Travel in city Madrid

Accor said Wednesday it’s hiring Amadeus to install a new central reservation system across its global portfolio of 5,600 properties. The Paris-based hotel group aims to boost revenues, optimize hotel distribution, and deliver personalized guest experiences.

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By stacking current offers from Citi and Air France-KLM's Flying Blue program, you can score a one-way flight to Europe for as little as 12,000 credit card points (plus fees and taxes).

Jul 22, 2024 • 6 min read

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FITUR Sports, at IFEMA Madrid, announces its third edition, focusing on synergies between tourism and sport to boost socioeconomic growth and generate business opportunities in sports tourism.

IHG Hotels & Resorts announces expansion in Spain with four new properties, adding over 500 rooms, reflecting strong growth and market confidence.

In Madrid, TUI calls for support for package holidays as the safest and most attractive form of travel: avoid further burdens, level playing field for all – broad consensus and regular dialogue agreed

In the first half of 2024, Aena’s Spanish airports saw an 11.4% increase in passengers, handling 144 million, with a record June performance.

Portugal’s hotel market is increasingly focusing on luxury, driven by supportive government policies and rising foreign investment, with significant growth in room supply anticipated.

Want a summer beach holiday but worried about the heatwaves in Europe?

It’s not too late to score a record-low deal to Europe this summer thanks to TAP Air Portugal’s latest fare sale, which has one-way flights starting at $214. 

Corporate travel, flying taxis, and hotel tech.

Iberia celebrates the 75th anniversary of its inaugural Madrid-Paris flight by offering double Avios for bookings in July and raffling Disneyland Paris tickets, reflecting on its history from DC-4 flights to today’s A320neo services.

With tickets to US dates of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour selling at sky-high prices, you may have wondered if it would just be cheaper to go to Europe this summer to catch a show. The answer to that question is yes, especially if you have points and miles to spend.

Protesters swarmed the streets of Barcelona to condemn mass tourism, which they blame for skyrocketing rent prices and the city becoming "unliveable."

As the high season kicks off in northern hemisphere tourism destinations, TourReview, the leading review platform for tours and activities, has conducted an in-depth analysis of the latest trends in the sector. This summer promises to be slightly different from the last, as American and Asian tourists begin to fly long haul again, introducing new dynamics to the market.

A day in Brihuega during the lavender bloom requires only one set plan: Get to the fields by sunset, to view an unexpected, lush swath of purple as far as the eye can see, with the orange glow of the Spanish sun directly behind it.

Europe’s pace of hotel and short-term rental dealmaking has accelerated lately. Recent headline deals include Blackstone buying the UK’s Village Hotels for a reported $1 billion and Trinity Investments’ bid to acquire $1.5 billion in hotel assets across Europe within the next three years.

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Severe turbulence on an Air Europa flight to Uruguay from Spain on Monday injured more than two dozen passengers, officials said, leaving several with neck and skull fractures, in at least the second case of severe injuries from turbulence worldwide in less than a month.