Roger Munns

Do Budget Airlines Fly Low Spending Tourists?

In the summer a travel industry debate opened up when a leading Spanish tourism official criticised the budget airlines operating across Europe that fly to the country and her islands, as he believed the low fares they were paying led to tourists who were... Read >

Monaco Tops Property Prices Again

The most up to date survey of international property prices has revealed Monaco as having the highest prices in Europe, beating off London and Paris, but in recessionary times will prices come down in the well known tax haven in the next year or two? T... Read >

Fun In The Sun - Majorca Gets Safety Vote Too

Ever since package holidays started tourists have visited Majorca for her great holiday qualities - a friendly local people, a short flight from home, good food including if wanted the Mediterannean diet, and hotel accommodation as good as anywhere else i... Read >

UK Weather Woes Is Maltese Sunshine

The UK experienced her coldest December for decades and it resulted in a rush for holidays for warmer climes, with the Mediterranean island of Malta getting a good number of bookings for January and February, along with more advanced bookings for the summ... Read >

2 Weeks Set To Return In 2011

Those with long memories who look back to how the travel industry was faring in the 1980's will remember vacations were an established part of the calendar for many couples and families - more often than not it was taken in August, would be for a couple o... Read >

Majorca Faces Losing Top Holiday Spot In 2011

Just as the fashion industry changes so does a constantly evolving travel market, and no serious vacation island can sit back and hope that past visitors return time and again, the need is there to keep up with tourists expectations and compete for their ... Read >

Airline Turnaround To Be One Of The Best

With airlines charging extra for virtually everything on top of their advertised airfare, some airlines are doing better than others at providing a good service for their passengers. With more expensive airfares than competitors in the Mediterranean th... Read >

Ash Cloud Uncertainty For Menorca Holidays

Hope was high in the Menorca holidays industry early this year as Europe appeared to be coming out of the recession, and people started booking a summer trip again. The number of holidays taken on the island has been down in the last couple of years, i... Read >

The Secret Treasure Of Majorca

Do you shy away from a holiday in Majorca? The island certainly has a mix of attitudes from people who might be considering a break on the well known vacation spot that has proved so popular with tourists in the past. On the one hand there is the image... Read >

Maltese Hotels A Cut Above The Rest

Some of Malta's best known hotels just keeping on winning awards - and it's helping boost the island's reputation as a holiday centre of excellence to those who haven't been before and are considering it. And for those who already take Maltese vacation... Read >

Andorra Ski Holidays For The High Jump?

Paying an advertising agency, Andorra has decided that now is the time to market herself as an upmarket European ski holidays destination. As consumers in Western Europe and the U.S. have cut back on spending for the first time in a long while, many ma... Read >

Sun Shines For 2010 Menorca Holidays

Recent years haven't been kind to the Spanish holiday islands, the number of visiting holidaymakers has dropped sharply and family favourite Menorca hasn't been spared from the economic fallout. And it's not just the overall economy and worry about job... Read >

Rainy British Days Brings Majorca Holiday Delight

The travel industry in the United Kingdom has been bracing itself for awful summer sales figures for traditionally popular holidays in Majorca and other areas of Spain, but an awful summer for the weather in the UK has led to a pick up in holiday bookings... Read >

Sharp Fall For Malta Holidays

Increasing unemployment rates and the economic slump currently hitting Western Europe has forced a major re-think of tourist numbers for most holiday destinations - and the island of Malta in the Mediterranean is no exception. The number of holidays be... Read >

Menorca Holidays Hit World Class

Surprisingly it's as far back as the days of Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe that the world of tennis has been as exciting as it is today, as Rafa Nadal from Spain's Balearic Islands and Switzerland's Roger Federer make the game watchable to a mass audienc... Read >