29.10.2010Sport For All (Except Majorca) Sports tourism is a potentially highly profitable market. Pity that Majorca has so little to offer. Full article
28.10.2010Pastoral Care: The Partido Popular's woes The Partido Popular should be coasting to victory in the next local elections. Instead it is riven by division, much of it the consequence of differences of opinion with a Palma-Calvia elite. Full article
27.10.2010New For Old: The all-inclusive mixed message Thomas Cook has announced a different type of all-inclusive. Why? And would it work? Full article
23.10.2010Divorced From Realities: Conferences and academia Do conferences on tourism and academia have anything to really offer in terms of the realities of tourism at the real front-line? Full article
22.10.2010The Power Game: Thomas Cook and its "discount" The decision by Thomas Cook to deduct 5% from its payments to hotels has caused deep disquiet. It says much about where the real power resides in the tourism industry. Full article
21.10.2010Matchstick Men: Bingo and betting Problems for OAP centres over bingo. All part of a gambling culture in Majorca and Spain. Full article
20.10.2010Watching You: Gran Hermano The new series of Gran Hermano has started in Spain. Don't know what it is? Full article
18.10.201021st Century Schizoid Man: Multiculturalism Multiculturalism may not work, but it is a concept that applies to the Brits in Majorca as much as it does to ethnic communities in the UK or Germany. Full article
17.10.2010Pieces Of Eight: Airports, airlines and taxes Spanish airport charges are due to increase. But is the impact of higher charges overstated? Full article
14.10.2010White Heat Of Technology: Majorca's future There are thirteen new commercial projects in Majorca, the consequence of the raising of the moratorium on their building. Let's all celebrate. Evidence of recovery, evidence of confidence in Majorca as a place to invest. If only. Full article
13.10.2010Two Princes: Felipe and Letizia A new book about the Spanish royal family by the journalists Carmen Enríquez and Emilio Oliva is due to be published next week. Full article
10.10.2010Party Games: Bauzà's lapse The Partido Popular in the Balearics are making a video game/puppet version of themselves. It features the party's leader, José Ramón Bauzà, pronounced Bowser. His number two is Calvia's mayor Carlos Delgado, Charles Thin, represented by the old Goons' character - Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, to whom he bears a not totally thin resemblance. Full article