Increase in visitors during the winter months

May 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Visitors to Lanzarote surged during the winter months of January and February – up by 11% compared to last year with a 16.7% increase in British visitors.

All this despite the current financial climate caused by the so-called “credit crunch” – the reduction in the availability of loans or their increased cost caused by the subprime mortgage financial crisis – meaning less money to go around and thus causing worries amongst the property market that this may have meant a downturn in visitors or even buyers.

Thankfully, this is not the case – as the leading island property portal, Lanzarote Guidebook, reported.  With these two months normally being the quietest of the year, the hoteliers association (ASOLAN) were pleased to see record occupancy of some accommodation types.

And if it’s good for the tourists, then it’s going to be good for the investors…

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Personal Pasta in Bad Homburg

May 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The Trattoria Fantastico in Bad Homburg is known to many German TV viewers as “Stein’s” – the restaurant in the ARD detective series “Polizeiruf 110“.

But for local residents it is an Italian restaurant with a difference. Here the guests can order not only from the menu, but they can also be personally advised by the staff.

They help the guests to find their perfect combination of fish, meat and pasta – all freshly prepared and served with the appropriate wine.

At lunchtime they serve set menus in three different price categories, consisting of either a main course and a starter.

The restaurant can also be booked for private events of up to 50 people.

Located just off the main shopping area (Louisenstr.) in Bad Homburg, it is easily accessible for visitors to the town wishing to try an Italien restaurant with a difference – and to enjoy “Mediterranean moments with Pino and his team”.

For more information, visit the restaurant’s homepage:
www.trattoria-fantastico.de

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Did you buy carrots today?

May 15, 2008 By 2 Comments

A while ago I was invited to a group on Facebook called “On May 15, 2008, everybody needs to go out and panic buy carrots” – a group with over 200,000 members!

I wondered how many people would actually go out and do this and kept a keen eye on the BBC News website today.

I’m sad to say that the idea doesn’t seem to have spread to my part of Germany. I went to my local supermarket this afternoon, but there were still plenty of carrots in stock and I didn’t see anyone buying any either.

The idea shows the power of so-called social networking sites: there are surely not many groups online with that many members.  But although Germany does have such sites, they do not yet seem to command the power over the people that they do in English-language countries.

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