Santa Cruz de Tenerife closed last year with 2.3 million visitors, 2.5% more, and more than 101 million spending (+ 2.8%), although tourists stayed down 5.5% until 227,000, according to data from the Development Society. The balance on last year has been exposed this Thursday at a press conference by the mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez; […]
Categoría: CANARY ISLANDS
56% of hotels in Tenerife are integrated into a chain, with Iberostar and Meliá leading the way
A study carried out by the CajaCanarias Tourism Chair, Ashotel-University of La Laguna, concludes that of the 239 hotel establishments -extrahoteleros- are registered in Tenerife (source Istac), 132 are in the hands of chains (56%) ), insular, national and international, compared to the remaining 107 (44%) that are independent. This research work, promoted by Ashotel […]
Barceló opens the first Allegro in Tenerife after investing 9 million
Barceló Hotel Group has announced the opening of the new Allegro Isora, the first establishment of the group in the Canary Islands of the Allegro Hotels brand, which opens its doors after an investment of 9 million euros that has resulted in the achievement of the fourth star. The Allegro Isora is a hotel of […]
La Palma loses six flights a week with Germany after the bankruptcy of Germania
The Council of Tourism of the Council of La Palma issued a statement on Tuesday informing that the island will continue to maintain air links with Germany, specifically with the cities of Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover and Stuttgart, although it loses six flights a week after the bankruptcy of Germania. Therefore, the area led […]
The offer of holiday rental grows 180% in Tenerife in 2018
The offer of holiday rental grew last year by 180% on the island of Tenerife and now exceeds 8% of tourist beds, with more than 13,000 seats regulated, although according to the calculations of the Cabildo, the real figure is around 53,000. This was stated on Friday at a press conference by the insular councilor […]
A total of five cruise ships will arrive in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria during the weekend
A total of five cruise ships will arrive at the Port of La Luz and Las Palmas in the Gran Canaria capital during next weekend, as reported by the City Council in a press release In this way, on Saturday, February 2, the city expects three cruises: the Marella Dream (of Marella Cruises, consigned by […]
Investigated a tourist to spend 8,300 euros in clubs of Gran Canaria and pretend to drug him to steal
The Civil Guard of the Main Post of Puerto Rico-Mogán, in the south of Gran Canaria, investigated on January 25 a foreign tourist of 47 years as alleged perpetrator of a crime of simulation of crime, after it was spent 8,300 euros in clubs and falsely report that they had put some narcotic substance in […]
Puerto de la Cruz surprises FITUR with a performance of a couple
The tourist municipality surprised at FITUR 2019 with a performance on romantic tourism, which involved a couple dressed as bride and the mayor of the municipality, Lope Afonso Puerto de la Cruz surprised yesterday at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) by staging a performance in which a couple wanted to marry the mayor of the […]
Tenerife will lose more than 11,000 seats with Madrid in the summer season due to the closure of the Norwegian base
The Cabildo de Tenerife has confirmed with Norwegian that the airline will maintain 93 percent of its operations with the island after announcing that it will close the base it had opened in Tenerife since October 2013, although it will lose more than 11,000 seats in summer with Madrid and 5,600 with Rome. The Minister […]
Norwegian will close its bases in Palma Mallorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife to reduce costs
Norwegian has announced a cost reduction plan that includes the closure of its bases in Palma de Mallorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, as well as the cancellation of the Tenerife South-Rome route and capacity reductions in some other routes. This decision will not affect any of the other five bases of Norwegian in Spain: Alicante, […]