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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 'popular destination for school holiday periods' |
18th December 2007 |
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 Spain remains a popular holiday destination for families with children on school breaks, it has been reported.
According to 2008 holiday travel predictions from Holiday Lettings, the school holiday weeks will be the periods most in demand from travellers next year.
Moreover, holidaymakers are comfortable travelling to Spain and have been for a number of years, it has been argued.
"The last ten years in Spain [is an example] of [a] destination where visitors are comfortable travelling to, are well provided for as tourists [and] where they can source affordable flights to," commented Ross Elder, managing director of Holiday Lettings.
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Spanish holidays 'still popular' |
18th December 2007 |
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 Holidays to Europe including Spanish holidays are still popular among tourists, despite the increase in global holiday travel, it has been reported.
According to a World Travel Trends report, January to August 2007 saw a four per cent growth in international tourist arrivals in Europe, eTravel blackboard notes.
This figure exceeded the World Tourism Organisation's predictions of a three per cent increase.
"All things considered, we are forecasting another year of growth in the region of three to four per cent for the European outbound travel market," commented Rolf Freitag, president and founder of the World and European Travel Monitors.
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Foreigners account for Antequera population growth |
17th December 2007 |
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 A growth in the foreign population of the Spanish region of Antequera has been reported.
According to Sur in English, the region's registered foreign population has risen by over 2,000 in the last six years.
The newspaper for southern Spain also reports that British expats make up the second largest group in this community with 247 residents originating from the UK.
Sur reports that inland areas of Malaga are becoming more attractive to foreigners with 740 Brazilians reported to be living in Antequera.
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Mythology and religion on a Spanish holiday |
17th December 2007 |
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 Those booking their flights to Spain for the new year will have the opportunity to weave a little culture into their luxury Spanish holiday, if they visit Madrid's Prado National Museum.
Between now and February 2008, the museum is hosting the Velazquez' Fables - mythology and religious history in the Golden Age exhibition.
The display looks into the "most historical facet" of the 17th-century artist and is being put on to celebrate the gallery's recent extension.
"For the first time in Spain, this exhibition brings together 52 works that the Seville artist created on themes of mythology, bible stories and historical events," Visit Spain reports.
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Brits plan on shopping overseas this festive season |
14th December 2007 |
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 Many Britons are set to travel overseas to engage in some foreign Christmas shopping this December, it has been revealed.
According to research from Cater Allen private bank, 2.2 million Britons intend to head abroad to take advantage of favourable exchange rates and the strong pound, Halifax reports.
While some Brits intend to travel to long-haul destinations to bag their yuletide bargains, 230,000 will be heading to the continent to do their shopping.
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Spain is "overall hotspot" for winter travel |
14th December 2007 |
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 Luxury holidays in Spain are the number one option for Britons taking their holidays over Christmas time, it has been reported.
According to easyJet, over a million travellers are set to fly with the airline this Christmas, with many passengers likely to be headed on family holidays to Spain.
The airline reveals that Spain is the "overall hotspot" for travel over the Christmas period, with Malaga, Barcelona and flights to Alicante anticipated to be popular over this season.
It was recently reported by the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) that Spain is the most popular tourist destination for British holidaymakers over Christmas.
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Spanish Las Vegas project 'under way' |
13th December 2007 |
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 Spanish holidays are to take on a touch of Las Vegas glamour after plans got under way to construct the world's second largest casino complex in Aragon.
Consisting of 32 casinos, five theme parks and many golf courses, the resort is sure to be a hit with Brits looking for luxury holidays in Spain.
An estimated €17 billion euros (£12 billion) will be devoted to the project by a group of investors from countries including Australia and Lebanon.
"We have great hopes of regenerating a zone that has been abandoned for several years," regional vice-premier Jose Angel Biel said of the project.
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Brits get itchy feet for winter sunshine |
13th December 2007 |
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 One-in-five Britons are planning on travelling abroad over the festive period, it has been reported.
According to Halifax, 19 per cent of UK consumers will be taking flights to La Manga and other destinations over Christmas to see relatives and enjoy the celebrations.
Meanwhile, a total of one-in-ten Brits plan on spending a fortnight or even longer away from home over the holidays.
"People can take practical measures to deter burglars and protect their homes while they are away by keeping expensive Christmas presents out of view, installing an alarm or even fitting timers to lights and radios which will create doubt in the burglar's mind," Marty Foulds, senior claims manager at Halifax Home Insurance advised festive holidaymakers.
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El Dia de Santa Lucia |
12th December 2007 |
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 Brits taking Spanish holidays this month may notice that December is a time of year for many festivals and celebrations in Spain.
December 13th is known as El Dia de Santa Lucia, or in English St Lucy's Day.
Traditionally, St Lucy's Day marks the beginning of the Christmas period and coincides with Advent.
St Lucy is the patron saint of blindness in the Catholic faith and those enjoying family holidays in Spain may wish to join in celebrations by lighting candles, as the name Lucy comes from the Latin root word lux which means light.
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Rise in air traffic as Brits head abroad |
12th December 2007 |
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 Following the recent report from Post Office that 2.4 million Brits would be heading abroad for Christmas this year - a fifth of which intend on taking Spanish holidays - it has now been announced that air traffic in the month of November 2007 rose.
According to BAA figures, airports in the UK saw a total of 10.8 million passengers travel through their terminals last month - an increase of 1.
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