From 1 October to 15 November, the campaign ‘Restaurants united against hunger’ will take place for the second time all over Spain. This initiative, organised by Action against Hunger (an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to the fight against infant malnutrition) and supported by the Spanish Hotel and Catering Association (FEHR), is an ideal combination of […]
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Restaurants united against hunger
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Mallorca-Now’s Guide to Puerto Pollensa
View of Puerto de Pollensa from marina Puerto de Pollensa shops & beach A Guide to Puerto Pollensa Puerto de Pollensa (Pollenca) is a very well known popular family resort in the far north of Majorca in the municipality of Pollensa. Pollensa’s natural beauty and gently sloping safe sandy beaches are perfect for tourists with children and also […]
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Spain experiences continued growth in tourism
Despite a gloomy economic atmosphere throughout Europe, Spain is experiencing continued growth, including a bumper August this year. Whereas countries such as France and Germany have been somewhat suffering from the effects of the financial crisis ever since 2008, Spain seems to be a long way down the road to recovery. Traditionally the second most […]
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‘Port Adriano’ – new Mediterranean marina designed by Philippe Starck
30 minutes by car from Palma de Mallorca, Port Adriano is one of the most select leisure ports on the Mediterranean, with a service area for moorings of 25,000 m2, 82 berths for super-yachts between 25 and 60/80m long. Port Adriano also has a 10,000m2 technical area, with a dry dock suitable for large yachts, a […]
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Five New Flights to Spain For 2012
Leading leisure airline, Jet2.com, announce five new routes to Spain for summer 2012 as they celebrate one year at Glasgow Airport. Spain has seen a busy summer of arrivals reaffirm its status as a leading holiday destination for Brits and this demand has been met by Jet2.com. The leading leisure airline has added routes to […]
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Spain’s dedicated to being a record breaker with 7.64 million foreign visitors last month
In August this year 7.64 million foreign tourists visited Spain, a 9.4% increase over the same month in 2010, with data from the survey of tourist movements at FRONTUR indicating that this marked an all-time monthly high for the country. Since the beginning of 2011, 40 million tourists have visited Spain, representing a 7.8% increase […]
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Spain property a more attractive option for first-time buyers priced out of UK market
9 out of 10 young people in the UK want to buy their own home, according to a YouGov survey, but 70% believe that it’s harder to buy now than it was 20 years ago. As a result first time buyer numbers have fallen from 600,000 annually a decade ago to around 200,000 last […]
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Leading Spanish house builder bucks trend and reports positive outlook for Q4 2011 with sales up by 8%
With the National Statistics Institute in Spain revealing that the number of property sales declined during July, both on a year-on-year and monthly basis, leading house builder Taylor Wimpey España is proud to report an 8% increase in sales to date in 2011. Reviewing its performance this year so far, Taylor Wimpey España which has been […]
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Global Ocean Race 2011-12 is set to make a splash in the Mallorcan property market
With only 5 days remaining until the start of the Global Ocean Race, Mallorca the launch pad of the highly anticipated event, is gearing up to see thrilling high speed activity from various nations doing battle on its sunlit watery landscape this weekend. Having announced the final entries for the 2011-12 sailing extravaganza, the race is set […]
