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Benidorm reports busy holiday weekend thanks to domestic tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER 46,000 people used Benidorm’s beaches during the four-day October holiday weekend in a welcome boost to local tourism. The official figures come for a

13 Oct, 2020 @ 20:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

British Fugitive Leaps Off Benidorm Hotel Balcony In Escape Bid On Spain S Costa Blanca

British fugitive leaps off Benidorm hotel balcony in failed escape bid on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH fugitive tried to escape the clutches of the Policia Nacional by jumping off the balcony of his Benidorm hotel room. The unnamed 32-year-old

9 Oct, 2020 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

British collapse in resorts like Benidorm fuels dramatic August fall in foreign tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AUGUST foreign tourist numbers collapsed on the Costa Blanca falling by 63 per cent over 12 months, according to the National Statistics Institute. COVID-19 travel

3 Oct, 2020 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Safe air corridors to Britain MUST open to save Benidorm’s winter tourist season, claim hotel bosses

COSTA Blanca’s largest group of hoteliers, HOSBEC, insists the Spanish government MUST open safe ‘air corridors’ with Britain and Europe. The group claims that pandemic

30 Sep, 2020 @ 12:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Valencia

Furlough extended as Benidorm tourist and hospitality groups stage protest on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S government announced an extension to furlough payments today(September 29) as Benidorm hosted a motorcade protest calling on the scheme to continue. The temporary ERTE

29 Sep, 2020 @ 17:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm Switches Unused Fiesta Money To Help Families On Spain S Costa Blanca

Benidorm mayor uses festival cash to help families on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM council is reallocate €214,000 from its festival budget to help boost aid for needy families. Benidorm mayor, Toni Perez, said: “This injection of extra

27 Sep, 2020 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Benidorm eyesore set to be knocked down on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BENIDORM eyesore is set to be knocked down and replaced by a hotel and shops, but an important piece of art will be preserved

26 Sep, 2020 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Denia Defied Dreadful August For Hotels On Spain S Costa Blanca

Denia defied dreadful August for struggling hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AUGUST overnight stays in Costa Blanca hotels collapsed by almost two-thirds compared to 2019, as Denia defied a poor month for bookings. Figures from the

24 Sep, 2020 @ 21:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Bar And Restaurant Owners Claim 18 000 Jobs Are Threatened In Benidorm On Spain S Costa Blanca If Furlough Scheme Is Not Extended

Bar and restaurant owners claim 18,000 jobs could be lost in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca if furlough scheme is not extended

BENIDORM faces losing 18,000 jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors if the ERTE furlough scheme is discontinued, according to a business association in the

21 Sep, 2020 @ 16:37

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm rolls out welcome to ‘digital nomads’ to stay on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM wants younger home workers to come to the city for a long-term break. It’s the latest move from the Costa Blanca resort that is

19 Sep, 2020 @ 10:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Travel bubble setback as Benidorm records two COVID-19 outbreaks on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported in Benidorm which has been trying hard to promote itself as a ‘safe’ destination for UK tourists to visit.

18 Sep, 2020 @ 12:02

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm has a COVID-19 infection rate that's three times higher than Spain's national average

Benidorm wants UK government permission for a special flight to Spain’s Costa Blanca in plea to create safe ‘travel bubble’

BENIDORM wants the UK government to green-light a charter flight to help promote the Costa Blanca resort as a safe area for British tourists. The

17 Sep, 2020 @ 12:35

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Association Chief Toni Mayor Slams Absurd Travel Restrictions

Benidorm hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca are struggling to fill up even a third of their rooms

A COSTA BLANCA hotel association leader has branded travel quarantines and restrictions as ‘absurd’. Toni Mayor, president of the Benidorm-based Hosbec group, made the comment

16 Sep, 2020 @ 14:27

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm Hotels See 85 Per Cent Drop In July For Overnight Stays On Spain S Costa Blanca

