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Monday’s Diario carried quite a big feature with the headline “Tourists without Peace”, focusing on the stronger methods being used by taxi drivers to drum up business as tourists arrive either in the port as they disembark cruise ships, or in the area around the Loja do ............
Following up on the two previous blogs, the result of the easyJet pilots vote was announced yesterday and they have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action. Pilots union Balpa said that the ballot closed with 96% agreeing to strike over complaints that their strenuous ............
The Diario reports that this weekend will see the annual “Festa da Piedade” fisherman’s festival in Caniçal. The feast of Our Lady of Mercy is marked by “procession at sea”, involving many fishing boats with one raffled to carry the prize of the statue of Our ............
Next week, with the Columbus Festival between the 15th and 17th of September, the island of Porto Santo expects to record an overall average occupancy rate of 85%, representing a a 10% growth on 2015. This is the best of the last five years – in 2014 occupancy during the ............
Last night’s World Travel Awards in Sardinia saw Madeira named Europe’s Leading Island Destination once again. Quite an achievement by all involved, not least all of those visitors who continue to vote for the destination!
This is getting to be something of a habit – the ............
The Diario reports on a show of solidarity with Venezuela as protestors briefly interrupting the wine festival yesterday with a demonstration at Praça do Povo. With the region historically having very strong links to Venezuela, a group of 100 or so levelled criticism at Venezuelan ............