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Juan Mestre

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Arabia Saudí: sus alicientes laborales para captar talento español

🏨 Spanish hotel chains face a challenge of talent retention due to competition from emerging tourist destinations such as Saudi Arabia, which aims to become the world's leading tourist destination by 2030. Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 plan seeks to attract 150 million tourists and diminish oil dependency, creating over 70,000 new hotel jobs. Managers in Saudi Arabia can earn at least $12,000 monthly, with added benefits for housing, transport, family expenses, relocation, and daily meal allowances, plus annual bonuses tied to Eid al-Fitr festivities. Spanish professionals are highly valued globally, yet concerns include Saudi Arabia's extreme heat and non-democratic political system.
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Aerolíneas: las causas por las que los pilotos no cubren la demanda

🛩 Spain anticipates needing 11,000 new pilots over the next decade, yet only half are currently graduating. Pilot training requires a 2-year course without prior aeronautical knowledge, costing upwards of €80,000. The generational gap is exacerbated by retiring 'baby boomers' and the costly training hindering new pilots. Airlines globally estimate 600,000 pilots will be needed within 20 years. Spanish airlines offer salaries ranging from €35,000 for novices to €140,000 for veteran commanders, contrasting with Emirates commanders earning €190,000 and American Airlines pilots up to €700,000 per year.
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Prohens responde a los hoteleros tras subir la ecotasa: “Evitará la saturación”

🏖 Marga Prohens, Balearic Government President, addressed the hotel industry's concerns on Thursday, stating the summer ecotax increase is to prevent tourist saturation on the islands during peak season. The Hotel Federation of Mallorca harshly criticized Prohens for proposing the ecotax hike in June, July, and August, and for not fully banning tourist rental offers in multi-family housing. Hoteliers question the logic behind welcoming tourists with higher fees without clear improvements and transparency in the use of the collected funds.
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El comisionista Aldama contactó con Begoña en nombre de Globalia

📌 Víctor de Aldama, representing Globalia, met with Begoña Gómez before Delcy Rodríguez's arrival in Spain amidst negotiations concerning Air Europa's 200 million euro Venezuelan debt. This encounter took place at a World Tourism Organization meeting in Saint Petersburg. Aldama, who was hired by Globalia in September 2019 for 10,000 euros a month, aimed to leverage his contacts to reclaim the airline's funds. The meeting's timing aligns with Aldama's contract dates with Globalia.
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Marriott estrena su marca Moxy en Barcelona en el antiguo hotel Expo

🏨 Marriott opens Moxy Barcelona in Sants neighborhood, next to AVE station, featuring 414 rooms. The hotel offers a rooftop with a pool, chill-out cabanas, a bar, and pop-up food stands with city views. Moxy, launched by Marriott in 2013, emphasizes larger, dynamic common areas over room size, with check-in at the bar and communal work-relaxation spaces.
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Luis Riu da un impulso generacional y reparte la expansión entre sus dos hijos

🏕 Luis and Roberto Riu Rodríguez, CEOs and sons of Riu hotel chain founder, have divided expansion regions and projects. They have collaboratively overseen the installation of 24 photovoltaic panel projects across 23 hotels, investing over €8.6 million and saving 7,375 tons of CO2 emissions. This move is part of a strategic decarbonization project within the family-led business, ensuring continuity during a generational transition after the retirement of Carmen Riu.
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Registro documental: la espada de Damocles que amenaza al turismo

📌 Marlaska's proposed tourist sector regulation, originally set for implementation on October 1, has been postponed to December 2. The regulation would require sensitive data collection such as payment methods, credit card numbers, mobile phones, and addresses, which goes beyond the current requirement of ID documents. The sector warns it's "impossible to comply" with and risks chaos. Business organizations criticize the government's disregard for EU data protection laws, while major European tourism lobbies oppose the decree, suggesting it could deter tourists and increase vacation costs.
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Tasas turísticas: otra fuente de ingresos que no frena la masificación

🏖️ Baleares has imposed an "ecotax" on tourists for over 20 years without deterring visitors, even after doubling the tax. Mallorca requests to use €56 million of the annual €200+ million ecotax revenue for local projects. Researchers Juana María Alonso and Moisés Navarro from ULPGC state taxes do not prevent tourism, echoing the sentiment of hoteliers in regions like the Canary Islands.
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Riu irá a los tribunales para evitar el derribo de su hotel en Fuerteventura

🌏 The Spanish Constitutional Court ruled that the Ministry of Ecological Transition has authority over the future of Riu Oliva Beach Hotel in Corralejo, Fuerteventura, which faces a demolition order. The Canary Islands Government, advocating for the hotel's maintenance, contested this competence. RIU Hotels & Resorts, led by Luis Riu, insists there's no justification for the concession's expiry and pledges to defend the more than 400 jobs at stake through the judicial system, a process that may take years.
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Lufthansa indemnizará a una familia con 5.000 € por la cancelación de un vuelo

✈ Lufthansa was ordered by a court in Gernika-Lumo, Vizcaya, to pay €5,129.75 in damages for a flight cancellation from Copenhagen to Bilbao two years ago, affecting a family of two adults and six minors, including a baby. The airline offered no explanation or alternative for the canceled return flight. Compensation was set at €400 per family member based on the EC Regulation 261/2004 for medium-haul distances between 1,500 km and 3,500 km. The total included €2,800 for seven family members, excluding the baby, and an additional €2,329.75 for alternative tickets they had to purchase.
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