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Miguel Praga

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Ávoris pone el foco en Costa Rica tras su aterrizaje en México

📈 Ávoris, led by Juan Carlos González and Vicente Fenollar, focuses on Costa Rica for international expansion after recent Mexico entry with Catai brand. The decision is not final, but Costa Rica is likely the next market for Catai. Iberojet operates flights from Madrid to San José twice weekly, increasing to three times from June to October. Ávoris partnered with Travel Shop in Mexico, entered Italy in January with Travelplan and Welcomebeds, and plans for France and Morocco. In 2024, established presence in Brazil and Argentina via CVC consortium, offering Special Tours circuits, Welcomebeds, and Welcome Incoming Services.
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Catastrófica caída de los viajes de Canadá a Estados Unidos

🛫 Travel between Canada and the US is expected to plummet by 75% in the coming months, an alarming drop revealed by the OAG study portal and reported by Canada's Toronto Star. March 2024 saw 1.2 million flight reservations for April, which drastically fell below 300,000 this year. May's figures also declined from 817,000 to under 230,000. Despite this, airlines haven't changed their summer flight plans, except for Transat and Flair from Canada, which reduced their US flights by 22% and 26%, respectively.
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Barceló: “Es muy difícil que alguien quiera comprar Ávoris”

📈 Simón Pedro Barceló, co-president of Barceló Group, in an interview with Diario de Mallorca, doubts the sale of Ávoris, projecting aggressive results that potential buyers may not acknowledge. Ávoris faced over €300 million in losses from 2020 to 2022, aiming for a swift recovery. With €4.5 billion in sales last year and an Ebitda of €45 million, 1% of sales, Barceló anticipates doubling the Ebitda this year, highlighting a significant growth in results.
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Los hoteles de Meliá en Myanmar y Tailandia resisten al terremoto

🏨 Meliá's hotel plant in Myanmar and Thailand remains operational despite thousands dying in a 7.7 magnitude earthquake last Friday. CEO Gabriel Escarrer confirms that Meliá's one establishment in Myanmar and five in Thailand, including locations in Rangún, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui, Phuket, and Pattaya, have passed rigorous inspections. Escarrer expresses condolences and assures guests and staff are safe and well cared for.
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Viajes del Imserso: “preocupación” por la falta de Presupuestos

📄 María Teresa Sancho, Imserso's director, is worried about the potential extension of the 2024 budget into 2025 if new budgets aren't passed. The tourism program for seniors risks maintaining its €72 million budget for the third year. Without a price adjustment, hotels and agencies face inadequate compensation; hotels receive €25-26 per night against a real cost of €34, and agencies earn €14.50 per sold seat. Recent seasons saw a decline in participating hotels and quality.
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Charles de Gaulle: 4.500 millones para que el aeropuerto no crezca

✈ Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France's largest, plans to spend €4.5 billion over ten years to avoid expansion, a reversal from the usual growth of such facilities. Initially, a projected Terminal 4 was to increase capacity to 168 million passengers by 2050. Instead, the current 88 million passenger capacity will be maintained until at least 2035, aided by new state taxes limiting demand. Funds will focus on decarbonizing ground operations, enhancing multimodal train-plane connections, and reducing connection times, with the Paris metro line, Lisa, extending to Terminal 2.
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La hotelera líder en Cataluña clama contra la tasa turística: “Es un abuso”

🏨 Ramón Vernet, CEO of Best Hotels with 18 hotels and 4,628 rooms in Catalonia, criticizes the Generalitat's decision to double the tourist tax to potentially €15 per person per night. He argues that the already highest tourist tax in Europe will hurt Barcelona's competitiveness, as a couple could pay up to €160 in a week. Vernet suggests using the tax revenue for infrastructure rather than housing issues, which he believes hotels did not cause.
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El apagón en Barajas que pudo haber acabado en tragedia

🚨 Incident at Madrid-Barajas Airport: On the night of January 26-27, an unexpected blackout occurred on the runways, disrupting the airport with the highest traffic in Spain, which accommodated 66 million passengers in 2024. The airport's ground lighting failed during aircraft approaches. Fast response and professionalism of Aena's signaling staff resolved the critical incident. Senator Aniceto Javier Armas has requested government clarification and preventive measures in the Senate. The government claims it was an "exceptional" event with no operational impact or planes in final approach.
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Viajes del Imserso: máxima expectación ante los nuevos pliegos

🏖 Six companies—Ávoris, Mundiplan, W2M, Travel Live, Senior Plan, and Soltour—are contenders for managing Imserso's senior travel program, marking the highest number of candidates to date. Final decisions to bid will be made once the terms are reviewed, which are soon to be sent to the Council of Ministers for approval. Ávoris aims to renew its victory from two years ago despite sanctions; Mundiplan seeks to re-enter after being excluded last time; Senior Plan promises high-quality, sustainable offers. W2M and Travel Live (Nautalia) as well as Soltour, pending honest terms, are also interested. Viajes El Corte Inglés opts out due to low profitability.
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