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🏖 Cuatro operadores, Mundiplan, Seniorplan, Nautalia (Travel Live), y Ávoris, se preparan para competir en la próxima licitación pública de los viajes del Imserso para la temporada 2025-2026. Ávoris, con una prórroga ya otorgada para 2024-2025, planea vender 900.000 pasajeros y destaca un nivel de satisfacción con los viajes por encima del 90%. La inversión estatal en el subsidio de estos viajes retorna dos o tres euros por cada euro gastado. Los operadores apuntan a mantener su participación en los tres lotes del programa y se enfocan en la satisfacción del cliente senior.

🏖 The interview with tourism consultant Ángel Díaz, published in HOSTELTUR magazine in January 2025, discusses the broader concept of the "visitor economy" which surpasses traditional tourism metrics. Australia, for instance, has quantified contributions from international students—accounting for 9% of total income in 2019—exceeding holiday visitors. Spain's metropolitan areas like Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia, leverage existing tourism infrastructure for various visitor-derived economic activities. The PIMEC Turismo Hub, in partnership with InAtlas, analyzes the economic impact of visitors, beyond standard tourist expenditures, to include the entire value chain. The challenge includes quantifying the substantial yet uncharted economic influence of student visitors. Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress example illustrates how tourism infrastructure can foster a digital industry ecosystem. The visitor economy incorporates long-stay accommodations, medical services, and other niches, indicating a shift towards a more liberal economic approach and the need for public-private collaboration to attract targeted visitor segments.

🏨 Fergus Group, a hotel chain with presence in the Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Andalusia, and Catalonia, expects to exceed €200 million in turnover by 2025, a rise from €154 million in 2024, marking a 14% increase from the previous year. Hosteltur's Ranking reveals the most common operating model in Spain's hotel chains is ownership at 43.5%, with franchises growing from 4.5% to 5.5%. Meliá Hotels International leads in management (47.3%) and franchise (17%), while nine Spanish hotel chains dominate the top 15 for brand recognition, with Meliá at 51% and NH Hotels at 49%.

🏨 Of the 273 hotel chains in the Hosteltur Ranking, 131 provided data, accounting for 3,142 establishments—an increase of 137 from the previous year. Ownership stands at 43.5%, a slight decrease from 2023, while rental dropped from 33.5% to 33%. Franchising saw growth from 4.5% to 5.5%. Meliá Hotels International leads in management (47.32%) and franchising (17%), with 92,500 rooms and 355 hotels. Barceló Hotel Group has a balanced portfolio, and Riu Hotels & Resorts predominantly owns its establishments (97%). H10 Hotels, Catalonia Hotels & Resorts, and Hoteles Globales are primarily property-based, while Alda Hotels focuses on rental for their 92 establishments.