Benidorm wants to create its own ‘safe travel’ corridor for UK visitors to Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM mayor, Toni Pérez, says that the resort wants to set up a ‘safe travel corridor’ for UK tourists. That follows a summer where many

10 Sep, 2020 @ 14:27

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm and 12 other towns on Spain’s Costa Blanca are ordered to tighten up on COVID-19 rule breakers

13 COSTA BLANCA councils, including Benidorm and Dénia, have been told to take the ‘strictest possible measures’ to clamp down on too many people meeting

9 Sep, 2020 @ 18:29

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Boss says Benidorm hotels ‘are not throwing in the towel’ as occupancy collapses to just 30 per cent this week on Spain’s Costa Blanca

QUARANTINE rules, the new school year and lockdown restrictions have caused hotel occupancy rates to drop by around 20 per cent in a week throughout

8 Sep, 2020 @ 17:50

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm Mother Abandons Teenage Son In Pamplona Bar And Drives 150 Kilometres To Bilbao In Spain

Benidorm mother abandons teenage son at northern Spain bar and drives 150 kilometres to Bilbao

A MOTHER has been charged with child abandonment after leaving her teenage son in a Pamplona bar, while she travelled 150 kilometres to Bilbao. The

8 Sep, 2020 @ 11:32

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels report best week of the summer as Spanish room bookings keep them goin

Benidorm leads way in COVID-19 safety approval on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROMINENT Costa Blanca hotel association, HOSBEC, has added 11 more hotels to their ‘Protocol On’ scheme. Benidorm sees seven additional hotels getting the seal

7 Sep, 2020 @ 10:44

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel owners in Spain claim that UK travel quarantine ‘ruined everything’

COSTA BLANCA hoteliers have blamed the UK travel quarantine for reduced August bookings and have called for a Europe-wide system of working out travel restrictions.

3 Sep, 2020 @ 17:38

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

If 15 hotels remain open in Spain’s Benidorm this winter, ‘it will be a miracle’ claims hotel association boss

LEADING Costa Blanca hotel association, HOSBEC, is forecasting the grimmest of months for September. With the traditional holiday season ending and children returning to school,

30 Aug, 2020 @ 15:03

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm faces quiet Christmas as hotels close due to UK booking cancellations across Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm’s Levante beach to end reservations this Monday as domestic tourist season ends on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM’S Levante Beach will go reservation-free from this Monday(August 31) with the end of the booking system introduced on July 15. Capacity controls and designated

30 Aug, 2020 @ 10:32

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm official says €130 million demolition bill for illegal towers on Spain’s Costa Blanca is ‘not in the public interest’

A SENIOR Benidorm council official has said that the demolition bill for the illegally-built ‘Gemelos 28’ tower blocks in Punta Llisera ‘would be very difficult

27 Aug, 2020 @ 12:58

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Scooter rider dies in Benidorm after being hit by a bus on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMAN died in Benidorm this Monday morning(August 25) when her scooter was hit by a bus. The incident happened on the junction between Avenida

25 Aug, 2020 @ 13:28

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Brit Paedophile nabbed in Spain’s Costa Blanca resort extradited to UK to serve sentence

A WANTED paedophile has been extradited to the UK after being arrested in the Costa Blanca resort of Benidorm. Mark Bowen, aged 25, fled to

25 Aug, 2020 @ 11:31

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm’s night club and bar owners demonstrate against enforced closures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ANGRY bar and club owners took to the streets of Benidorm to protest against new restrictions on bars and nightlife in the Costa Blanca resort.

24 Aug, 2020 @ 12:08

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm Mayor Announces Financial Bonus For Local Bars And Restaurants On Spain S Costa Blanca

Bars and restaurants in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca get financial bonus from mayor

BENIDORM’S struggling hospitality trade has been given some help from the local council with the news that there will be no charges for outside tables

23 Aug, 2020 @ 10:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

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