http://www.a1articles.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com In the UK the number of holidays being taken by many people today is less than a few years ago, as the companies they own or work for struggle in the recession, and they either need to stay to run the day-to-day operations or don't want to be seen as disp... http://www.a1articles.com/villa-owners-fail-to-respond-to-shorter-breaks-2424953.html 18th April 2012 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... http://www.a1articles.com/do-budget-airlines-fly-low-spending-tourists-2413691.html 09th February 2012 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... http://www.a1articles.com/monaco-tops-property-prices-again-2409908.html 27th January 2012 In North America, Australia and across Europe business leaders are paying a lot of tax to their respective governments in the form of sales tax, employee pension contributions and if they're doing well taxes on any profits they might make. While they h... http://www.a1articles.com/andorra-residency-in-demand-2397335.html 08th December 2011 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... http://www.a1articles.com/fun-in-the-sun--majorca-gets-safety-vote-too-2327242.html 05th August 2011 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... http://www.a1articles.com/uk-weather-woes-is-maltese-sunshine-2177141.html 10th April 2011 Politicans are planning to raise taxes across Europe in their budgets, and many high net worth individuals are considering relocating in 2011 to a more tax friendly environment, and starting to decide which jurisdiction would be most favourable for them a... http://www.a1articles.com/andorra-cuts-residency-bureaucracy-2104095.html 10th March 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... http://www.a1articles.com/2-weeks-set-to-return-in-2011-2026311.html 11th February 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 ... http://www.a1articles.com/majorca-faces-losing-top-holiday-spot-in-2011-1945222.html 11th January 2011 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... http://www.a1articles.com/airline-turnaround-to-be-one-of-the-best-1794249.html 14th October 2010 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... http://www.a1articles.com/ash-cloud-uncertainty-for-menorca-holidays-1695922.html 11th August 2010 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... http://www.a1articles.com/the-secret-treasure-of-majorca-1673442.html 03rd August 2010 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... http://www.a1articles.com/maltese-hotels-a-cut-above-the-rest-1548896.html 14th May 2010 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... http://www.a1articles.com/andorra-ski-holidays-for-the-high-jump-1428152.html 03rd March 2010 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... http://www.a1articles.com/sun-shines-for-2010-menorca-holidays-1352045.html 15th January 2010 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... http://www.a1articles.com/rainy-british-days-brings-majorca-holiday-delight-1254898.html 25th November 2009 Motivated businessmen and wealthy millionaires in the past have been faced with a dilemma - save tax by moving to Monaco, famous for its zero per cent tax rate - or stay at home, pay the taxes, and know you're contributing to your country? But that dil... http://www.a1articles.com/monaco-government-politics-tax-finance-1131153.html 29th September 2009 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... http://www.a1articles.com/sharp-fall-for-malta-holidays-1039031.html 18th August 2009 Working and living in an income tax free country is something a lot of people imagine could only be a dream - it would need an efficient government with politicians who didn't see every business and every citizen as a taxable opportunity. Even in the 1... http://www.a1articles.com/andorra-outwits-g20-957732.html 30th June 2009 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... http://www.a1articles.com/menorca-holidays-hit-world-class-900041.html 18th May 2009 Easter is normally when most British people have booked their summer holidays, but quite how many have done so for this year won't be known for a while yet. With the economy in both the US and Europe in recession, holiday destinations are bracing thems... http://www.a1articles.com/majorca-is-all-packaged-up-for-2009-864963.html 17th April 2009 Asia, Canada, The US, Australia and Europe all face a pretty bleak 2009 as the world starts to feel the recession biting, and millions of people could be made unemployed. And as unemployment rises and politicians see their poll ratings slip, part of th... http://www.a1articles.com/germany-launches-new-tax-havens-attack-797466.html 24th February 2009 Residential holiday home property markets the world over are seeing sharp price declines and a real lack of serious buyers as the recession hits home. But it seems some areas of Europe are doing better than others at attracting new buyers and maintaini... http://www.a1articles.com/malta-real-estate-avoids-the-chill-763550.html 21st January 2009 With the holidays industry looking at a possibly disastrous 2009 as the recession hits home, the worst affected area of all could be ski and snowboard holidays for the 2009 ski holidays season, according to UK based travel internet company International P... http://www.a1articles.com/ski-resorts-hit-2009-iceberg-737136.html 05th January 2009 Now in her eighties, Queen Elizabeth came to the British throne when she was only 25, and at her side has been Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who married the Queen in 1947. In the modern world of celebrities, celebrity relationships, marriages a... http://www.a1articles.com/queen-elizabeth-celebrates-60-years-501145.html 31st March 2008 He has a world of glamour as his kingdom, and Prince Albert of Monaco could be forgiven for enjoying life to the full and simply having the best of times in and around Monaco. But as the prince turns 50, his reputation is deservedly a more serious one ... http://www.a1articles.com/prince-albert-of-monaco-hits-50-496635.html 27th March 2008 Low lying European ski countries last year who saw a decline in ski holiday visitors, including Andorra, have been investing in her facilities to try and tempt the skiiers she lost back for the 2008 season. In the past Andorra has grown in stature from... http://www.a1articles.com/andorra-ski-holidays-2008-469274.html 