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TUI predicts a boom in summer bookings and says Canaries will benefit
TUI predicts a boom in summer bookings and says Canaries will benefit

Confinement has lead to people being more desperate than ever to get away, and most have saved money, says TUI...

Spain welcomes an EU vaccination passport and wants it as soon as possible
Spain welcomes an EU vaccination passport and wants it as soon as possible

The Spanish hoteliers association are pleased by the announcement of a vaccination passport…

Canary Islands will approve aid to SMEs and the self-employed on Monday
Canary Islands will approve aid to SMEs and the self-employed on Monday

The regional Government says that they will begin to arrive in March...

January's tourism disaster: each hotel received an average of 12 visitors per day
January's tourism disaster: each hotel received an average of 12 visitors per day

Only 47,217 foreign tourists stayed in the Canaries compared to almost 600,000 in 2020…

Holiday bookings soar as British tourists hope for travel restart in May
Holiday bookings soar as British tourists hope for travel restart in May

Easyjet have seen a 600% increase in bookings overnight... many are opting for July onwards to be safe...

Tenerife and Gran Canaria among most sought after destinations for Easter
Tenerife and Gran Canaria among most sought after destinations for Easter

The search for holidays over Easter has grown by 43%...

Loro Parque: ‘We are losing an average of two and a half million euros per month’
Loro Parque: ‘We are losing an average of two and a half million euros per month’

Half of Loro Parques staff are still working behind the scenes to care for the animals, even the park has been shut for 11 months…

Currency transfers and the law post-Brexit
Currency transfers and the law post-Brexit

There is one particular change that it’s essential to be aware of when moving money abroad post-Brexit…

Jet2 raises € 483M with share issue to overcome the drop in travel
Jet2 raises € 483M with share issue to overcome the drop in travel

The British travel industry wants the UK government to urgently establish how it will lift restrictions...

FTI Group: travelling to the Canary Islands at Easter ‘is possible’
FTI Group: travelling to the Canary Islands at Easter ‘is possible’

"Waiting for everyone to receive the vaccine is not a solution; we have to learn to live with the virus"...

Property sales fell by 22% in 2020 in the Canary Islands
Property sales fell by 22% in 2020 in the Canary Islands

The decrease was 17.7% in the whole of Spain during 2020, the largest decrease since 2011...

Mercadona donates 780 tons of necessities to food banks and charities
Mercadona donates 780 tons of necessities to food banks and charities

This is 63% more than the year before and equivalent to 13,000 trolleys full...

Almost half self employed have closed their business but continue to be registered
Almost half self employed have closed their business but continue to be registered

Approximately 10,000 autonomos are receiving aid for cessation of activity, and continue to pay their Social Security although they won't open their business again...

German tourists will return to the Canary Islands in the summer
German tourists will return to the Canary Islands in the summer

Safe corridors will be necessary in tourist areas with a low incidence rates of Covid, as well as the use of tests, says the Commissioner for Tourism, Thomas Bareiss...

Latest airline updates as UK casts doubts on summer holidays
Latest airline updates as UK casts doubts on summer holidays

Airlines are confident people will be able to travel but UK politicians have cast doubts on a summer holidays...

Canarian Airways… the new Canarian airline has take off!
Canarian Airways… the new Canarian airline has take off!

The birth of the new airline has been announced and the project is being guided by One Airways, an aeronautical company built with 100% Canarian capital…

A public registry of 'Real Estate Agents’ is being created in the Canary Islands
A public registry of 'Real Estate Agents’ is being created in the Canary Islands

There are criteria professionals must meet including sufficient financial solvency through the necessary guarantees and liability insurance...

How to choose the best type of bed?
How to choose the best type of bed?

Quality of sleep is just as important as the number of hours you sleep, and choosing the right bed will help you get the sleep you deserve after a long, busy day...

Hoteliers threaten legal action against city councils for the collection of taxes
Hoteliers threaten legal action against city councils for the collection of taxes

Ashotel has told the Canary Islands Federation of Municipalities the serious situation that closed hotel companies are going through since last March, but that they continue to have to pay fees and taxes for services that are not being used....

Compensation awarded to Tenerife tourists sold investments in tax havens
Compensation awarded to Tenerife tourists sold investments in tax havens

The first court sentence of this kind in January has ordered the return of investor’s money plus costs and interest...