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La oferta hotelera en España se hace más fuerte: 800 proyectos en marcha

🏨 Spain's hotel investment reached over €4.2 billion in 2023, with €1.535 billion invested in the first half of the year, marking an 18% growth. EY reports that Spain will see at least 800 new hotel establishments with over 76,800 rooms in the upcoming years, with 47% opening throughout 2024. Of the total hotel sector investment, EY was involved in €562 million worth of transactions, including the sale of Six Senses and the purchase of Hotel Presidente in Ibiza with a €40 million investment for repositioning to a 5-star hotel, expected to open in 2025. In 2024 alone, there are at least 376 hotel openings, with Andalusia, the Valencian Community, and Catalonia leading in new establishments. A majority of these openings are 4-star hotels (165), followed by 3-star (52), 5-star (45), and luxury hotels (15), with 54 hotels yet to be classified. Looking ahead to 2025 and beyond, there are 275 planned openings for 2025, 118 for 2026, 15 for 2027, and 16 for 2028 and later, with a focus again on 4-star (157) and luxury hotels (99), and 116 remaining unclassified.
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Los destinos de playa más baratos, dentro y fuera de España

🏖 eBooking.com reports that summer 2024 beach destinations in Spain will cost 7.3% more than last year, averaging €195 per night, while international coastal cities average €184, up 18.4% from €155 in 2023. Cheapest beach cities include Rio de Janeiro (€109), Naples (€132), and Istanbul (€137). The most expensive in Spain are Ibiza (€317), Marbella (€277), and Palma de Mallorca (€276). Prices in Punta Cana, Eilat, and Albufeira are rising by 47.2%, 27.1%, and 19.1%, respectively.
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Diez mafias de alquiler turístico ilegal siguen activas en Barcelona

🏠 In Barcelona, 10 active mafia groups engage in illegal tourist apartment rentals, despite 22 being dismantled since 2016. As of 2024, the city has conducted 1,214 inspections, issued 944 cease orders, and opened 491 sanctioning files. Penalties range from €60,000 to €600,000. From 2016, 812 apartments faced proceedings, with 386 fines and 49 cease orders. Plans include extinguishing over 10,000 tourist apartment licenses by December 2028 for residential use.
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Omio, la nueva OTA verificada por Ryanair para vender billetes

✈ Ryanair, renowned for its partnerships with various online travel agencies, has now added Omio as a verified OTA, expanding its list of partners including Travelfusion, Expedia, Etraveli, loveholidays, and lastminute.com. This collaboration allows Omio's customers to book Ryanair's low-cost flights with price transparency and complete access to their reservations, enhancing travel options for over 240 routes. The move aligns with Omio's mission to offer seamless, comfortable, and multimodal travel experiences globally.
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El empleo turístico crece un 3,5% y roza los 3 millones de ocupados

🏖️ Spain's tourism employment in Q2 saw a 3.5% rise from the same period in 2023, reaching 2,965,784 workers. Tourism activities now account for 13.7% of total Spanish economic employment. Active tourism workers surpassed 3 million (3,264,381), a 4.3% year-on-year increase. The unemployment rate in tourism stood at 9.1%, below the national rate of 11.3%. Hospitality jobs grew by 4%, with food/beverage services up 3.5% and accommodation services up 5.3%. Passenger transport employment rose by 8.6%, and travel agencies saw an 8% hike. Salaried employees (2,474,024) increased by 3.9%, particularly in passenger transport (7.2%) and hospitality (5.2%). Permanent contracts in tourism rose by 8.4%, marking the twelfth consecutive increase, while temporary contracts fell by 14.5%. The top regions for tourism jobs were Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia, and the Valencia region, with La Rioja experiencing the biggest drop at 22.8%.
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Las tres noticias más importantes del sector turístico, hoy 9 de agosto

💸 Renfe's new Avril trains, operational since May 21, have encountered 479 issues out of approximately 1,800 operations, which is 26.6%. The recent chaos at Chamartín station on August 6 involving an Avlo service from Valencia to Madrid will cost Renfe about €340,000. Punctuality rates for these trains are over 30 points below the company's average. A YouGov study indicates most Spaniards view tourism positively despite increasing social rejection of its negative externalities in major cities. In "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024," the first Spanish school for studying Hospitality, EUHT StPOL, ranks 11th in Europe, with Swiss schools dominating the top 7 positions.
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Registro de reservas: Las horas que dedicarán al día las agencias de viajes

💸 Travel agents must allocate time to complete booking records, using either a specific website or an API app with QR scanning. The website requires filling out 20 fields, 14 being mandatory, whereas the API has 4-5 fields. Specialists clocked an average of 5 minutes per booking, totaling 100 sterile work minutes daily for a small agency with 15 hotel and 4-5 car bookings. The registration process's efficiency is anticipated to differ in practice, especially in the early days of operation.
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Encuesta: qué opinan los españoles sobre el turismo ahora

🚧 Protests against negative tourism externalities spread across Spain in 2024, leading to demonstrations. A YouGov survey conducted on June 4-5 reveals that while 69% of Spaniards view tourism positively, critical opinions concentrate in large cities, with 12% having a negative attitude. Concerns over increased tourist arrivals are higher in big cities (48%) than medium-sized ones (24%). Notable issues include increased living costs (43%), more jobs (32%), and infrastructure improvements (19%). Large capitals demand limitations on tourist housing, while medium-sized cities seek off-season promotion. Only 30% in large capitals and 39% in medium-sized ones believe adequate measures are in place to manage tourism's impact. Proposed solutions include improving public transport (47%) and limiting tourist accommodations (46%).
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El gasto de los españoles en agencias de viajes cae por segundo mes

💸 Spanish consumer spending at travel agencies fell for two consecutive months with a 1.5% drop in July, following a 3% decline in June. In contrast, hotel spending increased by 3.7%. Overall, Spain's consumption in July grew by 3.6% year-over-year, driven by in-person spending, while e-commerce remained strong with a 13% rise. Foreigner spending in Spain grew by 13%, albeit 2 percentage points lower than in June. Cultural and entertainment expenditures rose by 7.3%, transportation by 8.1%, and even gas stations saw a 0.6% increase.
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