The seaside town of Sesismbra is to receive a €400 million tourism mega-resort with a hotel, two tourists villages and sports and cultural facilities. The project at Herdade do Cabeço da Pedra [...]
The Elegant Group, owned and managed by Roman and Chitra Stern, have sold the Martinhal Cascais hotel to focus on diversifying their existing product offer and new businesses in Portugal. The [...]
In the post-pandemic, cost-of-living, sustainable-minded world there seems to be two trends doing the rounds in leading trend-setting cities like New York or London. One is hard seltzers, [...]
Hoteliers are against plans by municipal councils in the Algarve to reintroduce the ‘tourism tax’ and even increasing it. The Algarve Resident reports that the idea was put forward by the [...]
INCREASED TOURISM DEMAND IS ALREADY PUSHING PORTUGAL’S INADEQUATE TRAVEL INFRASTRUCTURE BEYOND CURRENT CAPABILITIES. IMPROVING ACCESS BY AIR, SEA AND RAIL WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR THE GOVERNMENT [...]
Portugal scooped 30 awards at the European edition of the ‘oscars’ of the travel industry – World Travel Awards, including Best Destination. After losing the title of Best Destination in [...]
“I don’t care where the new airport is – just take a decision!” The Chairman of Azores airline SATA called on the government to hurry up and choose a location for Lisbon’s new international [...]
A Singapore sovereign fund has announced that it will buy a controlling stake in the SIG hotel group that plans to invest in its first hotel in Portugal in the Algarve. GIC said on Friday that it [...]
Record tourist numbers in July were down to Portugal’s “value-for-money” as a destination. This is according to the Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism, Trade and Services, Rita [...]
The Altis Hotels Group, with its flagship Altis Grand Hotel in Lisbon, has represented comfort, quality and hospitality since 1973 when it was founded by entrepreneur Fernando Martins. Still a [...]
