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Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025

Applications Open: European Capital of Smart Tourism and European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism 2026

The European Commission is launching the 2026 editions of the European Capital of Smart Tourism and European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism competitions, inviting cities across the EU and Single Marke...

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Thursday, Jan 09, 2025

MHRA Welcomes Qatar Airways’ Return to Malta

The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) welcomes the announcement that Qatar Airways will resume flights to Malta, enhancing the country’s global connectivity and supporting its strategic ...

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Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024

Eurostat: Europeans made 6% more tourism trips in 2023

In 2023, EU residents took 1.14 billion tourism trips with at least one overnight stay, marking a 5.7% increase (+61.6 million) compared to 2022. Of these, the majority (1.03 billion trips or 90% of t...

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Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024

A Quality Leap: Budget Moves the Country Towards This Goal, MHRA

* * The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) welcomes today’s budget speech, “A Quality Country” (Pajjiz ta Kwalita), as it lays a strong foundation for a resilient economy designed to ada...

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Wednesday, Aug 30, 2023

Air Malta Expands Milan Operation with Three Weekly Services to Malpensa.

* * *Air Malta is pleased to announce the expansion of its Milan operation with the addition of three weekly services to and from Milan Malpensa Airport.* Effective October 29, 2023, Air Malta will op...

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Monday, Jul 24, 2023

MHRA | Urgent action needed or else Malta risks losing its appeal as a destination of choice

*The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) calls upon Government to take urgent action and address various difficulties which currently are impacting the tourism industry, risking to serious...

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Monday, Jun 19, 2023

Malta | Environment: Doing nothing is also a political decision – MHRA President

* * *The president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurant Association (MHRA) Tony Zahra refrained from directly commenting on whether something must change to prevent restaurants and hotels from damaging ...

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Wednesday, Mar 29, 2023

Local company Tableo partners with Michelin Guide

The aim is to boost online bookings for restaurants in Malta and beyond/ Tableo, a sister platform to Bookia, is a restaurant reservation management system that has partnered up with Michelin Guide t...

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Saturday, Mar 25, 2023

MHRA, “St George’s Bay must be protected and upgraded in line with Malta’s Golden Mile vision”.

* * *The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) refers to reports in the media that a development earmarked in Paceville will according to the conclusions of an EIA report have a very high im...

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Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023

Cruise Industry is struggling to recruit women across the entire workforce - Aptamind Partners Report

* * *Bleak gender diversity figures for cruise companies don’t tell the whole story; much to celebrate for OTA & travel companies * /Only 35% of the cruise industry’s workforce are female, dropping to...

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Wednesday, Mar 08, 2023

MHRA, “Proposed new fuel station at Sliema Seafront contradicts efforts geared towards a more authentic tourism product”.

* * *The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association refers to the article published yesterday on the Times of Malta [1] , “Sliema kerbside fuel station slated for approval.”* MHRA questions the need of ...

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Tuesday, Mar 07, 2023

Malta | Comtec celebrates 50 years of one of its employees

* * *On Sunday 19th February 2023, it was the 50th anniversary since Ronnie Galea, one of the employees of Comtec Services Limited, started his employment with the company.* For this occasion, the man...

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