AT least one Balearic hotel group has had a better summer than expected.The OD hotel chain, owner of three hotels in Ibiza and one in Mallorca, managed to achieve an occupancy rate of nearly 75% in the key summer months.And now the group that also owns the hip Ryans chain in Ibiza, plus two more…
Date Published: 09/10/2020 UK taskforce to examine the possibility of introducing covid testing instead of quarantining There’s no doubt that the tourism and travel sectors have been particularly badly hit by the covid crisis, and that uncertainty over the duration of the pandemic will continue to push businesses to the wire if the current level…
Travel between UK and Spain may not require 14 day quarantine for much longer Read More »
Preverisk Group, the international consultant specialising in health and safety consulting, auditing and training for the tourist industry, has guaranteed the effectiveness of the health and hygiene protocols in place at the RIU chain of hotels by issuing 62 COVID-19 Hygiene Response certificates. This certification guarantees that the chain’s hotels audited by Preverisk have passed…
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THE Junta has launched an initiative which offers complementary vouchers for residents in Andalucia. The tourist voucher, which began this Thursday and will be valid until May 31, will subsidise up to 50% of expenses in hotels and restaurants in the Autonomous Community of Andalucia, with a maximum of €300 euros per three-night break and…
WINTER TOURISM: Keeps the Costa Blanca ticking over Photo credit: Hosbec LAST week the Valencia Community’s Covid-19 infection rate of 42 cases for every 100,000 inhabitants was one of the best in Spain. Only Galicia with 41 per 100,000 cases had better figures and the safeness of the region was tacitly confirmed when Belgium removed…
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October 2 – Spain’s LaLiga has licensed its name and marks for a series of sports bars around the world, signing an agreement with Spanish chain Barceló Hotel Group. The bars will be launched under the LaLiga TwentyNine’s brand name, taken from 1929, the year that LaLiga was formed. LaLiga said “several” site openings are…
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Published September 24, 2020Service Properties Trust threatened to take 122 hotels to another brandFox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com.The owner of more than 100 Marriott hotel properties is threatening to terminate its agreement with the chain and re-brand the properties with another company due to a payment shortfall.Service…
Marriott falls behind on payments for 122 hotels, property owner says Read More »
The Mayor, José María García Urbano, underlined the brave and ambitious commitment of this hotel group The Ikos Andalusia Hotel in Estepona has completed the renovation and construction work with a view to opening in April 2021. The hotel chain, of Greek origin, has thus landed in the municipality with an ambitious project, on the…
The Hotel IKOS Andalusia in Estepona is preparing for its opening next April Read More »
New European hotel transaction data from Cushman & Wakefield reveals that the first half of 2020 saw a marked increase in investors retreating to their home regions amid Covid-19 related uncertainty. Some 78 per cent of the recorded €5.7 billion in transactions (a year-on-year fall of 55 per cent) originating from within Europe. Data from…
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