Horeca Editor

November 20, 2021

The Show Must Go On

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

Increase of 44.3% in Tourism Expenditure between Jan – Sept 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

Maritim Hotel completes Eur6.5 Million Expansion Project

  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

VisitMalta Participates in the 2021 Edition of World Travel Market

  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 […]