With sterling at a nine-year high for tourists against the euro, Britons will see their cash go further abroad. Many resorts in popular destinations such as Spain, Greece and Portugal have also slashed prices. Money exchanges were yesterday offering holidaymakers up to 1.39 euros to the pound, 15 per cent more than last year. Some […]
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Holiday bonanza: European getaways get cheaper as pound soars to nine year high
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Rapidly expanding market drives up property employment in Spain
Spain’s property market is expanding rapidly once more, with the latest figures from the Spanish notaries showing a 19% year on year jump in the number of properties sold there during 2014. Prices are on the up too, with the Ministry of Public Works reporting a rise of 0.5% in Q4 2014, the first uptick […]
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Increasing number of Brits buying Spanish property
The number of British citizens buying holiday homes in Spain is on the rise once more. With the pound outperforming the euro in recent months, the interest in purchasing property overseas has soared, with a 48 per cent rise in the number of Brits looking to buy homes in Spain compared to this time 12 […]
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New coastal train set to open up Costa Blanca, bringing joy to property owners across the region
It is common knowledge that when the crisis struck, builders across Spain downed tools, leaving the country with a swathe of unfinished housing. But it wasn’t just developers who paused in their endeavours – infrastructure projects also suffered. Now, with more positive economic times on the horizon, one such project is being revisited by the […]
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Coastal upgrades for Torrevieja
A TOTAL of €505,118 has been invested by Alicante Coastal Service to undertake repairs and emergency measures along the promenades of La Mata and Playa de Los Locos in Torrevieja. Government Delegate in Valencia, Serafin Castilian, visited the works in a section of the municipal park of the Molina de Agua in La Mata, accompanied […]
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Malaga boasts healthy tourism results
THE good news for the tourism industry continues, with Malaga getting 10 per cent more visitors in January than in the same month of 2014, During January, the province received a total of 199,246 tourists, according to the data released by the Socio-economical Observatory of Malaga’s Development and Quality Foundation (Madeca). Spanish residents who visited […]
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Iberia Group brings Mallorca closer
The Iberia Group, through its subsidiary Iberia Express, will launch non-stop flights from London to Mallorca, and to Gran Canaria and Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The airline will start connecting the Balearic capital from Heathrow’s T5 with one daily flight from the 1st of April, just in time for Easter. At the start of […]
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British Airways launches new Sevilla flight from Gatwick
“British Airways direct services to Seville from London Gatwick start this Thursday 26 February 2015. From 26 February 2015, British Airways will fly five times a week to Seville, Spain from London Gatwick”>British Airways direct services to Seville from London Gatwick start this Thursday 26 February 2015. From 26 February 2015, British Airways will fly […]
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Costa del Sol tourism gears up for another record-breaking year
AFTER a record number of visitors last year, Costa del Sol tourism figures have started 2015 getting better and better. The latest figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE) show the number of hotel visitors in January, with Malaga Province registering a 10 per cent increase compared to the same month in 2014, with a […]
