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 […]

After several postponements due to the impact on the tourism sector of Covid-19, the Generalitat informs us of the effectiveness of the increase in the tourist rate; passing, throughout Catalonia (except Barcelona), from € 0.90 to € 1.00. As a reminder, the rates are calculated on a maximum of seven days / nights and those […]

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 […]

New technologies, creativity and a customer experience adapted to new expectations, fundamental to the transformation of tourism  Although some limit themselves to coexist with uncertainty, others see the current situation as an opportunity to transform the tourism sector, so that it recovers as soon as possible and does not depend so much on external factors. […]

Banks will have to pay back 100% of the property registration expenses and 50% of the notary, Administration and valuation On 26th October, the Supreme Court issued a new judgment related to the distribution of the costs of formalization of mortgages and that tilts the balance in favor of the consumer, since it allows him […]

In addition to the modifications in the business sphere, the Decree-Law includes modifications on IVA, corporate tax and bankruptcy    The BOE published on November 18, 2020 the Royal Decree-Law 34/2020, of November 17, of urgent measures to support business solvency and the energy and tax sector, which entered into force yesterday, 19 November 2020, […]

Roadmap for the review of the intensity of the measures adopted on the occasion of the second epidemic wave of SARSCoV-2 in Catalonia The stages of the opening plan are re-evaluated territorially every 15 days and, depending on the results of this evaluation, it may result: a) The decision to progress in the opening plan: […]

Spain will receive 71 million euros in transfers from the new EU Recovery Instrument, Next Generation In the context of the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the State approved on 28 October a draft budget for 2021 containing a record increase in spending of 550,484 million euros with the aim of mitigating the […]

Dear customers and readers: We bring you an assessment of the season we have experienced. Without a doubt, the worst we have ever experienced. Next, we are going to make a summary via data from APARTUR, the Association of Tourist Apartments of Barcelona: The forecast was that the decrease in the number of reservations at the […]