Tourism
Balearics top this Bank Holiday weekend
ABTA, the Association of British Travel Agents, has reported that 1.9 million British holidaymakers are heading overseas this weekend.
Travel
September airport strikes announced
Walkouts will also be staged at Barcelona, Malaga, Palma and Alicante airports next month.
Retail
Three-year moratorium on large retail outlets
Garrido observed that this precautionary measure is one that affects the whole of Majorca’s land.
Police
Tennant family hurt by media reports
"Until we get all the conclusive reports from the Guardia Civil, which we have not yet received, we as a family are not giving up hope..."
Letters to the Editor
"Surely there are more subtle ways of raising finance than an off-putting tourist tax."
Tax
Higher earners to pay more income tax in 2016
"The tax increase is likely to apply to individuals earning 65,000 euros or more."
Tourism
Jet2 forecasts 20 per cent growth in the Majorcan market in 2016
"I would love to see Jet2 flying all year to Majorca in the mid term."
Tourism
Hotels turning down exclusive contracts for 2016
The tour operators want such contracts in order to ensure they have the maximum number of beds available next summer.
Tourism
Puerto Pollensa's beach the most photographed in Spain
The three most popular beaches with smartphone snappers are to be found in the bays of Pollensa and Alcudia.
Weather
August has been wet, but not that wet
This August has been one of the wettest in Mallorca's history.
Taxation
Majorca losing road tax from hire cars
It is unfair that cars use resources on the islands but that taxes are paid to a municipality on the mainland
Police
Jacqueline Tennant remains found in Tramuntana
The Guardia Civil has confirmed that the human remains found yesterday afternoon are those of Jacqueline Tennant.
Tourism
Balearics had highest July occupancy rate
The average hotel occupancy rate in July across the Balearics was 89.2%.
The past week in The Bulletin
Records being broken left, right and centre, the local economy on a high, all was glowing last week, except when it rained.
Tourism
Tourist tax
The battle lines are already being drawn up as local hoteliers look to block plans by the Balearic government to introduce the controversial tourist tax.
"Record season? I will keep the champagne on ice for now..."
I am always rather sceptical when I see reports of a record summer season with visitor numbers reaching a record high.
Eco-tax
Letters to the Editor
Eco-tax. "Sadness and astonishment is what I feel, as a Majorcan citizen, on reading the Viewpoint by Jason Moore about the spending and some points of view of the Bulletin’s readers regarding the eco-tax."
The beauty of Majorca
It is such a shame that the more problematic resorts such as Magalluf and the Playa de Palma get all the publicity, mostly bad, when there are so many other areas of the island that are both scenic and trouble free.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Spanish pensioners stuck at Palma Airport for fourteen hours
- Watch those prices in Mallorca
Currency
Majorca and a strong pound
"If sterling is strong then Majorca will continue to prosper..."
Jason Moore29/08/2015 00:00