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Civitatis: Las agencias de viajes son nuestro motor de crecimiento

🏖️ Civitatis works with over 29,000 travel agencies globally since 2018, offering activities in more than 4,000 destinations. The focus is on Spanish market, their origin. Agencies benefit from a handpicked activity catalog and a B2B platform for real-time bookings in Spanish. A department dedicated to travel agencies ensures price parity across sales channels. New features like "Reserve now, pay later" have been introduced. Agencies saw increased income and customer satisfaction, contributing to Civitatis' growth.
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Patrimonio de la Humanidad: ¿qué país tiene más monumentos España o Italia?

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España apuesta por playas inteligentes para mejorar la gestión turística

🌊 España anticipa la llegada de 41 millones de turistas entre junio y septiembre, generando ingresos superiores a 59.000 millones de euros. Para manejar este flujo, el país desarrolla 'Smart Beaches', equipadas con tecnologías IoT para monitorizar la calidad del agua, la afluencia y seguridad en tiempo real. Canarias y la Comunidad Valenciana implementan drones y sistemas de videometría para la gestión sostenible de las playas. Palma ofrecerá Wifi y reserva de servicios de playa vía app a partir del verano de 2025.
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Las 7 islas que se pueden visitar con los viajes del Imserso

🏖 The Imserso travel program includes the islands of Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, and Tenerife, offering unique experiences from golden sand beaches to stunning volcanic landscapes. Accommodation and activities are tailored for senior tourists, combining history, culture, and nature. Ibiza features UNESCO World Heritage sites, Mallorca blends beach and mountain, Menorca offers tranquility and natural beauty, Fuerteventura is known for vast beaches, Gran Canaria boasts diverse landscapes, Lanzarote impresses with volcanic scenery, and Tenerife has the highest peak in Spain, Teide.
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Dónde están las estaciones de tren más bonitas del mundo

🏤 Grand Central in New York, a major tourist attraction, showcases a celestial-themed dome and Roman statues on its facade. São Bento station in Oporto, adorned with 20,000 blue and white tiles, started operating in 1916. Antwerp's Central Station, built from 1895 to 1905, features baroque architecture and the monogram of King Leopold II. Kanazawa Station in Japan pays homage to modern and traditional architecture with its 14-meter high torii gate. The Art Nouveau Central Station in Prague, built from 1901 to 1909, boasts an immense dome. St. Pancras in London, dating back to 1861, is known for its red brick neo-Gothic facade and was once home to the world's largest vault. Gare du Nord in Paris, opened in 1846 and rebuilt from 1861 to 1865, handles 190 million passengers annually. Madrid's Atocha Station, renovated for the 1992 AVE launch to Seville, features a tropical garden. Chhatrapati Shivaji Station in Bombay, a UNESCO World Heritage site built in 1871, sees three million people and 1,250 train departures daily. Milan Central Station, inaugurated in 1931, blends Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. Helsinki Central Station in Finland is famed for its Art Deco entrance statues.
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Air Europa, huracán, mejor resort y otras noticias más leídas de la semana

🚀 Air Europa has added a new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to its long-haul fleet, reducing fuel consumption and emissions by up to 25%. The Barceló Isla Canela in Huelva has been named the world's best all-inclusive resort, winning the World Travel Awards for the fifth time in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023. Spanish airports set a new passenger record in July with 32 million, totaling over 176 million since January. The tropical storm Ernesto strengthened but is veering away from the Dominican Republic towards Puerto Rico. The EUHT StPOL in Spain ranks 11th in the Top Universities QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 for Hospitality schools, with Swiss institutions dominating the top seven spots. Spanish travel agency bookings fell by 1.5% in July and 3% in June, attributed to a trend towards early bookings. Seven Iberian cities feature in the top 20 European cities for overnight stays in tourist apartments in 2023. World2Meet (W2M), part of the Grupo Iberostar, has acquired BestDay's inbound business in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. A YouGov survey conducted on June 4-5, 2024, reveals Spanish public opinion on tourism impacts and management.
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Hoteles convierten a empleados en anfitriones verdes para compensar CO2

🌍 En la Comunidad Valenciana, 50 establecimientos turísticos ofrecen a clientes compensar su huella de carbono como parte de GreenHost. HOSBEC impulsa el programa, destacando ejemplos como Robert Walker, quien compensó 0,77 T de CO₂ con 3,23 €, y José María Hernández, quien compensó su huella por 1,38 €. Los empleados de hoteles juegan un rol vital en sensibilizar a los clientes. Tres proyectos ya se benefician de compensaciones, con más en discusión para unirse al "pool de compensación" de HOSBEC.
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Asientos en doble altura: ¿la solución para estirar la piernas en el avión?

✈ Spanish engineer Alejandro Núñez developed the Chaise Lounge Economy Seat, a double-decker airplane seat concept aiming for operation by 2030. Unveiled at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, the design allows passengers to fully stretch their legs in economy class without increasing seat recline or passenger capacity. The innovation is set to enhance comfort, especially for taller individuals, and is planned for the middle rows of dual-aisle, long-haul aircraft.
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Cuántos españoles están buscando una experiencia única durante el viaje

🏖️ Spanish nationals rank among the most avid seekers of unique experiences while traveling, with 31% expressing this desire, placing them ninth on the Statista Consumer Insights ranking led by South Africa at 54%. This study spanned July 2023 to the previous month, surveying 21 countries where on average, 38% sought unique travel experiences. Global tourism recoveries show 1.3 billion arrivals in 2023, shy of the 1.5 billion in 2019. China leads in tourism spending with $197 billion, followed by the U.S. ($150 billion), Germany ($112 billion), and the U.K. ($110 billion). Overall, incoming tourist revenues, including flights, hit $1.5 trillion in 2023.
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Forum TurisTIC presentará nuevas tecnologías para el turismo responsable

🏖 Forum TurisTIC 2024, to be held on October 3rd at the Paraninfo de la Diputación de Barcelona, will address key challenges in sustainable tourism such as water and waste management, decarbonization, and digital transformation. The congress is organized by Eurecat and supported by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Barcelona City Council, and the Barcelona Provincial Council. Attendees will include experts like Jeremy Smith, co-author of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, and meteorologist Francesc Mauri, alongside organizations with over 850 signatories committed to reducing tourism's emissions by half within the next decade.
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