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| Welcome to La Manga Club Spanish Holiday News - the place to find the latest Spanish holiday information and news. Use the categories on the left for all the news about La Manga Club, Spanish Holidays, Golf Holidays and Tennis Holidays. Please also browse our Spanish Holiday features section. | |
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Brits taking Spanish holidays reminded of need for travel insurance |
07th April 2008 |
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 People taking Spanish holidays in the coming months have been reminded of the importance of taking out travel insurance, not just for flights to Spain but when travelling between any airports.
According to Defaqto, travel insurance can help holidaymakers taking flights to Spain and other destinations abroad to purchase items such as a change of clothes, if their luggage is lost or delayed.
Travel insurance can also help if flights to Spain are delayed by providing compensation for "being stuck" in the airport lounge.
"With the problems that have occurred with the opening of Terminal 5 .
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Flights to Spain from Robin Hood Airport 'are popular' |
07th April 2008 |
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 Passenger numbers at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield rose by over 12 per cent in March 2008 compared to the previous year, it has been revealed.
Robin Hood Airport now claims to have handled 2.85 million passengers since opening in April 2005.
And the most popular type of flight from Robin Hood Airport were flights to Alicante - with the destination being the top flight route for March 2008.
Read More: Flights to Spain from Robin Hood Airport 'are popular' |
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Flights to Murcia for Caravaca de la Cruz |
04th April 2008 |
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 This May, following the announcement from the Met Office that this summer is likely to be a wetter than average one in the UK, Britons might want to cheer themselves up by taking flights to Murcia for a Spanish holiday.
A special festival known as Caravaca de la Cruz: Fiestas de la Santisima y Vera Cruz is taking place in the spring month in Murcia.
According to Murcia's tourism website, the festival commemorates the appearance of the Holy Cross in the fortress of the Moorish king Abu-Zayt.
"The first day begins with a Reveille, in which there is no shortage of gunpowder and this is followed by the big day of the fiestas with parades of Moors and Christians and the running of the Wine Horses up the castle ramp," the website notes.
Read More: Flights to Murcia for Caravaca de la Cruz |
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Spain continues 2016 Olympic bid |
04th April 2008 |
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 Spanish holidays became all the rage among sports fans in 1992 when it hosted the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona.
Now, Spain is vying to host the 2016 Olympic Games in Madrid and has announced that its 30 sponsors have now committed in excess of €12 million in support for the campaign.
The Madrid Club 16 - as the group of main sponsors is known - is made up of leading financial, commercial and construction businesses.
Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, mayor of Madrid, had stated that the funding will bring many benefits to the city.
Read More: Spain continues 2016 Olympic bid |
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Flights to Spain for Indian tourists |
04th April 2008 |
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 Spain is looking to attract classy Indian tourists to its shores for Spanish holidays, one commentator has claimed.
According to Thaindian News, the Spain Tourism Board is looking to increasing the profile of Spanish holidays to Indians.
"We have almost six billion tourists visiting us every year and we would like more people to visit the country from India," Spain's ambassador to India Ion de la Riva reportedly said.
He added that Spain is opening a National Tourist Office of Spain in Mumbai before the beginning of 2009.
Read More: Flights to Spain for Indian tourists |
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Flights to Alicante: England take one-stroke lead in golf |
04th April 2008 |
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 Female golfers in the UK may be tempted to take a golfing holiday in Spain after watching Trish Johnson and Rebecca Hudson take England forward to a one-stroke lead at the European Ladies Golf Cup near Alicante.
Rebecca Coakley and Martina Gillen of Ireland now trail the leaders at five under par 67.
"Trish played great, she was very steady. We gelled very well together, with the worst score being a par on a hole - you can't really complain at that," Hudson commented, according to the Press Association.
Read More: Flights to Alicante: England take one-stroke lead in golf |
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Spain celebrates British fusion |
04th April 2008 |
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 A special competition to celebrate The Queen's Birthday has been launched in conjunction with Vodafone in Spain, it has been revealed.
Costa Blanca News reports that locals and Britons enjoying Spanish holidays who capture positive images of British influence in Spain could be in the running to win an invite to the Queen's Birthday party.
Celebrations for the Queen's birthday party are to be held in June 2008 in the cultural capital of Spain, Madrid.
According to the newspaper, the images should reflect British and Spanish fusion in the realms of fashion, music, culture, sport and business.
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Spanish holidays 'great for walking' |
03rd April 2008 |
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 Britons who want to enjoy a spot of walking in the summer months should consider a Spanish holiday, according to one commentator.
The landscape of southern Spain's Andalucia is perfect for those who want to enjoy walking holidays in Spain, headwater.com reported.
The valleys and hills feature Moorish whitewashed villages, meadows and hidden tracks through a limestone landscape, it notes.
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Spanish holiday island 'targets tasteful tourists' |
03rd April 2008 |
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 The perennially- popular Spanish holiday island of Ibiza is looking to shed its image as a mecca for hedonistic partygoers in an attempt to attract a more distinguished kind of clientele, it has been reported.
The comment from Bloomberg comes as a new spa facility is being constructed on a hill top in Santa Eulalia, as part of an effort by the island to attract wealthy holidaymakers and distance itself from younger clubbers.
"From the outside we're seen as a pure party island and that needs to change,'' said Albert Torres Gutierrez, who added that tourism used to be a "badge of pride".
Josefa Mari Ribas, Ibiza's head of tourism and economic cooperation,added that the Spanish holiday resort now needed to compete for classy customers with other destinations.
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Flights to Spain to avoid the rain |
03rd April 2008 |
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 To avoid a repeat of last summer torrential downpours in Britain, it could be worthwhile booking flights to Spain.
A Met Office report has revealed that while temperature in the UK over the three months of summer is expected to be warmer than average, above average rainfall is also anticipated.
"Seasonal forecasting is a difficult thing to do and this places some limitations on our forecasts. Our predictions for last autumn, winter and spring have all given accurate advice, giving more confidence in our latest summer forecast," commented government services director at the Met Office Rob Varley.
Read More: Flights to Spain to avoid the rain |
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