Tourism

Most hotels in Portugal have summer bookings above 50% with hopes for a bumper summer according to a survey from the Portugal Hotel Association (AHP). “Expectations for peak season from our [...]

The US’s Delta Air Lines has never seen so much demand for flights to Portugal according to its sales director for Europe. Delta, one of the largest in the world, has put on more flights to [...]

Portugal’s Confederation of Tourism says Portugal has lost over €2Bn because of a lack of airport capacity at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado International Airport. Forbes reports that the Confederação [...]

Portugal’s government announced this week that it has selected a former army shooting range site at Alcochete on the South bank of the River Tagus, some 45km from Lisbon, as the location for the [...]

Hotel reservations for this summer in Portugal have increased 29% on 2023 according to Guestcentric, particularly for June, July and August while projected revenues are up 26%. Guestcentric, [...]

Portugal is the seventh most attractive European country in which to invest in hotels according to the ‘2024 European Hotel Investor Intentions Survey’ published by the international real estate [...]

The Alentejo Regional Wine Commission has posted a 27% increase in wine tourism in 2023 like-for-like on 2022. Comissão Vitivinícola Regional Alentejana (CVRA) says that this uptick is down to an [...]

Profits from Portugal’s Pestana Group, which has hotels all over Portugal and some in Brazil, fell 4% to €105 million in 2023 compared to the €109.5 million posted in 2022. The group is the [...]

Hotel management group AHM, which is owned by the Canadian group Mercan, is to strengthen its presence in Portugal with a total €1.2Bn over three years bringing the number of hotels it manages to [...]

Lisbon City Council is mulling a €2 hike on the city’s tourist tax, effectively doubling it from €2 to €4, and includes cruise ship passengers. According to Jornal de Negócios the goal is to [...]