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Portugal ranks in fourth place when it comes to receipts from tourism in Southern Europe. The country obtained a total of US$17.1Bn (€14.613Bn), an amount that places the country in fourth place [...]

The new president of the Algarve Region Tourist board (Região de Turismo do Algarve – RTA), João Fernandes, says that marketing the region must be aimed at the final consumer rather than [...]

Lisbon hotels saw a 13% increase in receipts in the first half of 2018 according to the Lisbon Tourism Observatory (OTL). RevPAR (Average Price per Available Room) per night increased 13% to [...]

Sacyr Somague has signed contracts for the construction of two new hotels in Lisbon with a total investment of €13 million. The projects – Hotel The Emerald House and Hotel Casal Ribeiro [...]

Activities linked to tourism “significantly boost the growth of new companies” according to Informa D&B barometer figures. The statistical research company studied the company dynamic during [...]

The real estate consultants Worx says that Lisbon hotels will make 2,100 new rooms available in 2018. According to its study Tourism and the Hotel Industry in Lisbon, the rooms will mainly be [...]

The investment fund which manages the troubled Herdade da Comporta resort development is to sell off tourist assets to pay debts failed bank Banco Espírito Santo owes to public bank Caixa Geral [...]

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary was one of the keynote speakers at the IVth National Conference on Residential Tourism and Golf which ran at the Estoril School of Tourism on 11 April.   “How [...]

Lisbon is expected to welcome 37% more tourists than usual during the week it hosts the Eurovision Song Contest from 7-13 May.   The number was published by eDreams, the largest online [...]

Portugal’s Rio Douro attracted a record 1.2 million tourists in 2017 on river cruises. The numbers were released by the Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo Ports Administration (APDL). There was [...]