Category: Spain travel news
Spain travel & tourism news for travelers and travel professionals. Latest travel and tourism news on Spain. Latest news on safety, hotels, resorts, attractions, tours and transportation in Spain. Madrid Travel information. Spain, a country on Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, includes 17 autonomous regions with diverse geography and cultures. Capital city Madrid is home to the Royal Palace and Prado museum, housing works by European masters. Segovia has a medieval castle (the Alcázar) and an intact Roman aqueduct. Catalonia’s capital, Barcelona, is defined by Antoni Gaudí’s whimsical modernist landmarks like the Sagrada Família church.
UNWTO disrespect against Bahrain is a violation of JIU Ethic Conditions
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 18, 2021Food and wine in politics always had an important role. But violating clear rules by the Joint Inspection Unit of ... Read More
Latin America: Spectator or actor in international organizations?
Galileo Violini- January 16, 2021The unjustified advance of the date and the impossibility for many Ministers of Tourism to travel to Madrid, transfers the ... Read More
UNWTO set to bribe 34 Countries over Dinner, Georgia Style
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 16, 2021In a top-secret move by the World Tourism Organization, a dinner designed to bribe 34 countries was just added to ... Read More
UNWTO election of Secretary General
Galileo Violini- January 15, 2021The campaign for the UNWTO election of Secretary General (World Tourism Organization) is currently underway. Unfortunately, discussions linked to controversial ... Read More
Italy and the election of UNWTO Secretary General
Galileo Violini- January 14, 2021On January 19, 2021, the Executive Council of the UNWTO (World Tourism Organization) should appoint the next UNWTO Secretary General, ... Read More
Spain snowstorm: Extraordinary acts of ordinary people
Elisabeth Lang - special to eTN- January 13, 2021Spain is suffering the effects of a major snowstorm by the name of Filomena, bringing record-breaking low temperatures and mountains ... Read More
She is Winning the 2021 UNWTO Secretary-General Election
eTN Managing Editor- January 13, 2021Snowstorms in Madrid, COVID-19 lockdowns in Spain, the “Decency of the UNWTO Election Campaign” by the World Tourism Network signed ... Read More
Filomena dumps heaviest snowfall in Madrid since 1971
Elisabeth Lang - special to eTN- January 9, 2021Spain is known for sunshine, beaches and beautiful blue skies. Today Filomena changed this scene to 30 hour of snow ... Read More
Trump lost, but UNWTO election fraud by Georgia candidate may succeed
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 8, 2021US President Donald Trump and UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili have something in common. The urge to stay in power no ... Read More
Taleb Rifai thanks Carlos Vogeler for urging leadership changes at UNWTO
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 5, 2021WTN Decency for the UNWTO Campaign continues with only 24 out of 35 member states responding. It appears the world ... Read More
21 Incredible Reasons to Replace UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 4, 2021Today former UNWTO Executive Director for many years, Mr. Carlos Vogeler gave 21 Important Reasons which make it necessary to ... Read More
Names of 35 Tourism Ministers UNWTO is targeting to influence elections
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 17, 2020So far tourism ministers in these 35 countries had been quiet. One minister told eTurboNews off the record: "Why would ... Read More
Tourism Leaders United: UNWTO Secretary-General be decent
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 15, 2020WTN for Decency in the UNWTO Election has received hundreds of responses from travel and tourism leaders that care. They ... Read More
UNWTO helps CNN to #restarttourism advertising
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 14, 2020It may not be the best time to #RESTARTTOURISM yet. Infection numbers in Europe and North America are soaring, death ... Read More
Restore Decency in the UNWTO Election: Sign the WTN petition
eTN Managing Editor- December 12, 2020The World Tourism Network today launched the "WTN for Decency in the UNWTO Election" campaign. World Tourism Network is asking ... Read More
An NGO Perspective on the UNWTO Election for Secretary-General
Louis D'Amore- December 10, 2020Louis D'Amore is one of the longest serving senior leader in the global travel and tourism industry. He earned the ... Read More
Geoffrey Lipman calls for Decency in the UNWTO Secretary-General election
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 9, 2020Another call for decency for the UNWTO election process for the secretary-general. The scandal and the embarrassment for the World ... Read More
