Minister for Tourism Ástrid Pérez announced recently that the major UK tour operators will increase seats to Lanzarote this summer. More than 400,000 seats have been scheduled on flights for Summer 2012 between various UK airports and Lanzarote including:

Monarch Travel Group 185,000

TUI Group 111,000

Jet2 112,300

Tui have confirmed they will increase seats by 11% compared to summer 2011. Jet2 have increased  read more »

Ten members of the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club from the Cumbria & The Borders region will be flying to Lanzarote for a holiday in April 2012.

They are here for a group holiday but would love to meet up with any other JEC members or Jaguar owners during their visit on the 12th April for 10 days. There was a Lanzarote JEC group who used to meet at Lanzarote a Caballo and then Puerto Calero, but there is no update on their website since March 2011.

Do you own a Jaguar car in Lanzarote?

Are you an enthusiast who will be here on holiday at this time?

The members would love to meet up with anyone who  read more »

Lanzarote has been plagued by jellyfish for a few months on and off now, we first mentioned them back at the end of October when swimming was prohibited from some beaches in the resort of Costa Teguise. A recent report presented in Lanzarote gives an insight as to why the jellies are appearing on our beaches and advice for anyone suffering from a sting.

It’s not just this island, others including Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife in the Canaries are being affected by the jellies too. Much speculation has been attributed to the volcanic eruption off the coast of El Hierro but nothing been proved by this theory. Biologists carrying out research at the site of the eruption in La Restinga have been surprised by the resilience of the jellyfish shown to be present in the immediate area. These creatures with bodies that are 90% water are capable of living within extreme environments, they can withstand high temperatures, acid and a lack of oxygen that affect other sea life.

Jellyfish Report

The Consorcio de Seguridad y Emergencia de Lanzarote (Consortium for Security and Fisheries in Lanzarote) in conjunction with Pesca del Cabildo (Fisheries Department at the Cabildo) have presented a report to the local councils as to what could be causing the appearance of jellyfish on the coast of the island. The report summarised that  read more »

Unless you are a Formula 1 fan, you might have wondered why there was so much fuss around the Ferrari team choosing Lanzarote as it's base for their first ever team training camp.

Ferrari are the most famous team in the sport, and Fernando Alonso is perhaps Spain's most well known sports star. As a result, Lanzarote has been talked about in the international press all week as a fabulous sporting destination, with great weather.

Add Ferrari to Jenson Button, Eddy Merckx and the dozens of triathlon, boxing and Rugby superstars who visit the island regularly, and you begin to realise how important this positive publicity is becoming for our tourism industry.

This ten minute video was filmed during the F1 Scuderia Ferrari team visit to Club La Santa, Lanzarote in January 2012. The film includes interviews with the four drivers who have really enjoyed their training camp in Lanzarote. They have each learned something new about the other drivers and there was an Olympic games held between the drivers and their trainers to see who was the fittest…….the drivers won easily! Their training consisted of sessions in the gym, kayaking, mountain biking, badminton, football, basketball, beach training, running and even table tennis.

Fernando Alonso said it  read more »

We were contacted by the Bishopstown Hillwalking Club from Cork, Ireland last year for information about guided walks for groups in Lanzarote.

Organiser Harry Dillane flew over to Lanzarote in November, we introduced him to Carmen Portella from Lanzarote Active Club to discuss a schedule for a week of walking planned for January. It was quite difficult to ascertain what level of walkers were coming, this large group of 700 plus members have graded walks but what a difference in terrain, rather than wet boggy moorland with a cold climate they would be walking on dry volcanic rock in a warm climate. Their grades are listed as:

‘A’ Strenuous walk (sometimes with scrambling over steep exposed rocks) on open moorland at a fast pace and on very steep gradients for up to 10 hours.
‘B’ Tough walk (sometimes with some scrambling over steep ground) on open moorland at a good pace and on steep gradients for up to 6 hours.
‘C’ Moderate walk usually on open moorland over less steep ground at a moderate pace and on gentle gradients for up to 4 hours (A and B walkers on C walks are expected to slow down to C pace).
‘D’ Easy walk, mainly on relatively flat roads / paths (forests and cliff tops), at an easy pace for up to 2 hours

We were expecting a group of 30 for their first club visit to Lanzarote, this would consist of 10 x B & A walkers and 20 x C & D walkers. Having experienced a couple of guided walks to the Three Volcanoes and La Corona which were described as C & D walks, Harry flew back to present the plan to the club. As part of the week Harry asked if it would be possible to organise a challenge walk, this was described as a tough route with lots of climbing and a full days walking.

Before long the 15th January arrived and  read more »

It was a record year for arrivals in the Canary Islands, passenger figures released show the most foreign passengers during any single year during 2011.

Arrivals

A total of 10,318,178 foreign passengers were received at the islands airports during January to December 2011, an increase of 20.12% over the same period in 2010.

Looking at Lanzarote’s passenger figures released via AENA relating to Arrecife Airport from 1987 to 2011 the peak was  read more »

We won, again! 2012 marks the tenth consecutive year that Lanzarote have won the award for the best sun and beach destination from Ireland.

The finalists for the category “Best Winter Sun Destination” was Florida, Dubai, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. The award given by the Irish Travel Industry was presented during Holiday World Show, the most important Irish Tourism Fair which was held in Belfast from 20th to 22nd and Dublin from the 27th  to 29th January 2012.

Lanzarote was also shortlisted as a finalist for the Best Summer Sun Destination along with Algarve, Majorca, Salou and Turkey.

Ástrid Pérez the Minister of Tourism at the Cabildo of Lanzarote stressed the importance of  read more »

News broke over the weekend that Spanish airline Spanair ceased trading.

Stranded passengers were filmed on TV on Friday evening, a message was posted on their Facebook page at 9.30pm on the 27th January followed by a website announcement on Sunday 29th January 2012.

The announcement left 8,695 passengers stranded on Saturday with another 14,076 due to fly on Sunday, the airline asked them to contact Vueling, Iberia and Air Europa to make alternative travel arrangements as these companies were providing special fares for Spanair travellers. They also stated that  read more »