Yesterday saw many of Benidorm's popular entertainers turn out in force to support a fundraising Gala night at the Rober Palce Hotel in Albir.The event was the brainchild of two local ex-pat residents - Rada Haupt and Melanie Howell together with the help of Phil Howell and David Pearce aka Miss Shape of the Rich Bitch Show Bar.
Since the smoking ban was introduced in Spain on 2nd January 2011, many bar owners have complained about the detrimental impact on takings. The anti-smoking laws are one of the strictest in Europe and the introduction was met with mixed reviews. The rules were first introduced in 2006, which outlawed smoking in the workplace but allowed bar and restaurant owners to choose whether or not to allow it.
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The Marina Baixa Hospital in Villa Joyosa, on the outskirts of Benidorm, has just won the "Health 2000 award" recognizing it as the best "public hospital" in the Valencian community. There are a total of six in the Province of Alicante - Denia, Villa Joyosa, San Juan, Alicante, Elche and Orihuela.
In their continued efforts to instigate a breeding programme for endangered species, Terra Natura in Benidorm have succeeded yet again... this time with a "White handed Gibbon".Gibbons are an endangered species due to many reasons but the primary cause is deforestation.
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Yesterdays BBC breakfast news announced that "First Choice" are going totally All Inclusive. First Choice and Thompson are both part of the larger "TUI" Group - a German multinational travel company and probably one of the worlds largest tourist organisations.First Choice operate in five Benidorm hotels on an All Inclusive package - Levante Club, Melia, Flamingo Oasis, Flamingo Playa Apartments and Dynastic...
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Last summer I reported on the long awaited demolition of the "Edificio Las Terrazas" on the junction of the Avd. Mediterraneo and Avd Europa. Following years of complaints by neighbours and local businesses about the derelict buildings and its associated dangers, the courts gave approval for the demolition to go ahead.
Many budget airlines are increasingly introducing the opportunity of allowing passengers to pre-book their seats in advance for a fee.... which varies depending on which airline you are flying. Up until today, Easyjet were one of those with NO allocated seating, meaning a stampede at the boarding gate to try and nab the best seats - but they too have joined the rest.
The CEO of Jet2.com, Steve Heapy attended the "Invattur" conference in Benidorm yesterday which was organised by Hosbec - the hoteliers association. He was delighted to be able to announce that in the frenzy of bad news for the tourism sector and rise in fares, Jet2.com was increasing its flight capacity between the UK and El Altet by 20% this summer
The Ministry of Health has put forward several cost saving proposals to save money allocated for the already strained health budget. Following consultations with regional health directors it is expected to be adopted on Friday by royal decree, with an estimated annual saving of 7,000 million euros.The first of these is to start charging pensioners 10% of the prescription cost - currently there is NO charge.
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Well it can be said that the season has officially started as the theme parks have all started distributing a variety of discount vouchers available across the resort. But do look carefully as although they all look similar, they offer different monetary values depending on where you pick them up from.There are no vouchers yet available for either of the two water parks, Aqualandia and Aqua Natura as they do not open until the end of May.
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Ever since Madge, the chain smoking matriarch of the Garvey clan hit our screens on the ITV series Benidorm, rentals of mobilty scooters have gone through the roof in the resort. She was always depicted permanently sitting in her mobility scooter, generally whizzing around the pool area of the fictional Solana resort (which is actually the Sol Pelicanos hotel).
In the lead up to Easter, "Hosbec" the hoteliers association claimed that hotels rooms in Benidorm were 90% full over the Easter week, but several businessmen have disputed this claim. Sergio Gambi, in the tourism sector said that "these numbers are mathematically impossible - the Holy week is classified as 5 days - Thursday to Monday and the 90% claim actually only applied for Saturday and Sunday".
Lifeguards and First Aid Workers belonging to "Rojuser" - the company responsible for Lifeguards & Health Care on the beaches of Benidorm, have been protesting over non payment of wages for over 4 months by the Council.They have been sticking up posters around the town to highlight their plea to the residents and holidaymakers of the town but have now been threatened with being "denounced" for their protest.
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If you are arriving on a package holiday to Benidorm then your transfers are generally included. Those hiring a car are also sorted - but what about the remainder? You can get the very reliable ALSA coach transfer - Alsa is the equivalent of National Express. They run an almost hourly service but it is not a 24 hours and the journey takes aprox 50 minutes.
B&H 50.00€
Camel 47.00€
Embassy 50.00€
JPS 44.50€
L&B 48.50€
Marlboro 50.00€
Mayfair 45.00€
Silk Cut 50.00€
Golden Virginia 89.50€
Old Holborn 90€