
The government now needs to get parliamentary support, and this isn't going to be straightforward.
Balearic Government insists: "We must talk about tourism limits"
The government has responded to a hoteliers' view that it is "utterly false" to say that Mallorca is overcrowded.
The founder of Meliá Hotels dies aged 89
Gabriel Escarrer Julià's career in Mallorca's hotel industry started in 1956.
Mallorca - "A neo-tourism in which residents are second or third-class people"
The Forum for Civil Society is highly critical of the Balearic Government's pact for the sustainability of tourism.
It's good to talk: Mallorca's hoteliers and tourism critics getting close to proposals on overtourism
The Forum for Civil Society has been talking to hoteliers and tour operators since August.
Javier Vich, CEO of the Summum Hotel Group, Mallorca
Javier Vich.
Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
"It is true that we have a problem. The hotel sector said ten years ago that it could not grow any further in volume."
Hoteliers say that Mallorca has reached "a critical situation"
"A balance of coexistence between residents and visitors has long been an issue on these islands."
Navigating Mallorca’s rising costs
Being an island that has to import most of its produce, unfortunately means we are hit harder than most.
Mallorca hoteliers outraged by former tourism minister
The hoteliers have accused Iago Negueruela of calling them "exploiters".
The place with two dots at the heart of Mallorca’s tourism
Jaume Bauzà is the new minister for tourism (plus sport and culture), an appointment, from what one can make out, that owes as much to Partido Popular internal affairs as it does to any specific credentials for the post.
Strikes and inflation concerns for Mallorca's hoteliers
For 2023, the UK and German economies need to be working "better".
Mallorca tourism councillor attacks "distorted information" in the British media
Mallorca's hoteliers are being asked not to give credibility to reports by sensationalist British tabloids.
All hotels are now open for business for the first since 2019
"Staff shortages being overcome...."
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Comment
‘Red Marga’ leaves hoteliers singing the blues
Balearic leader has been dubbed ‘Red Marga’ after announcing a rise in the tourist tax, which her party had once sought to abolish.
Jason Moore11/10/2024 09:23