ABTA reveals UK consumers’ top 10 family friendly destinations. Spain has been voted the number one destination for families as revealed today in the ABTA 2011 Consumer Trends Survey at The Travel Convention in Palma Mallorca. Spain narrowly beat the UK as the most family friendly holiday destination. The Mediterranean countries shine through as especially […]
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Fiesta for Families – Spain Tops UK Families’ Getaway Choices
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Restaurants united against hunger
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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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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A Place in the Sun Live
Every spring and every autumn, A Place in the Sun Live features thousands of overseas properties for sale, from hundreds of exhibitors from more than 40 countries worldwide. And with homes from less than £20,000 to over £1 million, there really is something to suit almost every taste – and budget. A Place in the Sun Live […]
