Royal Caribbean International has announced it will boost the number of Malaga departures next year following the success of other Spanish ports. The cruise line has five ships set to sail from the destination, as well as Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca. “Barcelona has long been a popular homeport for Royal Caribbean International and we have enjoyed significant growth in the UK for take up  [ Read More ]

Ryanair has signed a partnership with Golf Away International to create a travel club for golfers. Called Ryanair Golf Direct, members can get up to 50% off green fees at some of Europe’s finest courses in Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands, Ireland and the UK. Dermot McArdle, chairman Ryanair Golf Direct, said: “Ryanair Golf Direct was established to get people playing lower priced golf on their holidays by booking green  [ Read More ]

An owner of an illegally built hotel in Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea city of Burgas has voluntarily demolished it with his own equipment. This curious fact was released Tuesday by the National Construction Control Directorate at the Bulgarian Ministry of Regional Development. The rough construction works for the five-story buildings had already been finished. The Directorate had nevertheless issued an order to remove it, for it was not allowed to  [ Read More ]

Alternative tourism is the only way to make Bulgaria a year-round tourist destination and attract visitors outside the active summer and winter season, expert Stoyan Mihaylov, says. Stoyanov spoke as representative of a company hired by the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, to carry out a research about attitudes of foreign travelers to SPA, cultural, and rural tourism. The poll was conducted among 9 000 foreigners, who visited  [ Read More ]

Rockefeller Group, the US real estate company, is said to be in talks to buy a controlling stake in property fund manager Europa, which has repeatedly declared its interest in the Bulgarian market. Rockefeller, established in 1928 by John D Rockefeller to develop the eponymous centre in Manhattan, which is now owned by Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate, is in the final stages of acquiring a 75% stake in Europa Capital in  [ Read More ]

The Bourgas Regional Inspectorate for Environment and Waters (RIOSV) has allowed an investor to build a luxury resort complex in the Karadere nature reserve area, Stroi Media said on September 27 2010. The decision reportedly was made by the authorities in Bourgas on September 15 2010. It says that the decision advises that the construction process  should “not disturb the bird population in the areas, and so should be done  [ Read More ]

The French international hypermarket chain Carrefour will open its newest store in the northern Bulgarian riverside town of Rousse by the end of the year, Bulgarian media reported on September 28 2010. This will be the chain’s fifth store in Bulgaria, after stores were opened earlier this year in Sofia, Plovdiv, Bourgas and Varna. The Rousse store will be laid on a  8 000 sq m parcel and it will  [ Read More ]