Spanish holiday rental specialists, España Breaks, have produced a beautiful chart of what features of a holiday let property actually makes a difference to those renting them. January remains the most important indicator of booking patterns in the annual holiday season so we decided to analyse our 2012 enquiry data to see how key […]
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What holiday renters really want
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Just can’t get enough! Spain most popular holiday destination for Brits over Easter
Once again, Spain continues to be the most popular holiday destination for Brits over the Easter period with data from Carehiremarket.com revealing that from the 31st March to 15th April, 35% of UK holiday makers hiring a car through the company booked a holiday to Spain. Marc Pritchard, Sales and Marketing Manager of leading house […]
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UK travellers are seeking the Mediterranean sun for a Jubilee Bank Holiday getaway
Price comparison website dealchecker.co.uk can reveal that UK travellers are already looking to take advantage of the extra four-day weekend afforded to them by the Queen’s Jubilee Weekend this June 2nd. Patriotism is low on the agenda as UK travellers holiday search patterns for early June indicate a desire for guaranteed sunshine away from home. […]
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Your Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun Live is the perfect place to meet prospective agents when you’re thinking of buying a property overseas. And as you are already in touch ww would like to offer you free tickets to come and visit us at Earls Court London on 30th March – 1st April 2012. A Place in […]
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Spain ‘still affordable for British buyers’
British buyers can still look forward to paying less for a Spanish property, despite little improvement in the exchange rate between sterling and the euro in February. This is according to Currency Index, which noted Spain is among the destinations where real estate has become cheaper for those purchasing in sterling. Overall, the cost of […]
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Pelayos to open Malaga Film Festival
The Pelayos, a thriller about the real case of a family who made millions playing in casinos worldwide, will be the opening film of the next Malaga Film Festival (April 20-28). Directed by Eduard Cortés, the film stars Daniel Brühl, Lluís Homar and Blanca Suárez. The Pelayos became famous many years ago since they were […]
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Prince Picasso Art Exhibition in Malaga
The Picasso Museum in Malaga presents a world premiere exhibition featuring paintings, collages and photo-collages produced by the American artist Richard Prince in the last two years. Prince is one of the leading artists on the international art scene, and his career has been characterised by the inclusion in his works of icons of popular […]
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Holiday car hire prices drop by up to 45% in two years across sunshine hotspots
New research from TravelSupermarket has revealed that car hire is now up to 45 per cent cheaper than two years ago for key holiday periods in 2012. Car hire prices across Malaga, Alicante, Murcia, Palma, Tenerife and Faro all saw a drop in price from 2010 across Easter and Whit Week, with six of the […]
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2012 kicks off with 4.6% rise in tourism
Great news for Spain this morning: Almost 2.8 million foreign tourists came to Spain last month, a 4.6 percent increase on January 2011, according to ThinkSpain.com. These latest figures compiled by Frontur and released today by the Ministry of Industry show an increase of 122,000 foreign visitors in January 2012 compared with the same month […]
