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December 5, 2021
Added: 4 December, 2021 After 11 months of public consultation with all sectors involved in hospitality and tourism, the Malta Tourism Authority has launched the Malta Tourism Strategy until 2030. With the theme of Recover.Rethink.Revitalise, this strategy will be divided into 22 more targeted strategies which, through a long-term plan, will achieve 125 goals. These objectives should be reflected in 145 actions for Maltese tourism to recover and be sustainable. This strategy will be based on the principles of quality, sustainability, tourism experience, connectivity efficiency, housing development management, human resource challenges, branding, digitization, and significantly, the inclusion […]
November 24, 2021
There is no denying the negative effect COVID
19 has had on all the Hospitality and Tourism
industries. Horeca Magazine spoke to the
leaders of the main political parties in Malta for
their respective views on the situation and their
ideas and plans as a way forward.
November 20, 2021
Horeca Magazine speaks to Howard Keith Debono, president of the Malta Entertainment Industry & Arts Association, who assesses the impact of various event cancellations on the Tourism and Hospitality industries.
November 10, 2021
Added: 10 November 2021 Total inbound visitors for September 2021 were estimated at 159,304, while total nights spent amounted to 1,255,908. Inbound Tourism: September 2021 During the month under review, a total of 149,760 inbound tourists visited Malta for holiday purposes, followed by 6,307 tourists for business purposes. The largest share of inbound tourists were aged between 25-44 (44.2 per cent), closely followed by the age bracket 45-64 (27.8 per cent) (Table 1). French and Italian residents comprised 19.6 per cent of total inbound tourists (Table 5). The largest share of guest nights (80.3 per cent) was […]
November 9, 2021
Added: 9 November, 2021 The Maritim hotel in Mellieħa has invested € 6.5 million in a project which includes the construction of fifty-nine new rooms in addition to the existing hotel as well as the renovation of the building attached to the same hotel with three other new rooms – all incorporated within the Maritim Antonine Hotel & Spa. These details were announced at a news conference by the Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection Clayton Bartolo, in the presence of the Director of the Maritim hotel, Adrian Buttigieg. The minister pointed out that this investment […]
November 8, 2021
Added: 8 November, 2021 After an absence of a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, VisitMalta participated in the 2021 Edition of the World Travel Market, which was held last week in London. WTM has long been known as the meeting place for the global travel trade, and home to the ideas and connections that shape travel. But in 2021, its role in connecting, directing and inspiring travel businesses matters like never before. Because this year, WTM London has provided the moment when the industry could, in fact, take off again. With over 1,000 exhibitors this […]
November 8, 2021
Quesos y Besos collect the Supreme Champion trophy at the 2021 World Cheese Awards Added: 8 November, 2021 The World Cheese Awards returned with a bang in the Spanish city of Oviedo, as a soft goats’ cheese from the host nation claimed the title of best cheese on the planet. Olavidia, which features a distinctive layer of olive stone ash and is made by Andalucían producer Quesos y Besos, was literally the final cheese to be judged at the event, held at the Asturias Paraíso Natural International Cheese Festival. The cheese’s triumph was a fitting finale for the […]
November 7, 2021
Added: 5 November, 2021 This year has been an Annus Horribilis for the catering industry as the pandemic has shut down restaurants and forced many into closure. But the passion for eating out among our foodie community remains undimmed with more than 2,020 votes cast during the month of September by those looking to celebrate the very best of the industry. The Definitive(ly) Good Guide to Restaurants in Malta & Gozo annual restaurant survey supported by the MTA, Global Payments and Nestle was conducted last month and asked regular diners out to rate their favourite restaurants that […]
October 30, 2021
Added: 30 October, 2021 Travelling with pets on board Air Malta flights just got easier with the release of a new online function on airmalta.com that enables travel bookings for cats and dogs. Travelling with pets has become increasingly popular with Air Malta carrying over 2,500 pets every year, 2,000 of which are carried in the cabin. The new online feature is one of the latest online ancillary products and services launched by Air Malta that are aimed to deliver an enhanced customer experience. The new function is available as part of the flight booking […]
October 11, 2021
Excellent Results for Malta International Airport in September 2021 Added: 11 October, 2021 Malta Tourism Authority welcomes the great news that the Malta International Airport welcomed a total of 418,473 passengers in September, which also marked the first time, since 1999, that September outpaced August in terms of passenger traffic, and the strongest month, in terms of passenger volumes, since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Seat-occupancy levels also remained below pre-pandemic levels, as airlines carried passengers to and from the airport at an average seat load factor of just over 70%. “The recent news published by the […]