The 2016 edition of the Palma Superyacht Show will begin in just three days time in Mallorca. The event will mark the fourth installment of the show, and presents some of the best sailing and motor yachts over 24 metres available for sale and charter. Over 65 yachts have already confirmed their presence at the […]
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Countdown to Palma Superyacht Show 2016
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Travel company launches European destinations from Leeds Bradford
TRAVEL company Thomas Cook is partnering with Monarch and Evelop airlines to start services to European destinations from Leeds Bradford Airport. Thomas Cook is starting services to Faro, Naples, Mahon, Tenerife, Larnaca and Alicante in summer 2017, Flights to Palma will be launched by Evelop Airlines, to meet the regional demand from holidaymakers across West […]
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EasyJet to open seasonal summer base in Palma
EasyJet is to establish a seasonal summer base in Palma for the first time next year. Three Airbus A319 or A320 aircraft will based in Majorca for eight months of the year starting in spring 2017. The move will help the budget airline connect the island with more airports across Europe not currently served, easyJet […]
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Calling the culturati: Palma is hoping you’ll drop by
From 1952, when the first tour arrived in Majorca from England, the island has set the template for modern package tourism: The one- or two-week stay at an all-inclusive resort holiday. As English academic R.J. Buswell wrote in his 2011 book, Majorca and Tourism, Majorca became a much-studied laboratory for postwar mass tourism, the “Balearic […]
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Completed 3 bed Spanish properties emerge as ideal holiday home for 2016
The ideal holiday home for 2016 has been revealed with the release of new Spanish market analysis by Aliseda Inmobiliaria. The company, experts in the management of Spanish real estate assets, have shown that 2016 will be the year for the three bed property, as part of their ’10 Real Estate Trends for 2016′. The […]
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Explosion in Spanish tourism this year – Mallorca is the absolute top-seller
German tour operators confidently expect a boom year for Spain as worried holidaymakers switch away from the Eastern Mediterranean but hoteliers are being warned against “excessive” price increases, fvw reports Spain already had a record year in 2015 with an estimated 68 million international tourists, which was a 5% rise on the previous year. Tourism […]
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Mallorca set to shine in 2016
Mallorca is aiming to continue its emergence as a leading European golf destination with a concerted PR drive in 2016. All eyes of the golf tourism world will be on the largest of Spain’s Balearic Islands as it plays host to the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) – the world’s premier event of its kind […]
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British Airways to fly from Stansted for the first time at the end of May
British Airways has announced it will start flying from London Stansted Airport from the end of May 2016, a move that will add a fourth airport London airport to the network of Britain’s flagship carrier. In a statement released on Tuesday (9 February) British Airways, which earlier this month said it will resume flights to […]
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Mallorca property prices and rentals to rise in 2016
GOOD news for property owners in Mallorca as an upturn is expected in both sales and rentals in 2016. However, promoters are warning that finding somewhere to live, be it rental or purchase, will worsen for many due to house prices being high on the island and earnings below the average for many. It seems […]
