En la página oficial de la Agència Tributària de Catalunya se ha publicado un documento informativo que actualiza el impuesto sobre estancias turísticas. Realmente los profesionales ya informábamos, hace años, de una nueva tasa (no les basta con los impuestos habidos), en inglés, en francés, en catalán, en castellano, alemán, ruso… Aunque vaya, el olimpismo […]

Since the entry into force of the new municipal ordinance on July 13 of this year, its application and content have been debated. On the one hand, HLCLUB, as an associate of APARTUR; has participated in the process of applying this ordinance in the city of Sitges, Barcelona. The new ordinance consists of twelve basic […]

Personal, location, and cleanup are the best-rated service dimensions for customers A study that analyzes the image of Vilanova and Geltr on as a tourist and gastronomic destination post Covid-19 points the Vilanova experience with an 8.32, according to the Global IRon, the reputation index. The study has been carried out by the company Vivetial […]

Supposedly, on April 27, the Council of Ministers approved the Recovery Plan, a unique and, hopefully, unrepeatable opportunity to revitalize the Spanish economy in what promises to be a thorny journey. I say supposedly because although the news headlines and the media have echoed, the information reaches us so empty of content, let alone concrete, […]

On 15 March, the Procicat lifted the comarcal confinement for the living bubbles  The comarcal mistrust leaves behind two months of restrictions that have cleared tourist accommodations. This new phase of mobility is a breath of relief to tourism, which can already recover some of the economic activity, and also to citizens, who are being […]

Supermarkets, the biggest adversaries of wine cellars Wine cellars experience a loss of 26.7% after confinement.    It is bad times for wine cellars. The closure of the catering industry, coupled with the new trend of direct sales between wineries and consumers, has done nothing but harm to these places which promote the culture of […]

In conscience, this letter should be entitled something like “The Infuges of a Banana State”; but out of respect, out of principle, or through education, we have not named it that way. Our motivation, dear readers, is the publication of the ministerial order of the 13th January with effect on 14 January to modify an […]

The Institute for Economic Analysis (IEE) estimates a GDP growth of 6% this 2021 Summer of 2021 It is not the title of a film, although this last year may be worthy of a film, but the date that has scheduled the tourist industry as the start of recovery. An increase in the forecasting of […]

Yesterday the BOE published Royal Decree-Law 35/2020 of 22 December, with measures to support the tourism, hotel and catering and commercial sectors valued at 4.22 billion euros.  Below is a brief summary of the main measures:           Reduction in the rent of premises Both SMEs and self-employed people who have rented premises can benefit. There […]

Reyes Maroto doubts that the measure will have an effect on demand The tourism sector is calling for a reduction in tourist VAT, which has been set at 10% since 2012, to offset the effects of the pandemic, which has hit the sector like no other. For this reason, the business organizations are demanding that […]