According to ANEA (Spanish Airports and Air Navigation public body) the Costa Blanca’s main airport, Alicante-Elche, is celebrating a record year and is steadily reaching its target of ten million users for 2014. Figures recorded in May revealed huge traffic, some 974,449 passengers passing through the airport, 4.8% more than in the same month in […]
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Viva the Costa Blanca as Alicante airport reports record passenger numbers
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Monarch introduces Airport Customer Experience hosts
UK-based leisure carrier Monarch has introduced roaming Airport Customer Experience (ACE) hosts in nine airports to assist passengers in the departure hall. The ACE hosts are based at London Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, London Luton, Palma de Mallorca, Faro, Tenerife, Alicante and Lanzarote airports. They have been introduced to help passengers who require assistance with the […]
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Dine Mile High to bring a taste of Andalucia to London this summer
London’s coolest pop up gastronomic event is back with this summer and the Spanish Tourist Office and the region of Andalucía are delighted to be sponsoring it. Lovers of all things Spanish should book their tickets sharpish as Shuttlecock Inc., the team behind London’s legendary Mile High pop ups, and their trusty team of cabin crew and […]
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WTA to launch new grass court event in Mallorca
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has announced the creation of a new tournament in Mallorca from 2016. The new event, which will feature 32 players, will take place on grass courts in mid-June as a warm-up for the Wimbledon Championships. The inaugural event is scheduled for 13th to 19th June 2016, the same week as […]
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Foreign buyers are at it again as Scandinavians swoop in on Spain’s lucrative property market
Freezing cold winters, stable economies, greatly improved flight routes and a love of the Spanish lifestyle – it is little wonder that Scandinavians are now one of the fastest growing groups of foreign buyers of Spanish property. According to Knight Frank´s Global Property Search, online searches for properties in Spain increased by 29% over the […]
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Summer Read : The Vacationers
For those unable to jet off to a Spanish island this summer, reading “The Vacationers” may be the next-best thing. Straub’s gorgeously written novel follows the Post family — a food writer named Franny; her patrician husband, Jim; and their children, 28-year old Bobby and 18-year-old Sylvia — to Mallorca. The island is brought […]
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New Release : La Floresta Sur Phase 2
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Economists signal that Spanish property market is on the verge of recovery
The downward trend in the property market in Spain is drawing to a close and it is unemployment that is hindering a full recovery, according to the International Monetary Fund. With unemployment still hovering around 26% the real estate sector is unlikely to move into full recovery mode just yet, says the report author James […]
