Demonstration last week in Syntagma square, calling for No vote in referendum on austerity pact. After agreement, new demonstrations call for rejecting the agreement. The recent deal between Greece and European finance authorities is not…
Crowded beaches mean money for hotels, restaurants, campgrounds and more, but officials in Spain’s Canary Islands and Balearic Islands are starting to wonder how much might be too much. It’s a theme that’s been echoed elsewhere, most recently by…
Almost every day there’s another story about the future of drones for delivery; just look a few days ago in our NewsLinks and you’ll see
The European Commission today cleared the last barrier for the sale of Ireland’s Aer Lingus to British Airways’ holding company, International Airlines Group. The deal already had approval from Aer Lingus’s board, the Irish government and Ryanair,…
Barcelona, and its new mayor, have recently expressed worries about too many tourists, and about their behavior (see yesterday’s NewsLink below), but the crowd is not likely to stop anytime soon. And if all the famous sights were not enough, a…
I’ve been to Barcelona a couple of times in the past, and it never really made a great impression on me. Until now.
Residents of Barcelona aren’t very happy with tourists. In fact, if you believe in a recent poll, you might think they’d rather be poor(er)
Manuela Carmena, the new mayor of Madrid (and a former communist judge), is going to clean the streets of Madrid. It seems there are 150 streets and public places that are named after or refer to the late dictator Francisco Franco,…
Ryanair, the leading low-cost air carrier in Europe has its hands full on labor issues these days.
Lisbon—a winner as the Greek crisis cuts into Greek vacation bookings One man’s famine is turning into another man’s feast. As tourist bookings for Greece stumble in the midst of the Euro crisis and uncertainty about supplies of money,…
Demonstration last week in Syntagma square, calling for No vote in referendum on austerity pact. After agreement, new demonstrations call for rejecting the agreement. The recent deal between Greece and European finance authorities is not…
Crowded beaches mean money for hotels, restaurants, campgrounds and more, but officials in Spain’s Canary Islands and Balearic Islands are starting to wonder how much might be too much. It’s a theme that’s been echoed elsewhere, most recently by…
Almost every day there’s another story about the future of drones for delivery; just look a few days ago in
The European Commission today cleared the last barrier for the sale of Ireland’s Aer Lingus to British Airways’ holding company, International Airlines Group. The deal already had approval from Aer Lingus’s board, the Irish government and Ryanair,…
Barcelona, and its new mayor, have recently expressed worries about too many tourists, and about their behavior (see yesterday’s NewsLink below), but the crowd is not likely to stop anytime soon. And if all the famous sights were not enough, a…
I’ve been to Barcelona a couple of times in the past, and it never really made a great
Residents of Barcelona aren’t very happy with tourists. In fact, if you believe in a recent poll, you might
Manuela Carmena, the new mayor of Madrid (and a former communist judge), is going to clean the streets of Madrid. It seems there are 150 streets and public places that are named after or refer to the late dictator Francisco Franco,…
Ryanair, the leading low-cost air carrier in Europe has its hands full on labor issues these days.
Lisbon—a winner as the Greek crisis cuts into Greek vacation bookings One man’s famine is turning into another man’s feast. As tourist bookings for Greece stumble in the midst of the Euro crisis and uncertainty about supplies of money,…
