Ibiza might be the illustrious Balearic isle blasted with the limelight in the global clubbing realm, but some 100 miles to the east lies one of her sister islands that holds its own position as a clubbers hotspot. Mallorca, which draws partyphiles in their thousands every year, has big things headed its way this summer […]
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BH Mallorca assembles for 2016 season
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Property sales in Spain expected to rise 20% this year
The forecast for the residential property market in Spain for this year couldn’t look more promising, according to leading global real-estate consultants CBRE. In the company’s latest report experts have calculated that more houses will be sold this year than last year, the excess stock of unsold empty properties will be reduced and house prices […]
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British Airways launches service to Alicante from LCY
BA will bring in the service for the busy holiday season, adding to its growing range of leisure destinations. British Airways is to launch a new leisure service to Alicante from London City Airport to cover the busy holiday season this summer. The new flights to Spain’s Costa Blanca will operate four times a week […]
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Taylor Wimpey España reveals new sea front development as Spanish market set to sizzle this summer
With summer on the not so distant horizon, thoughts turn to the much needed glimpse of sunshine, and that dream holiday home. The most recent CBRE report suggests that this year’s destination of choice is most definitely Spain, with projections for 2016 showing that there will be a substantial 20% increase in property transactions in […]
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Norwegian increases flights from Birmingham to Malaga
Norwegian is increasing flights from Birmingham airport to Malaga for the summer. The low-cost carrier has also put 30,000 winter 2016-17 seats on sale from the airport starting at £29.90. More than 125,000 passengers have flown Norwegian to five destinations from Birmingham since it started operating from the airport a year ago. The airline now […]
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New flights to Malaga, Alicante and Faro
Forty-two new weekly flight to a host of destinations are now taking off from Robin Hood airport. Eight new routes to Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Jersey, Newquay, Malaga, Alicante and Faro are scheduled as part of a Flybe deal with the Doncaster Sheffield Airport. The airline will also operate a business route to Dusseldorf from Thursday […]
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Alicante shines as the favourite 2016 Spanish destination with new flights adding to accessibility
The beginning of 2016 saw Spain break yet another tourism record, welcoming 3.5 million international tourists in January alone, albeit traditionally one of the low-season months. The latest tourism figures show that this is an 11.2% increase in comparison to last year, with 20% of all overseas visitors coming from the UK. And this trend […]
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Spanish property market is recovering in terms of sales and even prices.
According to data from the Spanish Ministry of Public Works, foreigners bought 69,196 homes in Spain during 2015, up 13% over the previous year, and accounted for almost one in every five of the homes sold in the country last year. Non-resident foreigners purchased a total of 4,846 homes in Spain last year, up 10.1% […]
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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 […]
