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🛫 En España, 6 de cada 10 agencias de viajes esperan un aumento en ventas de paquetes turísticos para otoño e invierno, superando cifras del año anterior, informa ACAVE. Durante el foro Acave 2024 en Barcelona, se señaló que el ahorro familiar pandémico se agota. CBRE reportó unos 30 cambios de uso de edificios en el primer semestre de 2024, con Madrid liderando con el 57%, seguido por Málaga y Barcelona con un 7% cada uno. El sector hotelero lidera las reconversiones, con los edificios de oficinas como origen más frecuente.

🌊 Alfonso Rueda, president of the Xunta de Galicia, announced a new aid package of up to €8 million for the modernization of thermal facilities. The thermalism sector in Galicia, the leading thermal power in Spain and second in Europe, generated around 19,000 jobs and attracted 190,000 tourists last year. At the XXII edition of Termatalia in Ourense, Rueda highlighted plans for a specific program, funded by the EU's Next Generation funds, to be approved by the end of the year. This includes creating a Thermalism Table for collaboration and a Thermal Observatory for research and professionalization. Additionally, over €21 million is allocated until 2026 for the Territorial Plan for Touristic Sustainability of Thermal Villages and historic areas.

🌏 Grupo Piñero celebrates World Tourism Day with social and cultural activities under the theme "Tourism and Peace." Collaborating with local schools, associations, and authorities, it supports vulnerable groups, improves infrastructure, and promotes education, including donations of food, school supplies, and essentials. Ilunion Hotels, with Coca-Cola, gathered 41 volunteers for a waste collection event in Cala Galdana, Ferreries, collecting 66.47 kg of waste, contributing to the Mares Circulares program. B&B Hotels joined Gravity Wave, reaching 1,000 kg of plastic retrieved from the Mediterranean, fostering sustainable travel and innovation. Artiem Hotels partnered with Scøne Design to transform microplastics into unique breakfast trays, promoting circular economy. Meliá Hotels International saved over 30,000 food packs from waste with Too Good To Go, reducing food wastage and CO2 emissions, active in 25% of its Spanish portfolio.