Almost half self employed have closed their business but continue to be registered
Approximately 10,000 autonomos are receiving aid for cessation of activity, and continue to pay their Social Security although they won't open their business again...
German tourists will return to the Canary Islands in the summer
Safe corridors will be necessary in tourist areas with a low incidence rates of Covid, as well as the use of tests, says the Commissioner for Tourism, Thomas Bareiss...
Latest airline updates as UK casts doubts on summer holidays
Airlines are confident people will be able to travel but UK politicians have cast doubts on a summer holidays...
Canarian Airways… the new Canarian airline has take off!
The birth of the new airline has been announced and the project is being guided by One Airways, an aeronautical company built with 100% Canarian capital…
A public registry of 'Real Estate Agents’ is being created in the Canary Islands
There are criteria professionals must meet including sufficient financial solvency through the necessary guarantees and liability insurance...
Hoteliers threaten legal action against city councils for the collection of taxes
Ashotel has told the Canary Islands Federation of Municipalities the serious situation that closed hotel companies are going through since last March, but that they continue to have to pay fees and taxes for services that are not being used....
Compensation awarded to Tenerife tourists sold investments in tax havens
The first court sentence of this kind in January has ordered the return of investor’s money plus costs and interest...
Aena charges 100% rent to airport shops and restaurants after no reduction agreement
Aena has kept their word after offering two different proposals to help with payments, which were rejected as being "unaffordable" by tenants… Rental agreements are worth 1.2 billion euros a year in airports…
Hoteliers believe that Easter ‘may be a good time to get back to work’
CEHAT say: "No wave has been caused by tourism and there have been no outbreaks attributable to any hotel facility"
Almost 10,000 people lost their jobs in January in the Canary Islands
There are currently 279,230 people unemployed in the Islands and 12,349 less contributors to Social Security when autonomos are taken into account...
Government approves another 9 month moratorium for mortgages and loans
According to the latest data from the Bank of Spain, Spanish financial institutions granted 1.3 million moratoriums at the end of December to those affected by the coronavirus crisis, with a value of 54 billion euros…
Hospitality and tourism aid plan grants will vary between 3,000 and 15,000 euros
This aid is non-repayable grants directly to the sector, and is being fast tracked to help people quickly...
Easter could mean the restart of national tourism
The Minister of Tourism says that there is traditionally an influx of national tourists from the mainland to the Canaries at Easter, and that should be the same this year as long as health protocols allow...
Property prices have only dropped 6% in the Canary Islands during Covid
Rents have only fallen by 10% even though there are 7,000 apartments that have gone from tourist to residential rentals... There is only an average of 6% decrease in sales prices...
New benefits for the self-employed are available from Monday
If you are self-employed and haven’t received any help from the Government, now is the time to speak to your gestor... Benefits that weren’t available before are now available that will help an extra half a million people... here are the details...
Covid testing centres are going in five Canary Island airports
Aena has awarded space for the Covid test centres in departure areas of five Canary Islands airports… The contract is for 6 months with the possibility of extension until December 31st 2021…
British tourists will ‘pour back in to Spain’ when they are allowed too
The director of the Spanish Tourism Office in London believes that "recovery will be quicker than people are predicting"...
Brits now need permission from Ministry of Defence to buy property in the Canaries
Britons status as ‘third country foreigners’ after Brexit means they need prior military authorization as the Canary Islands are areas of interest for national defence…
52,000 new jobs expected in next two years with full recovery by end of 2022
The Canary Islands will create 52,000 jobs between this year and next, and will recover to pre-Covid levels in 2022...
Latest updates for TUI, easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2 as UK restrictions ramp up
Airlines have been forced to cancel and amend itineraries in recent weeks amid increased travel restrictions... here are the latest updates for Ryanair, TUI, easyJet and Jet2...
