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MADEIRA’ S HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY NOMINATED FOR THE“ OSCARS” OF THE EUROPEAN TOURISM
The Madeira Autonomous Region received once again a nomination in nine categories for the World Travel Awards( WTA), aiming to select the best European accommodation and hotels in each country or region. The nominees to the WTA are:
Resort All-Inclusive: Pestana Porto Santo Beach Resort & Spa Boutique Resort: Choupana Hills Resort & Spa Design Hotel: The Vine Hotel Island Resort: Choupana Hills Resort & Spa and Reid’ s Palace Hotel Luxury Hotel: Pestana Carlton Madeira Hotel Green Hotel: Choupana Hills Resort & Spa Boutique Hotel: Choupana Hills Resort & Spa and Quinta da Bela Vista Hotel
The online voting for the European Continent runs until September 14th. All citizens can participate in this initiative by voting at: www. worldtravelawards. com / vote
The Awards Ceremony will be held in Delhi, India, on the 12th of December, 2012.
NEW STREET ART PROJECT-“ ART OF OPEN DOORS”
Funchal Old Quarter hosts a cultural Urban Art project designed by José María Montero Zyberchema, in partnership with several organisations including João Carlos
Abreu, Funchal City Hall,“ Navega Bem” and“ Acontece Madeira”.
This project under the motto“ Art of Open Doors” was undertaken in order to captivate the interest and revitalize one of the most emblematic areas of downtown Funchal, turning it into a cultural centre, based on an open air art gallery concept through the restoration of doors from abandoned houses and shops.
Another of its purposes is to raise awareness amongst locals and foreigners of issues regarding art and culture, through the use of a number of different art form styles such as painting, sculpture, photography, video art and music.
MADEIRA WINE AWARDS
Madeira Wine collected an astonishing 62 medals at the IWC( International Wine Challenge), IWSC( International Wine & Spirit Competition) and DWWA( Decanter World Wine Awards).
The Madeira Wine Company won 38 awards, from Bronze to Gold and a few recommendations, while Barbeito’ s Wine collected 5 awards most of which were Gold medals. Henriques & Henriques, Vinhos S. A. collected 10 awards and H. M. Borges, Sucrs, Lda collected a Gold medal award.
COSMOS HOLIDAYS LAUNCHES YEAR ROUND MADEIRA PROGRAMME
Cosmos Holidays has launched a year round Madeira programme featuring Monarch’ s new scheduled service to the island with departures from both London Gatwick and Birmingham throughout the winter and summer seasons. Packages for winter 12 / 13( 15 October-30 April) are on sale now with summer’ 13 due on sale by the end of July. Flight only options through flight only brand Avro Flights are on sale now for both winter‘ 12 /’ 13 and summer’ 13.
3 to 5 star hotel accommodation is available with a choice of room only to all inclusive. Customers can choose from three departures a week from Gatwick( Monday, Wednesday, Friday) or two departures a week from Birmingham( Monday and Friday).
Madeira will be also featured in Cosmos’ All Inclusive brochure, the Summer‘ 13 Holidays brochure and Winter Holidays‘ 13 / 14.
THOMSON AIRWAYS INAUGURAL FLIGHT FROM MANCHESTER TO PORTO SANTO
Thomson Airways inaugural flight was on the 7th May, from Manchester to Porto Santo. Madeira airports welcomed 131 passengers offering them a local souvenir. Thomson Airways already flies from Manchester to Porto Santo over the summer and now Manchester with a weekly flight in a Boeing 737-800.
EIGHT PORTO BAY HOTELS RECOGNIZED BY TRIPADVISOR
Eight out of ten Porto Bay hotels were recognized with the“ Certificate of Excellence” by TripAdvisor.
The award is based on comments and voting from travellers. In Madeira, the hotels recognized were the five-star The Cliff Bay; the Eden Mar Hotel; the Porto Mare Hotel and the Porto Santa Maria Hotel.
It should be noted that the four hotels in Madeira that were honoured are among the Top 10 list of hotels on the island on TripAdvisor.
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