Room occupancy in the Algarve’s hotels fell 60% in July like-for-like on 2019 according to the Algarve hotel association AHETA. The average total occupancy per room was just 33,2 percent [...]
Around 43% of restaurants and bars and 17% of local accommodation guest houses are considering filing for bankruptcy. These were the latest sobering figures from the monthly survey carried out by [...]
Portugal is said to be holding talks with the British Government again in a bid to get quarantine measures scrapped for holidaymakers returning from Portugal to the UK. At present everyone [...]
The new Neya Porto Hotel opened its doors today (Monday 3 August) after an investment of €18 million including €6 million investment from the EU’s Portugal 2020 fund. The project transformed part [...]
Tourism represents nearly 20% of Portugal’s GDP. It grew its revenues by 60% in four years from €11Bn per year to €18.4 between 2016-2019. But now the industry is at a standstill with hopes of a [...]
Formula 1 racing is to return to Portugal after an absence of 24 years. By Michael Bruxo – Algarve Resident The announcement was made last week by Portimão Mayor Isilda Gomes who said that [...]
Work has begun on the new Meliã Lisboa hotel, the first 5-star unit from the Spanish hotel chain in Portugal. The hotel will be located on the intersection between Avenida António Aguiar and [...]
Cruise boat companies are once again operating trips up and down Portugal’s Douro Valley – a World Heritage site — after having lost millions from being moored up because of the Covid-19 [...]
Quarantine-free travel between England and Portugal has been rejected as Portugal fails to make the UK’s list of Covid-19 safe countries to which to travel. The bad news broken this [...]
Renata Leal has been appointed the new General Secretary of the Portuguese Association of Resorts. The Portuguese Association of Resorts (APR) promotes the development of Portuguese companies and [...]
