The airlines are preparing for an atypical Easter, with regional but not international restrictions, and are increasing their offer of flights for these dates. There will be a strange situation, which is that the Spaniards will not be able to move between provinces (that is, go on vacation), but we can go outside, since the […]
Tag: Baleares
The Chamber Of Barcelona Claims That 25% Of Direct Government Aid To Companies And The Self-employed By The COVID Go To Catalonia
The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce ask the government that destined to Cataluña a quarter of direct aid to Business Y autonomous affected by the restrictions decreed to contain the Covid pandemic. The aid plan approved by the Minister council last week is divided into 3.000 million euros for the financial debt restructuring fund, 1.000 million […]
Owners and opposition revolt against Armengol’s measure: “It is worrying that they want to expropriate homes”
The Balearic Government’s decision to initiate the mandatory transfer of 56 homes belonging to large owners to be used for social rents has unleashed criticism, anger and alerts among the owners themselves and local and national political opposition. They believe that such a measure generates legal insecurity, scares away investment and opens the door to […]
Four months in prison for British tourists who faked intoxication in a Canarian hotel
Two British marriages have been ordered to pay € 23,000 fine and four months in prison for feigning intoxication to report the hotel where they were staying in the Canary Islands. In 2017 the National Police identified more than 800 British tourists allegedly affected by food poisoning or by the water in the hotel pools. […]
‘Hostelera, small, young and urban’: The Bank of Spain draws the profile of the company most damaged by the crisis
The Banco de Spain sheds light on the company profile most impacted by the coronavirus crisis, coinciding with the new aid plan in which the Government is working for an amount of 11,000 million euros. A study carried out by the supervisor makes it possible to draw up the profile of the most damaged company […]
Hernández de Cos asks for aid to improve the solvency of companies: “The damaging effect on banks must be minimized”
The Governor of the Bank of Spain, Pablo Hernández de Cos, calls on the Government for a shift in the economic stimulus policies used to deal with the effects of the coronavirus to focus on the solvency problems that already drag thousands of companies. “The persistence of the crisis has caused companies to be clearly […]
The hotelier Luis Riu, acquitted of the cause investigating the alleged payment of bribes in Miami
Businessman Luis Riu, one of the most important hoteliers in Spain and CEO of Riu Hotels & Resorts, has been exonerated in the judicial proceeding that the Florida Prosecutor’s Office had brought against him for three years for an alleged collection of bribes in kind by a senior Urban Planning official from Miami Beach, where […]
Hospitality billing fell 50% due to the pandemic
The hospitality billing fell 50% last year due to the pandemic. That is, it was cut in half, with a marked collapse in highly touristy regions, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands. This is reflected in the INE data on the services sector published this Monday. According to these figures, in the whole of […]
Jéssica Albiach: “Salvador Illa is now a conservative because he is hunting for Citizens’ votes”
Successor of the charismatic Xavier DomÚnech at the head of En Comú Podem in the Catalan Parliament, jassicca Albiach (Valencia, 1979) is the only candidate for the presidency of the Generalitat who publicly defends an entente to govern between her party , the PSC and Esquerra Republicana. Does governing with the Socialists in La Moncloa […]
Retail sales plummeted 7% in 2020, the first and biggest drop since the previous crisis
Retail sales plummeted 6.8% in 2020 due to the pandemic. It is the biggest decline since 2012 and the first drop since the last economic crisis, according to the data published this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). This collapse is due to the restrictions derived from the health crisis. In fact, although […]