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News
Prison listed as Paola attraction: holiday favourite amongst international travellers
Mosta, 24/05/11 – It would seem that Malta’s tourism industry has been missing out on the ‘next big thing’, in this case Paola. MORE
Corinthia Hotel London opens
London, 09/05/11 – The Corinthia Hotel London opened its doors today. Corinthia’s new flagship is a landmark property and joins the ranks of London’s finest five star luxury hotels. MORE
MIA pays out €8.8mn in dividends
Luqa, 05/05/11 - The 19th annual general meeting of Malta International Airport plc was held earlier today, during which a net dividend of €0.065 per share - which represents a total payment of €8,794,500 – was approved for financial 2010. MORE
April passenger movements at MIA hit 300,000 mark
Luqa, 04/05/11 - Passenger movements at Malta International Airport grew by 25.3 per cent in April reaching 300,123 - the highest number ever registered in April. MORE
Prices plunge in eastern Med
Mosta, 16/04/11 - new research from Britain’s Post Office Travel Money reveals that prices have plunged in Greece and Turkey. MORE
Costa inaugurates Malta-to-Malta cruises, Orange gains Istanbul exclusivity
Valletta, 15/04/11 – The Costa Concordia will be making 32 calls at Grand Harbour between today and 18 November. Put another way, Malta residents have 32 opportunities to buy a seven-day cruise around the western Mediterranean. MORE
First Choice goes all-inclusive
Mosta, 08/04/11 - From summer 2012, all First Choice products will be all-inclusive with flights, transfers, accommodation, three meals a day and unlimited local drinks as standard. MORE
Fuel increases cost hotels €2.5mn
San Gwann, 01/04/11 - The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association is concerned about a further increase in fuel as announced yesterday, and in particular to the increase of thin fuel oil which is extensively used by the hotel industry. MORE
Boom forecast for cruise industry
Mosta, 28/3/11 - The financial crisis has proven to have a real silver lining for the cruise industry and now people are embarking ships at a greater rate than before. MORE
21st edition of Island Travel Yearbook published
Mosta, 27/03/11 – Need to know who the MD of Vacations Malta is, or whether the Paradise Bay Resort has WiFi, or need to check the entrance cost at the Mdina Experience? All these questions, and more, are answered in the twenty-first edition of Island Travel Yearbook. MORE
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People & events
Accountants dominate new Air Malta board
Valletta, 25/05/11 - Following the appointment of Louis Farrugia as chairman of Air Malta, the Minister of Finance has also appointed Alison Attard, Andrew Calascione, Alan Caruana, Roderick Chalmers, Adrian Coppini, Helga Ellul and Mark Micallef Eynaud as directors of the board. MORE
Imperial extends WiFi service
Sliema, 25/05/11 – The three star Imperial Hotel has now extended its WiFi service to all bedrooms, public areas, garden, pool area and improved reception in its ballroom. MORE
Farrugia named KM chairman
Valletta, 20/05/11 – Businessman Louis Farrugia has been appointed the new chairman of ailing Air Malta. MORE
Air Malta appoints chief restructuring officer
Luqa, 19/05/11 - Air Malta has appointed Ray Hart to the newly-created post of chief restructuring officer of the airline. MORE
Turkey’s Carisma comes to the InterContinental Malta
St Julian’s, 12/05/11 – Cynergy, the health club at the InterContinental, is being refurbished. The adjacent indoor pool area has also come in for a major facelift along with the introduction of an internationally branded thalasso centre. MORE
Grima appointed sales manager at the Westin Dragonara Resort
St Julian’s, 21/04/11 - The Westin Dragonara Resort has appointed Michael Grima as groups sales manager. MORE
Shareholders visit Corinthia Hotel London
London, 08/04/11 - As part of the month-long pre-opening preparations for the Corinthia Hotel London, the hotel hosted a group of 160 investors and bond-holders of various Corinthia public companies. MORE
Hotel owner appointed Air Malta CEO
Luqa, 26/03/11 – Last autumn Peter Davies, 61, and his wife Sue bought the Mill End Hotel on Dartmoor, in the west of Britain. And after renovating 15-room hotel, he was appointed chief executive officer of Air. MORE
MHRA launches recommended restaurants scheme
Valletta, 15/03/11 - Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Dr Mario de Marco, together with the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association presented the official guidelines on the MHRA Recommended Scheme to the first 11 restaurants participating in the initiative. MORE
Kempinski San Lawrenz rebrands spa
San Lawrenz, 04/03/11 - Kempinski Hotel San Lawrenz was selected to be a new ambassador of Kempinski The Spa brand, a bespoke concept developed especially for Kempinski Hotels by Resense. MORE
12 winners for the MTA’s STAR awards
St Julian’s, 04/03/11 - The sixth edition of the Malta Tourism Authority STAR awards was held today and consisted of 11 awards for outstanding service and hospitality, and one award for an exemplary employee in the hotel sector. MORE
Granny’s Inn named top Malta hostel, again
Sliema, 03/03/11 - Granny's Inn Hostel, which opened in 2008, has won a fourth award; this time for being “top hostel in Malta in 2010”. MORE
Maltese-American agents meet to boost US travel to Malta
New York, 24/02/11 - Five Maltese-American travel agents met here today under the chairmanship of Malta’s ambassador to the United States with the aim of exploring ways of boosting American tourism to Malta. MORE
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Statistics to download
Arrivals (counted as departures by the NSO) - Tourism departures 2004 • Tourism departures 2005 • Tourism departures 2006 • Tourism departures 2007 • Tourism departures 2008 • Tourism departures 2009 • Tourism departures 2010 • Tourism departures 2011
Cruise liner traffic - Cruise liner traffic 2011
Outbound - Outbound travel 2011
Databank
Arrivals
Tourist expenditure up 16% in four months
Valletta, 31/05/11 – Tourist arrivals in April were up 21.3 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year. An estimated 121,947 people visited the islands in April. MORE
Libyan civil war boosts March arrivals
Valletta, 18/05/11 – There were an estimated 99,668 tourists in Malta in March, an increase of 30.6 per cent over March 2010. MORE
Libya evacuees considered visitors
Valletta, 04/04/11 - Arrivals in February were estimated at 65,487, an increase of 23.6 per cent over the corresponding month last year. Excluding the effect of the civil war in Libya, departing tourists stood at 62,768, up by 18.4 per cent. MORE
Cruise liner traffic
Cruise traffic up in May
Valletta, 20/06/11 - In May 59,037 cruise liner passengers visited Malta, an increase of 7.2 per cent over May in 2010. MORE
Cruise lines passengers down a third in 2011
Valletta, 20/05/11 – In April there were 44,780 cruise line passengers, a drop of 20.3 per cent over the corresponding month of 2010. MORE
Q1 cruise liner traffic down 12 points
Valletta, 25/04/11 - The total number of cruise passengers in March decreased by 65.8 per cent when compared to March 2010, and stood at 8,730. MORE
Outbound
Outbound travel up 8% in Q1
Valletta, 18/05/11 - In March international travel by Malta residents totalled 23,061 - an increase of 2.3 per cent over the corresponding month last year. MORE
Italy was favoured destination in February
Valletta, 15/04/11 – In February 18,121 Malta residents travelled abroad, an increase of 4.2 per cent over the corresponding month last year. MORE
18-point increase in January travel
Valletta, 15/03/11 – In January 20,158 residents of the islands travelled internationally, up by 18 per cent when compared to the corresponding month of 2010. MORE
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