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  1. Too Risky: Thomas Cook

    20.12.2011Too Risky: Thomas Cook

    Did Thomas Cook turn too much to the north African market and away from Majorca?

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  2. French Lessons: Promotional messages

    19.12.2011French Lessons: Promotional messages

    The French tourism market to Majorca has remained static since the turn of the century.

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  3. Tilting At Windmills: Balearics' oil exploration

    16.12.2011Tilting At Windmills: Balearics' oil exploration

    Oil exploration off the coasts of the Balearics would cause environmental damage, but should it be dismissed out of hand?

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  4. The BAFMAs: Awards for Majorcan achievement

    15.12.2011The BAFMAs: Awards for Majorcan achievement

    Yes, it's that time of the year. Time for the BAFMAs, the Blog Awards For Majorcan Achievement. In no particular order, the following are variously well-known and less well-known or were well-publicised and less well-publicised ...

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  5. Have Yourselves A Crisis Little Christmas

    14.12.2011Have Yourselves A Crisis Little Christmas

    Consumer spending on a Majorcan Christmas is down and the decline in spend has been significant over the past three years.

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  6. An Obsolete Law: Hotel conversion

    13.12.2011An Obsolete Law: Hotel conversion

    The tourism law that enables hotels to convert their properties contains one or two surprises the hotels might not have been expecting.

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  7. All In A Day's Lack Of Work

    12.12.2011All In A Day's Lack Of Work

    Cuts to activities in potential growth industries and in culture in Mallorca, is the government going too far?

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  8. Survey Reservations: Hotels and modernisation

    11.12.2011Survey Reservations: Hotels and modernisation

    You can't always trust surveys, but a recent one about hotels does raise some valid points.

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  9. Rubbing Off: Microsoft in Majorca

    10.12.2011Rubbing Off: Microsoft in Majorca

    Tourism from filming in Majorca could get a real boost, and it will have come thanks to Microsoft.

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  10. The Art Of Imitation: Artisans

    9.12.2011The Art Of Imitation: Artisans

    Is all the craft you see or buy at a Majorcan artisan fair the real thing? It might not be.

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  11. The Great (Tourism) Reform Act

    8.12.2011The Great (Tourism) Reform Act

    The Balearics draft tourism law and the government's attitude towards the so-called "illegal offer" will upset some, but the law has much to commend it.

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  12. Cruising To Destruction: Posidonia

    7.12.2011Cruising To Destruction: Posidonia

    Supplying ships in Palma with electricity is a recognition of the environmental damage that cruise and other ships cause.

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