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The Vila Galé Group has won the Revive competition to redevelop the Coudelaria de Alter stud farm in Alter do Chão into a historic four-star boutique hotel. The hotel in the Portalegre district [...]

A Portuguese government programme aimed at encouraging landlords to rent properties at affordable rents is failing. The programme “Rehabilitar para Arrendar” (Refurbish for Rent) has only [...]

Registrations for local short-stay accommodation aimed at tourists in Lisbon continue to rise according to Lisbon Council. In Lisbon there have been 1,108 registrations with the city council in a [...]

Portugal’s world famous chinaware firm Vista Alegre is proposing a reverse stock split action to its shareholders. The move from its board of directors comes as shares hit a nominal value of [...]

Business turnover for the Visabeira Group rose 11.7% in the first six months of the year to €327 million on 2017. The results before taxes, interest, depreciations and amortisations (EBITDA) [...]

British citizens living in Portugal could lose access to their bank accounts in the event of a no-deal Brexit the UK government has warned. The Brexit secretary Dominic Raab insisted that he is [...]

Portugal was voted the “Hottest Destination” of 2018 at the Virtuoso Awards. The awards, organised by an international network of luxury travel agents, states that Portugal was gaining ground as [...]

The Portuguese government has approved three new solar energy parks in Santarém without using subsidies from tax payers or consumers. The €81 million project will be developed by Escalbis Solar [...]

Portugal’s economy grew by 2.3% in GDP terms in the second quarter of 2018 like-for-like according to government statistics. The growth represents a 0.5% increase on the previous quarter (2.1% [...]

Lisbon’s landmark Sheraton Lisboa & Spa hotel has appointed Jerónimo Ferreira as its new Food and Beverage Manager. With and extensive career in the gastronomy area, Jerónimo Ferreira has [...]