Former UNWTO Chiefs had enough! Member Countries put on notice
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 8, 2020Shame on UNWTO Secretary-General Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili was the headline on eTurboNews three days ago. Three days later two former ... Read More
Andalusia is one of the most popular event destinations in Europe
Harry S. Johnson- December 4, 2020Andalusia offers many possibilities for events. Andalusia, and in particular the region of Cadiz, is one of the most popular ... Read More
International nightlife industry launches app to access venues safely
Harry S. Johnson- December 2, 2020Representatives of the nightlife sector from all around the world met virtually this past Monday in Valencia (Spain) in the ... Read More
8 Candidates for UNWTO Secretary-General Election
Juergen T Steinmetz- November 23, 2020The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) confirmed today in a "Note Verbale" that 8 applications from candidates competing for the post ... Read More
Great news at UNWTO is kept a secret
Juergen T Steinmetz- November 20, 2020No one is allowed to openly talk about it in Madrid at the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Zurab Pololikashvili, the ... Read More
A new UNWTO Secretary-General on the horizon?
Juergen T Steinmetz- November 7, 2020The perfect scam to re-elect Zurab Pololikashvi as UNWTO Secretary-General may have just been spoiled. Zurab Pololikashvi now has competition ... Read More
UNWTO Executive Council Ministers got a chance to do the right thing
Juergen T Steinmetz- November 2, 2020The FITUR travel trade show in Madrid was always a big event for UNWTO, not only because this UN agency ... Read More
Canary Islands joins UNWTO Observatory Network
Harry S. Johnson- October 21, 2020The Canary Islands has been confirmed as the latest member of the growing International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO), ... Read More
Rebuilding Travel, WTTC, all G-20 Nations and 45 CEOs have a common view
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 9, 2020Rebuilding.travel, a global platform for tourism leaders in 120 countries, invited Maribel Rodriguez, Vice President of the World Travel and ... Read More
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts announces three new properties
Harry S. Johnson- September 28, 2020Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts today announced three new properties with the latest San Francisco, Madrid and Tokyo openings. The ... Read More
Official Message by the UNWTO Secretary General for World Tourism Day
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 26, 2020For the past 40 years, World Tourism Day has highlighted the power of tourism to touch on almost every part ... Read More
Will the UN stop UNWTO Secretary-General Pololikashvili?
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 20, 2020US President Trump may have had Russia's President Vladimir Putin helping in the US election. The UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili ... Read More
UNWTO new data shows 93% reduction in tourism arrivals
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 16, 2020UNWTO did a surprising approach and is currently meeting with 170 delegates from 24 countries in Georgia to conduct the ... Read More
Saudi Arabia to become a UNWTO Center for 13 Countries
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 16, 2020The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has approved the setting up of a regional office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to support the ... Read More
UNWTO Manipulation to secure the re-election of Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili continues
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 15, 2020A corrupt UNWTO has more tricks set up to fool tourism ministers representing the Executive Council of the UN Specialized ... Read More
Valencia Conference Center resumes its activities
Harry S. Johnson- September 14, 2020After the implementation of the health and safety protocols and measures in all areas of its operations, the Valencia Conference ... Read More
How UNWTO is tainting any United Nations call for fair elections?
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 13, 2020Forget COVID-19. Members of the UNWTO Executive Council are on their way to Tbilisi, Georgia to be part of the ... Read More
UNWTO is looking for a new Secretary General by November
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 11, 2020Did the next UNWTO Election Manipulation just begin discreetly? "It’s very strange to move the election to January. It’s the ... Read More
UNWTO Delegation Supports Restart to Egypt Tourism
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- August 26, 2020A high-level UNWTO delegation (UN World Tourism Organization) has concluded an official visit to Egypt to offer firm support for ... Read More
