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Spain's secondary coastal markets: Where hotel investment is following tourist demand
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (390+ words) Hotel investors are shifting beyond Marbella and Palma as tourism growth spreads across Spain's coastline. Spain closed 2025 with a record 96. 8 million international tourists, a 3. 2% rise on the previous year, with overseas visitors spending up 6. 8% to "134. 7 billion. The headline figures, published…...
EU housing crisis plan raises stakes for hotel sector
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (555+ words) The European Parliament has outlined a plan to boost housing supply, speed up construction and address affordability across the EU. The European Parliament has adopted a wide-ranging response to the EU housing crisis, placing housing affordability, supply and investment at…...
Tourists spent 3. 1 billion nights in EU hotels and rentals
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (467+ words) Tourists spent around 3. 1 billion nights in hotels, holiday rentals, campsites and other tourist accommodation across the EU in 2025, according to new Eurostat data. Tourists spent an estimated 3. 08 billion nights in tourist accommodation across the European Union in 2025, marking the highest…...
Hotel101 Global opens 680-room property in Spain
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (259+ words) The hotel is designed to accommodate business and leisure travellers. Hotel101 Global Holdings has opened the 680-room Hotel101-Madrid in Spain, marking its first entry into the European market. The property is situated in the Valdebebas district, beside Ciudad Real Madrid and…...
Inside Europe's growing backlash against short-term rentals
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (1231+ words) Across Europe, short-term rentals have moved from a niche accommodation model to a central political issue in housing policy. Europe's short-term rentals market is facing its toughest political moment in years. From Barcelona to Berlin, governments are linking the rapid…...
ME by Meli" debuts in Portugal with ME Lisbon
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (227+ words) Meli" Hotels International brand ME by Meli" has made its debut in Portugal with the opening of ME Lisbon. The property has been designed by Jo'o Paci'ncia studio and interiors by Broadway Malyan. The hotel exhibits a collection of Portuguese…...
Europe's travel giants trade accusations amid tourism unrest
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (465+ words) Airbnb claims hotels are the main cause of overtourism, while Tui argues that unregulated short-term rentals are to blame. Tensions have risen between rivals in the tourism industry amid protests against overcrowding, rising housing costs and bad behaviour by tourists…...