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Semana Santa: dime de qué comunidad eres y te diré dónde viajarás

🏖️ During Semana Santa 2025, 75% of Spanish travelers booked international trips, favoring Italy (16%), Morocco (7%), and the UK (5.5%), despite the new ETA requirement since April 2. Spain retained 25% of domestic bookings, with popular cities like Toledo, Madrid, and Granada. Tokyo's free tour bookings are expected to surge by 500%, while Tánger's Spanish visitor numbers are projected to double from 2024. National tourism remains robust, with one in four choosing Spain, and cities like Teruel may see free tour bookings increase by 120%. Travelers show a preference for culturally rich, less conventional destinations, indicating a trend toward segmented, personalized tourism.
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El turismo impulsa su revolución sostenible en los Traveling for Happiness

🏖 La quinta edición de los "Premios Traveling for Happiness", organizados por AEHM y Connecting Heads, resalta la importancia del turismo sostenible. En 2024, se presentaron 40 candidaturas. Este año se espera un aumento, con una nueva categoría "Preservación de fauna y flora" propuesta por National Geographic. Las candidaturas muestran compromiso y creatividad, evolucionando hacia proyectos con visión a largo plazo e integración de la sostenibilidad como pilar empresarial. Los ganadores se anunciarán el 2 de junio tras la deliberación del jurado el 28 de mayo.
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El turismo de congresos aumenta su impacto económico en Madrid: 5.674 M €

🏢 In 2024, Madrid hosted 54,784 MICE events (+2.3% from the previous year), with 2.58 million attendees (+2.28%), generating an economic impact of €5.674 billion (+8.3% from 2023). The average stay for national MICE tourists was 2.8 days (+28.6% from 2023), and for international tourists, it was 4.5 days (+2.22% from 2023). Almudena Maíllo presided over Madrid Convention Bureau's assembly, which introduced a new board for 2025-2027, focusing on sectors like fintech and e-health.
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La vivienda turística divide al sector: cruce de posturas en Mallorca

🏠 The Gobierno de las Islas Baleares' draft decree aims to reduce tourism saturation and illegal offerings has been questioned by the Federación Empresarial Hotelera de Mallorca (FEHM), citing no improvement in housing access or resident cohabitation. FEHM insists on expiring temporary rental authorizations to revert residences to original use, highlighting over 98,000 vacation rental places in 8 years. Habtur counters, blaming hotel industry growth for urban pressure and social issues, while defending vacation rentals as beneficial for local families' economies.
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Christie AND Co amplía su equipo de inversión hotelera para España y Portugal

🏦 Christie & Co expanded its hotel investment team in the Madrid office with the addition of Joël Franco as a senior investment consultant and Christian Cornic as an investment analyst. The firm aims to strengthen operational capacity and add value to transactions in response to sustained industry growth and rising client demand. With over 20 years of experience, Franco has led strategic growth in significant projects, while Cornic brings expertise from the residential and commercial real estate sector, including entrepreneurial success in consumer goods across Europe. Their appointments reflect Christie & Co's confidence in the Spanish and Portuguese markets and their commitment to assisting hotel owners in the mid-range segment during a dynamic period for the sector.
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Innovación hotelera con la tecnología como aliada ya es ahora o nunca

📈 Benjamin Devisme, CEO of Quicktext, criticizes hoteliers for not innovating and leveraging technology, insisting on a financial plan with ROI to generate revenue. Mario Villar, former Director of Turismo Comunidad Valenciana, echoes innovation's importance at the fourth Data & Revenue Camp at Hotel Cap Negret. Devisme highlights three key digitalization strategies: attitude, responsibility, and understanding technology as a process. Meanwhile, Cindy Johansson from Paraty Tech and Rodrigo Orozco of Class One Group stress data quality and centralization for effective use and innovation.
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Turijobs reúne un millar de candidatos y 38 empresas en una bolsa de empleo

🏢 Over 1,000 tourism and hospitality professionals attended Turijobs Talent Meetup on April 1st, where 38 companies conducted an average of 60 interviews each, offering more than a thousand job openings. Companies like Meliá Hotels International and Marriott were present. The event included expert talks on employability and professional development, as well as a CV photography service for attendees.
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Las agencias de viajes, ante los nuevos enemigos de la distribución

🏨 Despite the challenge of direct sales, travel agencies in Spain persist, as evidenced by AON data showing an average of 3.5 surety policies issued annually, indicating a growth in new agency openings. At the FAAV's second convention, April 3-6 in Morocco, it was noted that agencies account for about 40% of air ticket sales, 30% in the hotel sector, and 20-25% in rail transportation. Even amidst increased travel costs post-pandemic, agencies maintain an essential role, with sales margins remaining tight. Notably, agencies have not declined since the late 90s, holding a steady 30% share in trip bookings. Key players like Iberia Cards and Binter affirm their commitment to intermediary channels, with Binter distribution through agents reaching up to 80% on some routes.
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Las regiones de España que mejor aprovechan su capacidad hotelera

🏨 Andalucía and Cataluña each have approximately 121,000 hotel rooms, the highest in Spain. In 2024, Spain had an average of 14,613 hotel establishments with about 743,000 rooms and a 61.4% occupancy rate. Baleares and Canarias topped the efficiency chart with close to 75% occupancy. Baleares had a 77.05% occupancy rate, followed by Canarias at 74.23%. Castilla-La Mancha recorded the lowest occupancy at 35.47%.
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