06th February 2008 Could the writing be on the wall for low cost airlines operating out of the UK and other European countries as the Conservative Party - once a campaigner and implementer of lower taxes - has called for purchase tax to be introduced to domestic flights?The... http://www.a1articles.com/cheap-flight-deals-hit-in-2008-241285.html 07th November 2007 Sixteenth smallest country in the world, Andorra has been transformed in the past forty years from a poor European country with no real economy to a vibrant independent State, sought after by the wealthy for her tax haven status, and skiers for her ski ru... http://www.a1articles.com/new-airport-raises-andorra-ski-holiday-prospects-223934.html 08th October 2007 After some years of a declining tourist market, the Mediterranean island of Malta is seeing a revival in her fortunes as a mainstream tourist destination. The prospects for the island have improved dramatically over the last year. At one point in 2006 ... http://www.a1articles.com/holidays-in-malta-get-media-boost-191612.html 25th July 2007 Enquire about Andorra outside of the skiing and financial communities and you might get blank stares, but the small European tax haven of Andorra has seen some startling rises in her property values in the last two years, with a repeat performance in 2007... http://www.a1articles.com/property-in-andorra-has-another-sharp-price-increase-for-2007-167654.html 31st May 2007 Western Europe's second smallest country Monaco has been leading the small countries of the world in the campaign to heighten awareness of environmental issues since Prince Albert became Sovereign in 2005, and has launched a radical plan of its own to cut... http://www.a1articles.com/pressure-is-on-for-monte-carlo-carbon-emissions-138723.html 15th March 2007 US and European Ambassadors and diplomats have been reminded by Prince Albert of Monaco at every opportunity about the environment, and he recently accompanied Prince Charles on a visit to his Poundbury village project in England. Are some of his subje... http://www.a1articles.com/monte-carlo-prince-support-could-melt-in-the-global-warming-debate-126178.html 03rd February 2007 Low levels of holiday take ups in 2006 With tourists deserting her, Malta is still reeling from a period of declining visitor numbers, but has now started to receive low cost flights. Could it be the spark to reignite the island's long suffering holida... http://www.a1articles.com/new-flights-give-hope-for-2007-malta-holidays-116767.html 05th January 2007 Riveria tax haven Monaco's property inflation could rise steeply in the next couple of years, and Europe's favourite tax haven could be out of reach for some millionaires, according to a Monte Carlo travel guide. Differing surveys recently have all bee... http://www.a1articles.com/tax-haven-monaco-refuses-new-millionaires-106893.html 18th November 2006 Holidays to Malta are to get a late season boost from the island's air show which is set to be the best ever this year, with tens of thousands of islanders and tourists attending the event over the weekend of September 23 and 24. Making the event a tru... http://www.a1articles.com/air-show-boost-for-malta-hotels-102449.html 16th November 2006 Malta's annual international air show is set to be the best ever this year, with tens of thousands of islanders and tourists attending the event over the weekend of September 23 and 24. Making the event a truly international one, as well as the Armed F... http://www.a1articles.com/malta-air-show-boosts-hotel-bookings-101445.html 16th November 2006 In the 1990's Russians brought suitcases of cash to the Cote d'Azur and Monaco to buy property , but now it's the British - using conventional banking methods and with it a degree of respectability - who are investing in Europe's top tax haven. While t... http://www.a1articles.com/british-lead-property-surge-into-monaco-99712.html 15th November 2006 The environment is at the top of his agenda, and while Prince Albert of Monaco is preparing to mark the first year of his succession to the world's second smallest country, a local destination guide http://www.yourmonaco.com suggests that the second smal... http://www.a1articles.com/europes-royal-environmentalist-prince-albert-celebrates-a-year-of-power-in-monaco-91368.html 03rd October 2006 Too many incidents of tourists being confronted in the street while on holiday in Malta has led to the Maltese authorities taking action against the timeshare companies who employ sales staff to seek out possible visiting buyers. Complaints have risen ... http://www.a1articles.com/tourists-in-malta-reclaim-the-streets-83771.html 21st August 2006 Twelve years ago the newly liberated Russians brought suitcases of cash to the Cote d'Azur and Monaco to buy property , but now it's the British - using conventional banking methods and with it a degree of respectability - who are investing in Europe's to... http://www.a1articles.com/british-buyers-lead-monaco-property-surge-83118.html 21st August 2006 Habitual incidents of tourists being confronted in the street while on holiday in Malta has led to the Maltese authorities taking action against the timeshare companies who employ sales staff to seek out possible visiting buyers. Complaints have risen ... http://www.a1articles.com/malta-holiday-industry-tames-the-timeshare-reps-77347.html 28th July 2006 Holidays in Malta could be off the list of destinations offered by major tour operators from next summer, according to press reports. While nothing has been confirmed yet, it has been reported that at least one of the tour operators is seriously consid... http://www.a1articles.com/malta-holidays--rumours-hit-tourist-island-57986.html 28th May 2006 The world's leading luxury yacht show in Monaco is to pay for 55 wind turbines in New Zealand - enough to generate power for 45,000 homes - making the event 'carbon neutral'. Under the watchful eye of Prince Albert, the yacht show is part of Monaco's n... http://www.a1articles.com/monaco---luxury-yacht-show-fights-global-warming-57947.html 28th May 2006 The Monaco Grand Prix ranks among the top sporting events in the world, and for good reason. The combination of Formula One cars street racing and the influx of celebrities to the playground of Europe make a heady mix for the annual event, and is view... http://www.a1articles.com/monaco-grand-prix-49240.html 02nd May 2006