A new analysis of staff shortages by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), has revealed a significant labour shortfall in Portugal, with 85,000 Travel & Tourism jobs across the country predicted to be unfilled by the end of this year.
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As it continues to grow its global portfolio, IHG is proud to sign a new voco hotels property in partnership with JJW. Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on the Algarve's Ancão Beach , the Formosa Park Apartment is finalising its refurbishment and conversion to voco Algarve, before it is due to open early 2022, and will offer 61 one and two-bedroom apartments, a restaurant and bar.
Situated on sandy shores alongside some of the region's best golf courses, Dona Filipa Hotel has 154 guest rooms ranging from classic rooms to premium suites. With extensive facilities including two restaurants and two bars, a spa, pool, tennis court, beach club and kids club, as well as meeting spaces, this hotel has been a popular choice with leisure and business visitors.
Coined the 'Grandfather of Golf Courses' in the Algarve, Penina Resort & Golf is famed for its high-class service, Portuguese charm and exceptional golf courses. With 188 rooms, including Grand Suites, the hotel also offers meeting and banqueting space, four restaurants, two bars and 380 acres featuring three golf courses.
W Hotels Worldwide, part of Marriott International, prepares to make its brand entry in Portugal with the launch of W Algarve, opening spring 2022. Located on Portugal's most coveted coastline, this new W Escape offers simultaneous seaside relaxation with high-energy sophistication. W Algarve celebrates urban glamour meets beach life, in a region famous for its beautiful, secluded coves, year-round sunshine and enticing cuisine. W Algarve's energetic beats, striking flavours and bright design complete the scene in this playful destination that gives sunseekers and tastemakers a new reason to visit the Algarve.
To translate the Six Senses vision of reconnection into an urban environment, the brand looks for iconic landmarks in some of the world's most breathtaking downtown addresses and then weaves wellness, sustainable design, bespoke hospitality, and community into the guest experience. Following Istanbul, and with upcoming properties in Rome, New York, London, and Bangkok, Six Senses is now celebrating its entry into the heart of Lisbon. This also adds a second prime destination to its Portuguese portfolio after Six Senses Douro Valley in the heart of the country's wine region.
Martinhal, known for its award-winning luxury family hotels & resorts across Portugal, is taking its successful formula to create one of Lisbon's most sought-after residential projects to date. Recognized by leading real estate brokerage firm, Savills, as one of the top new branded residences, Martinhal Residences, set in the city's newest and greenest neighborhood, Park of Nations, will complete in summer 2022 with 160 stylish residences ranging from studios to one, two, three and four-bedroom penthouse apartments and duplexes.
Light Human Hotels, the award-winning and experiential brand inspired by the millennial spirit, confirms the first collection of hotel openings, all to be managed by leading international hotel management company, Kew Green Hotels. Light Human Hotels Vila Real Porto will open in the last quarter of 2022, followed by Light Human Hotel Curitiba in Brazil from 2023.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today celebrates the opening of Hilton Porto Gaia, located in Vila Nova de Gaia. The 194-room former port warehouse is the latest addition to the internationally renowned Hilton Hotels & Resorts portfolio, and opens following a franchise agreement with Sabersal — Promoção Turística e Imobiliária, S.A.
Innovation, partnerships and enhanced coordination are essential for making wine tourism a driver of rural development. That was the takeaway message from the 5th UNWTO Global Conference on Wine Tourism, held this week in Alentejo, Portugal, around the theme “Wine Tourism – a driver for rural development.”
Porto’s newest cultural destination, World of Wine (WOW), has announced the first line-up of vinicultural workshops and wine tastings at The Wine School, which opened in May 2021. Designed to cater to the curious, the connoisseur and the professional, The Wine School is the ideal place to learn everything about wine including how to differentiate, analyse and choose wine, and how to pair it with food and chocolate.
The Barceló Hotel Group announced the opening of its first hotel in the Azores and the only five-star hotel on the island of Terceira.
Azora, the Madrid-based European real estate investment manager, has completed the acquisition of two 5* hotels in Portugal’s Algarve region on behalf of its Azora European Hotel and Lodging Fund (“Azora EH&L” or the “Fund”), through a sale and manage back transaction for €148 million (including a variable price) with Minor International (MINT), the international hotel, restaurant and lifestyle group which acquired the NH Hotel Group for €2.3 billion in October 2018.
The mayors of some of the world’s leading destinations have met in Porto to rethink urban tourism in the post-pandemic age. Organized by UNWTO, the Government of Portugal, Turismo de Portugal and the City of Porto, the Mayors Forum on Tourism and the Future of Cities highlighted the opportunity to restart urban tourism with a focus on sustainability, innovation and inclusion.
Scrambling to bring under control a worrying COVID-19 surge, tourism-dependent Portugal imposed stricter rules on Thursday, requiring holidaymakers to show a negative test, a vaccination certificate or proof of recovery to stay in hotels.
Following the success of the past four editions, the Conference will take place on 9-10 September 2021, in Reguengos de Monsaraz in the Alentejo region, in collaboration with the Government of Portugal.
The proportion of international hotel guests in Portugal will exceed the proportion of domestic hotel guests this month, despite ongoing and continually changing international travel restrictions, according to data collected from SiteMinder’s World Hotel Index on July 1, 2021.
Ombria Resort, Portugal's premium sustainable destination situated in Algarve is pleased to announce the appointment of Lionel Alvarez as General Manager of Viceroy at Ombria Resort and Viceroy Residences at Ombria Resort, the 5-star hotel complex due to open in Q2 2022 at the heart of Ombria Resort. This will mark the debut of the US-based Viceroy Hotels & Resorts in not only Portugal but throughout southern Europe and will also be the first branded residences managed by Viceroy in Continental Europe.
RIU has resumed its holiday tourism activity in Portugal with the opening of the RIU Palace Madeira. The hotel has reopened its doors after the state of alarm was lifted in Portugal and offer a 4-star, All Inclusive service, guaranteeing the well-being of guests and employees alike with its tried and tested safety protocols.