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The ‘British crisis’: When tourism bosses bowed to union demands
Explore the complexities of Mallorca's hospitality industry, from collective bargaining challenges to the evolving roles of hotels, restaurants, and nightclubs.
Pay 300,000 euros and the Cala Bona hotel squatters will leave
For the hotel, this is a clear case of blackmail and one that it will not accept.
Fears that other hotels in Mallorca will be occupied by squatters
The Sol y Mar in Cala Bona was occupied on Sunday night, though squatters maintain they have been there for up to a month.
Thirty squatters take over Cala Bona hotel apartments
The squatters maintained they had been there for more than a month.
The new tourist registration scheme has sparked a major debate.
The new tourist registration scheme has sparked a major debate.
Hotel guests in Palma, Mallorca
Hoteliers say they are being required to act like they are state security forces,
Traveller registration system: If Mallorca's demands are not met, the Spanish Government will be taken to court
It is hoped that a ministry of the interior order will reflect tourism sector concerns.
Tourists are having provide a vast amount of information now.
Tourists are having provide a vast amount of information now.
Lindner Hotels, owners of luxury hotel in Portals Nous, files for bankruptcy
The Lindner Hotel group manages 39 hotels in ten European countries and the United States.
Need for 365 days Mallorca tourism: "Public authorities are content with having services open for six or seven months"
Maria Frontera is stepping down as president at a time when Mallorca's tourism future is very much in the spotlight.
Hotels in Mallorca
New hotel register has been slammed.
"Big Brother" register slammed as being disastrous by top Mallorca hotelier
Fears that guests will think twice about booking a hotel room.
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Spain traveller registration: Tourism industry will take the government to court if "errors" are not rectified
There is hope that an order from the interior ministry will make changes to the system.
The tourism municipality in Mallorca moving towards five-star
Three new five-star hotels are planned for Calvia next year.
A winter holiday in Magalluf? There are far more hotel places this year
Winter tourism moves into top gear.
Spain's traveller registration: Some tour operators will stop selling the Balearics
Small and large tour operators and the hoteliers all have serious concerns about the requirements.
Criticised by the tourism industry, rejected by Congress, but Spain's new registry of travellers comes into force on Monday
Spain's interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, insists that current regulations are obsolete and that new ones are needed to combat terrorist activity and organised crime.
Your seven days news round-up in Mallorca
This week, we talk about the cheapest places to buy a home, large property portfolios, citizen protests, civil society participation in debates, hotels opening in the low season, graffiti fines, free buses, and problems with recruiting staff.
Gabriel Escarrer, the founder of the Melia Hotel Group, dies
"A hugely respected figure within the industry"