Valencia Trader

A Taste of Spain in London

A Taste of Spain exhibition returns to London on 6th June 2010.
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Benidorm Comes to Madrid

For the third consecutive year, Benidorm came to Madrid yesterday when 120 tons of beach sand from the holiday town was deposited in Madrid’s Parque del Retiro for the annual sandcastle competition, that this year had 180 entries.
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Plan Presented

Benissa Mayor Juan Bautista Rosello, along with Tourism Consellera Milagrosa Martinez and Sebastian Fernandez, the tourism chief for Alicante Province presented a plan called Benissa 2010.
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Placing The Blame

The Valencian Government yesterday directly blamed the Socialist Government for the drop in foreign tourists in the Valencian Community for the first six months of this year that saw the three main markets – British French and German – drop by 4,6%, 5,2% and 7.6% respectively, whilst the visitors to Spain as a whole rose by 6%. Commenting on the figures, the Tourism Consellera Milagrosa Martinez directly blamed the Madrid Government for its constant criticism of Valencian land policy.
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Best in 5 Years

The Benidorm Hotel Association HOSBEC revealed yesterday that hotel occupancy for July stood at 90%, which represents the highest occupancy figure for the hotels in recent memory, and is almost two percentage points higher than the same period last year, despite having more rooms available.
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Benidorm Agrees

Benidorm Town Hall yesterday formally issued a ‘stop’ order on all building near the main holiday hotels in the town.
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Less Than Expected

Environment Minister Cristina Narbona had issued a warning to the Valencian Community about a massive arrival of Jellyfish that finally did not materialise, and to make matters worse, local experts stated last night that the jellyfish invasion this year is far less that on previous occasions.
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The World in Reverse

Just when the Valencian Community is experiencing the busiest time of the year with a huge influx of tourists that automatically requires extra policing, it has been revealed that the Interior ministry has decreed that 700 members of the security forces may now take a vacation.
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Winter Prices to Remain in Place

The Costa Blanca Hoteliers Association yesterday told the tour operators that it does not intend to force its members to lower their prices for the winter season that begins in the middle of next month.
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Improvements

The Valencian Tourist Board has revealed that it will support the modernisation programme for the Calaveras caves in Benidoleig to the tune of some 17,000 Euros.
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Ripoll Rewarded

Jose Joaquin Ripoll, the President of the Diputacion of Alicante, yesterday received the Gold Medal award from the Benidorm Hostel Association HOSBEC in recognition of his defense of the tourist sector as one of the leading economic factors of the Valencian Community.
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FITUR 2007

The Region of Valencia offers you its attractions in the whole of pavilion 5 in the Madrid exhibition site of IFEMA, where the International Tourism Fair of Madrid, Fitur 2007, is to be held from 31st January to 4th February.
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Benissa Plans

Mayor Juan Bautista Rosello has revealed that a recent Town Council meeting has evaluated and made a report on its assessment of Benissa as a tourist area of considerable attraction.
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A Swedish Promotion

The Valencian Tourist Board has undertaken a fam-trip to Alicante and Province in order to show how attractive the Province is and at the same time point out the large number of golf courses in the area.
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Warning Issued

The Eleventh Benidorm Forum on International Tourism opened yesterday with a speech from Jose Luis Zoreda, the deputy president of the Exceltur Group
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Cause for Concern

The Hotel owners of the Costa Blanca have expressed their alarm after the German Group TUI – owners of Thomson Holidays – announced that it was fusing with rival holiday firm First Choice.
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Almost Full Up

According to tourism Consellera Milagrosa Martinez, the occupancy rate for hotels in the Valencian Community this Easter week is over 80%, whilst certain areas of Castellon
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Easter Figures

The results of the tourism in Benidorm during Holy Week has revealed a considerable divergence amongst the various sectors.
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Incentive Revealed

Valencian Government has revealed that it intends to set up a new company headquartered in Benidorm that will become involved in research and development in the tourist sector.
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Prices Frozen

Gareth Williams the Destinations Director of Tui/Thomson Holidays stated yesterday that prices for hotels on the Costa Blanca would remain frozen throughout the summer as if they were not, there would be a flight of tourists to other destinations such as Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia.
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We Shall Return

Tourism Consellera Milagrosa Martinez has revealed that almost one hundred percent of all the visitors who have come to Valencia to see the Americas Cup intend to return for a holiday in the Valencian Community.
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