MALLORCA welcomed more than 3.7 million passengers through Palma de Mallorca airport last month. The record number of passengers is a 5.5 per cent increase compared to August 2013, with 5.6 per cent more operations carried out; a total of 25,592 flights. The domestic market continued its recovery with a growth of 11.1 per cent […]
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Mallorca : On the Up !
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Building a better future – Spanish construction sector is fastest growing in Europe
Spain has had enough of economic doom and gloom. The sun-kissed Iberian country has put its economic troubles behind it and is now leading Europe in the race to build a better and brighter future. Figures from EU statistics office Eurostat have shown that the Spanish construction sector has registered a massive year on year […]
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Spanish property market rebounds as economy turns a corner and attracts international buyers
Spain’s economy has been looking up of late, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) adjusting its growth forecast from 0.6% to 1.2% for 2014. James Daniel, head of the IMF’s mission to Spain, explained recently, “The economy has turned the corner, recovery is on the right track and the outlook is better than it was […]
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Regata Copa del Rey
The prestigious Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) is now a major date on the international yachting calendar and competing teams include America’s Cup participants. From 2 – 9 August , a week of frantic activity will begin both on land and on the acclaimed racing area of the bay of Palma, where more than a […]
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Palma de Mallorca Airport looking to smaller markets to drive growth
The fastest-growing segment of the Palma de Mallorca market is from routes outside of the ‘big 3’ markets of Germany, Spain and UK. An example of this is the new weekly service from Riga in Latvia which launched on 1 June. At almost 2,500 kilometres it is the longest new route at the airport launched […]
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Schools out – for summer !
More than two million British holidaymakers are expected to head overseas on summer holidays this weekend as the majority of schools break up for summer. Nearly half a million (450,000) will fly out of Heathrow while 295,000 are set to go from Gatwick; 140,000 from Stansted and 79,000 from Luton. That’s in addition to 162,000 […]
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New apartments on Mallorca
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The 39 Beaches
This summer Mallorca has 39 Blue Flag beaches – eight more than in 2013. This year’s Blue Flag beaches were named in June by the awarding body, the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), in recognition of standards including quality of water, security, environmental conditions and beach installations. The new additions for 2014 are: Oratori, Cala […]
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Haven’t got the energy? Only 13% of housing in Spain meets new standards for energy certification
According to the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism only an estimated 650,000 of all Spanish properties are in compliance with the rules of energy performance certification (CEE). The online platform specialising in energy certification, Certicalia, has reported that this figure only represents 13% of the properties that should have been certified, with the lack […]
