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🛫 Iberia is set to launch a revamped travel agency platform, Iberiagencias, this summer, enhancing communication and services for travel agents and managers. Ryanair recently opened sales to traditional agencies via Travel Agent Direct. Vueling and ACAVE have been reconciling their differences since spring, focusing on operational improvements. Despite previous disputes, airlines acknowledge the key role of agencies in ticket distribution. Ryanair continues to challenge OTAs like eDreams.

📅 Patronal y sindicatos en Baleares rompen la negociación del convenio de hostelería. UGT amenaza con huelga de cinco días desde el 10 de julio si no se acuerda un aumento salarial del 16% en tres años. Inicialmente, sindicatos exigían 19%, pero la patronal ofreció 11%. FEHM busca modernizar el convenio, afectando a 180,000 trabajadores, mientras UGT demanda también una reducción de jornada laboral a 35 horas, lo cual la patronal rechaza.

💥 Palma's airport chaos is intensifying as a partial glass ceiling collapse fuels European tour operators' criticism during peak season. Aena, responsible for ongoing expansion works, faces backlash from workers and unions citing safety concerns. Tourists experience lengthy delays, with over an hour spent retrieving luggage. Additionally, a potential labor dispute looms as CCOO highlights unsafe working conditions due to extreme heat, criticizing Aena for raising the temperature threshold for safety protocols from 35ºC to 39ºC.

✈️ Jet2 will begin operations at La Palma Airport in 2026. The inaugural flight to Manchester departs on April 3, 2026, with routes operating Mondays and Fridays. London-Stansted flights start on October 26, also with two weekly frequencies. Jet2holidays will collaborate with accommodations in Los Cancajos, Puerto Naos, and Tazacorte. This expansion opens La Palma to the UK market, a key focus for the local tourism board, led by Raquel Rebollo.

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📅 El Imserso abrirá el plazo de solicitudes para su programa de turismo para mayores el 1 de julio de 2025, cerrando el 23 del mismo mes. Las solicitudes son necesarias para nuevos participantes; los ya acreditados pueden modificar sus datos hasta el 23 de julio de 2025. Las inscripciones pueden hacerse online, por correo o en registros oficiales. Los elegibles incluyen pensionistas, personas con prestaciones de desempleo, y asegurados de la Seguridad Social, además de españoles residentes en el extranjero.

💰 Atom Hoteles Socimi sold the B&B Hotel Vitoria General de Álava in the Basque Country for €9.2 million. This 3-star hotel, with 107 rooms and five meeting rooms, will change operators in early 2024. The sale aligns with Atom's strategy to invest in higher-segment hotels. Recent sales include the EXE Rey Don Jaime in Valencia for €50 million and the Labranda Costa Adeje for €110 million. The company has 23 hotels with 5,572 rooms.

🏨 Carlos López Melón, director del Hotel Gran Vía de Logroño, recibió el Reconocimiento TH a la Mejor Trayectoria Profesional en los TH Awards, el 19 de junio en Madrid. Con una carrera iniciada en los años 80, ha formado a muchos profesionales, incluyendo a jurado de los TH Awards. Asistieron más de 130 profesionales, y el premio fue entregado por su hijo, Carlos López, resaltando la huella imborrable que ha dejado en la hotelería española.

✈ Iberia, Iberia Express, and Air Nostrum will operate 1,921 flights from June 27-29 for the summer travel surge. 266,498 seats are available across short (916), medium (778), and long-haul (227) flights. 10 additional charter flights will support cruise logistics to key ports. Madrid-Barajas hosts 800 departures to popular Spanish, European (London, Paris, Rome), and Latin American (Bogotá, Mexico City) destinations. Iberia offers 3.2 million seats to Latin America, a 4% increase from last year.

🏖 Daily Mail reports Benidorm's division between Spanish and British tourists on April 2025. Spanish visitors frequent the old town, while British tourists are drawn to New Town's nightlife. Locals note the separation; a local ice cream shop worker describes British behavior as disrespectful and drunken. A New Town pharmacist comments on British tourists' inappropriate attire and incivility. British tourists feel unappreciated despite their economic contribution, claiming the economy would suffer without them.