The occupation achieved by hotels in Cadiz (province) during the month of August was 90.27%, which is about 3.6 points more than the one registered during the same period in 2009 when the occupancy rate was 86.67%. The highest occupancy recorded was in hotels in Conil de la Frontera, place which achieved 95.24%, according to [...]
After the short winter, the long summer season is upon us, and the Hotel El Fuerta Costa Luz will mark the occasion by opening its doors for business on Friday May 1st, catching many May bridge holidaymakers still unsure of where to spend their bank holiday.
Hotels in Chiclana reported a 20% increase in occupancy levels this Easter weekend when compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by Horeca.
Hotels in Cadiz and its surrounding resorts are now a serious competitor for estate agents and individual landlords when it comes to attracting season-long guests, reports local newspaper, La Voz.
The weather forecast is good, the Easter holiday bridge is lengthy and, now, the hotels in and around Cadiz are cheaper than they have been for years as the city’s hoteliers slash prices in an effort to attract more custom.
The difficult economic situation currently deterring swathes of would-be hotel guests throughout Spain is likely to have little negative bearing on the forthcoming Semana Santa (Holy Week) Easter holidays, which is great news for Cadiz’s hotel industry.
Cadiz’s Hotel Monasterio de San Miguel yesterday hosted a reunion for ex-directors of that and other hotels in the region as plenty of new faces were introduced in a large directorial shakeup throughout the Cadiz Province.
Banks throughout Spain are preparing themselves for what they believe will be a ‘flood’ of hotels around the country falling into financial difficulty, administration or - in the very worst cases - bankruptcy, as the economic crisis continues to sprinkle doom and gloom on Europe’s tourism industry.
Figures released yesterday by Spain’s Institute of National Statistics (Hoteles.es’ full breakdown can be seen here) have revealed that hotels in the province of Cadiz endured their worst January for over a decade, with occupancy rates averaging at just 24.7%.
The rain came and fell, mainly, everywhere, but revellers and visitors to Cadiz’s Carnival weekend were not deterred, leading to the region’s highest occupancy rates for 15 years, according to The Federation of Hospitality Business in Cadiz (Horeca).