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| Welcome to La Manga Club Spanish Holiday News - the place to find the latest Spanish holiday information and news. Use the categories on the left for all the news about La Manga Club, Spanish Holidays, Golf Holidays and Tennis Holidays. Please also browse our Spanish Holiday features section. | |
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Spain is 'still favourite' |
09th April 2008 |
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 Spain is still a favourite holiday destination for many travellers, despite competition from European rivals.
According to the Telegraph, Spanish holidays have faced pressure from rival destinations but has retained its crown as a popular destination for Britons.
And while inland areas have seen an increase in tourism, it is the country's dazzling coastal areas, such as La Manga, that continue to "draw" crowds.
Ready2Invest notes that according to the newspaper: "[Spain] remains a hugely popular, tried-and-tested destination for buyers of all sorts.
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'Pick up camera and insurance' before taking flights to Spain |
08th April 2008 |
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 Holidaymakers planning on travelling on flights to Spain this spring may wish to make the most of a new offer from one travel insurance provider.
Tesco Travel Insurance is offering those taking holidays in Spanish villas with pools the opportunity to remember their holiday in full cover by offering 1,000 free clubcard points with the purchase of annual policies in-store.
The offer would reduce the cost of one of the company's 8.2 mega pixel camera to under £70.
Read More: 'Pick up camera and insurance' before taking flights to Spain |
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Flights to Spain for instinct and morality exhibit |
08th April 2008 |
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 Britons taking flights to Spain for luxury holidays in Spain may wish to consider taking time out from relaxing at their Spanish villas with pools to visit the Andalucia Contemporary Art Centre in Seville.
The art gallery is currently presenting a selection of etchings by the famous artists Goya, Picasso and Dali, which focus on the confrontation between instinct and morality.
Holidaymakers can view the Disasters Of War series from Goya, etchings used by Dali for his painting The Songs of Maldoror and Picasso's Suite Vollard, where use is made of classical mythology to explore passion and desire.
The exhibition opened toward the end of March and is open to the public until June 25th 2008, Spain's official tourism website notes.
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Spanish holidays rivalled by congress tourism |
08th April 2008 |
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 Beach-loving holidaymakers are not the only people filling up the flights to Spain, it has been reported.
Event Planner Spain reports that, according to the Spain Convention Bureau, congress tourism is the tourist industry sector with the biggest growth.
Mayor of Malaga Francisco de la Torre claimed that Spain has the fifth most important congress tourism sector in the world.
According to the mayor, tourism in this sector had a turnover of €3 billion in 2006.
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Flights to Spain to be 'boosted' this winter |
08th April 2008 |
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 Monarch has boosted its flights to Spain - specifically flights to Alicante, Lanzarote, Malaga, Menorca and Tenerife - from Luton and Birmingham in its 2008/2009 winter schedule.
Managing director Liz Savage noted that demand for travel to Spanish holiday destinations like the Canary Islands has been "huge" for the winter months.
She noted that 15 per cent more seats are now available from Birmingham and ten per cent more from London Luton this winter than in 2007/2008.
"We're once again ahead of our rivals by putting our entire winter programme on sale before the summer months begin and with more flights to the destinations our passengers want, we're giving them exactly what they want too," Ms Savage commented.
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Young travellers 'want to explore' |
07th April 2008 |
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 Young people have a desire to be independent and set off on travelling holidays to Spain and elsewhere, it has been reported.
According to STA Travel, gap years, which can include young Brits taking flights to Spain, are featuring ever increasingly on people's CV's.
A spokesperson for the company noted that volunteer work and other learning experiences are mentioned on CVs.
"The desire of young independent travellers to explore .
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Brits taking Spanish holidays reminded of need for travel insurance |
07th April 2008 |
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 People taking Spanish holidays in the coming months have been reminded of the importance of taking out travel insurance, not just for flights to Spain but when travelling between any airports.
According to Defaqto, travel insurance can help holidaymakers taking flights to Spain and other destinations abroad to purchase items such as a change of clothes, if their luggage is lost or delayed.
Travel insurance can also help if flights to Spain are delayed by providing compensation for "being stuck" in the airport lounge.
"With the problems that have occurred with the opening of Terminal 5 .
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Flights to Spain from Robin Hood Airport 'are popular' |
07th April 2008 |
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 Passenger numbers at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield rose by over 12 per cent in March 2008 compared to the previous year, it has been revealed.
Robin Hood Airport now claims to have handled 2.85 million passengers since opening in April 2005.
And the most popular type of flight from Robin Hood Airport were flights to Alicante - with the destination being the top flight route for March 2008.
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Flights to Murcia for Caravaca de la Cruz |
04th April 2008 |
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 This May, following the announcement from the Met Office that this summer is likely to be a wetter than average one in the UK, Britons might want to cheer themselves up by taking flights to Murcia for a Spanish holiday.
A special festival known as Caravaca de la Cruz: Fiestas de la Santisima y Vera Cruz is taking place in the spring month in Murcia.
According to Murcia's tourism website, the festival commemorates the appearance of the Holy Cross in the fortress of the Moorish king Abu-Zayt.
"The first day begins with a Reveille, in which there is no shortage of gunpowder and this is followed by the big day of the fiestas with parades of Moors and Christians and the running of the Wine Horses up the castle ramp," the website notes.
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Spain continues 2016 Olympic bid |
04th April 2008 |
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 Spanish holidays became all the rage among sports fans in 1992 when it hosted the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona.
Now, Spain is vying to host the 2016 Olympic Games in Madrid and has announced that its 30 sponsors have now committed in excess of €12 million in support for the campaign.
The Madrid Club 16 - as the group of main sponsors is known - is made up of leading financial, commercial and construction businesses.
Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, mayor of Madrid, had stated that the funding will bring many benefits to the city.
Read More: Spain continues 2016 Olympic bid |
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