Tourism

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 [...]

Sonae Capital has invested €1.5 million on a five-star hotel on the Tróia Peninsula. The Editory by the Sea is the new five-star hotel unit in Sonae Capital’s hotels portfolio on the Tróia [...]

The Algarve is expecting around one million holidaymakers in August with most hotels already fully booked reports the Portugal Resident. According to Hélder Martins, the President of the Algarve [...]