Hotels, shops and restaurant in central Palma seem set to have their best ever December in terms of turnover and profit. The large and luxury stores are anticipating sales that will be above levels pre-economic crisis, with the main period for sales being from the Constitution holiday (6 December) up to Christmas Eve.
At El Corte Inglés additional staff is being taken on. The store has had good Black Friday sales and now expects sales for the Christmas campaign to exceed expectations.
Much of the optimism is derived from the forecasts for passenger movement at the airport. The total number of passengers in December is predicted to go up by around ten per cent to 800,000 (this is of course the number both arriving and departing). Aena says that 140 routes will be operating in December, 24 more than last year.
The 23 boutique hotels in the city centre are expecting occupancy to be on average around 35% to 40% but to be up to as much as 80% on certain days. This occupancy will be similar to last year, but there are now more hotels places. Prices are typically between 150 and 300 euros.
Palma's up-market restaurants, such as those in boutique hotels, are looking forward to a good month that will surpass last December.
But while Palma city centre and the high end of the market might be expecting a good December, what about elsewhere in the city and indeed elsewhere in Majorca?
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Spot on Jason. But too late for next summer unless the legistration is blocked before January when the main booking season starts after new year. Mr Barcello in living in the clouds.
Good for Palma !!! Well the resorts are the quietest I've ever seen for winter, hardly surprising as the hotels are closed and D:(k head Barcelo has took away the only other option for couples to have a short break !! The places that stay open and usually stay reasonably busy are dead because of locals having a bad back end of season and worried about next season and no where for visitors to stay, all down to the rentals legistration !! Get voting get him out before he destroys every apart from Palma....
We now have a flight from Amsterdam twice a week for the first time in 8 years.
So the UK and Ireland are the only countries that send passengers to Mallorca?!! How about the mainland for starters? Then there's Germany. And maybe there are a few more places in the world besides those islands north of France?
Where are all these airline passengers coming from? With so few flights from the UK and Ireland, it can't be them. With hotel prices in Palma charging up to €300 Euros per night, one can only assume that the flights from the oil-rich Gulf states are packed!As usual, everything East of Manacor is closed, and has been for several weeks now.