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Sentarse en el asiento asignado en el avión: una cuestión de peso

✈ Finnair, seeking precise weight data, recently trialed weighing passengers and hand luggage to optimize aircraft balance calculations, crucial for stability during takeoff and landing. Weight distribution affects the center of gravity (COG), impacting thrust and takeoff speed, with adjustments needed for passenger, baggage, and fuel weight. Crew may insist passengers stay in assigned seats, especially during landing, to prevent COG shifts that could complicate operations.
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Canarias regulará por primera vez los campings y acampadas

🏕️ The Canary Islands Government is regulating tourist accommodations, including campings and other unique establishments, for the first time. The initiative, led by Tourism Councillor Jéssica de León, began with a public consultation period starting July 12, ending July 31, to address the lack of regulatory framework that causes legal uncertainty. The new legislation aims to improve quality, foster entrepreneurship, create stable and quality jobs, enhance sector competitiveness, and protect natural environments. The consultation is part of a broader tourism regulatory reform in the Canary Islands, striving for renewal, especially in camping activities that impact coastal areas and environmentally unique territories.
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Los turistas extranjeros gastarán este verano un 22% más en España

🏖️ International tourists' spending in Spain is expected to increase by 22% this summer compared to the previous year, surpassing €59 billion. The number of visitors is also predicted to rise by 13%, exceeding 41 million. Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, emphasizes the growth in spending over visitor numbers and the commitment to sustainable and inclusive tourism. He highlights the sector's role in job creation, economic distribution, and the need for improved governance with autonomous communities and the tourism industry.
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Raül Blanco: Cada vez es más difícil poner fecha al AVE de París

🏤 Renfe's AVE high-speed train service to Paris faces delays, with President Raül Blanco expressing pessimism about meeting the initially announced timelines, initially aimed for the Paris Olympics and later pushed to year-end. Blanco emphasized the necessity for equal treatment of operators within Europe. The AVE between Spain and France transported 620,000 passengers since its launch on July 13, 2023, connecting 15 destinations including Madrid, Barcelona, Marseille, and Lyon. Renfe has established a subsidiary in France, showing positive outcomes. Blanco also discussed the company's international strategy, aiming for international operations to account for 10% of revenue by 2028, with Renfe already present in America, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, France, Czech Republic, Canada, and Mexico.
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AEDH: mesas de trabajo de todo el sector para afrontar la turismofobia

🏖️ The Spanish Hotel Managers Association (AEDH) stresses the importance of tourism, contributing 14% directly and 19% indirectly to Spain's GDP, and calls for work tables for the tourism sector to address the rejection of tourism and promote the country's economic driver. Spain's tourism sector now enjoys a temporary employment rate of 7.9%, down from 37.9% two years ago, with 91.4% of contracts being permanent and over 45% full-time. Challenges include over-tourism, mismanaged off-season strategies, and the neglect of inland tourism over coastal tourism.
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CEAV no descarta acciones legales contra el registro documental de agencias

🛡 Carlos Garrido, President of CEAV, highlights non-compliance with regulations could invalidate the corporate and MICE activities' exclusion. The ministerial order draft sent in November to Fernando Grande-Marlaska's department excluded such sectors. CEAV is considering legal action as the deadline approaches for the decree's enforcement on October 1, which poses compliance challenges due to resource limitations. CEAV also demands a moratorium and a meeting with the Ministries of Interior and Tourism to prevent negative impacts on thousands of SMEs.
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Exceltur: El turismo seguirá creciendo este verano pero ralentiza su avance

🏖️ Exceltur anticipates a 5.3% growth in tourist activities for the third quarter compared to the previous summer, with an increase in the tourism GDP of 7.4% in Q2 2024 following a 9.1% rise in Q1. The sector generated 79,000 new jobs from March to June, and over 53% of companies expect to create more during the summer. Foreign demand led Q2 growth with spending up 19.5% from 2023, prominently the German market. The tourism industry's contribution to Spain's GDP is projected to reach 13.2%, equaling €202.651 billion and accounting for 26.2% of the country's economic growth in 2024.
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El hotel Meliá Isla Canela inicia temporada tras una reforma de 6 M €

🏡 Hotel Meliá Isla Canela, renovado con una inversión de 6 millones de euros, ofrece 358 habitaciones y se prepara para un destacado verano turístico en Andalucía. Inaugurado en el año 2000 y previamente reformado en 2013, el establecimiento promueve el turismo responsable. Las instalaciones incluyen un “hub” de ocio para niños, un “babyclub” y un centro de bienestar con piscina interior y gimnasio 24 horas. Las mejoras se centran en la sostenibilidad y descarbonización del hotel.
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Eurocopa: La final dispara la búsqueda de alojamientos de los españoles

🏆 Spain faces England in the Eurocup final at Berlin's Olympic Stadium next Sunday. Spanish accommodation searches in Berlin increased by 300% according to Booking.com. Searches climbed 250% for quarterfinals against Germany and 225% for semifinals against France. Bookings tripled for July 13-15 compared to last year, marking Spain's most critical match in a decade. Pilar Crespo of Booking.com highlighted Spanish fans' eagerness to support their team aiming for their fourth Eurocup.
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'No sin mi maleta': la OCU anima a reclamar el cobro del equipaje de mano

🛩 Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU) challenges airlines Ryanair, Easyjet, Volotea, Vueling, and Wizz Air over additional charges for carry-on luggage, seen as a passenger right. OCU, backed by Euroconsumers, pushes for refunds of charges ranging €6 to €75, citing European legislation mandating final service prices inclusive of all applicable fees. Legal action is considered if demands are not met. Airlines fined over €150M and seek to challenge the decisions, defending the legality of their pricing strategies.
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