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6.000 square metres of bars, cafes and restaurants and 2.800 square metres of shops: Malaga Airport will become, after its enlargement, a shopping center of first order, with an irresistible attraction for any brand that boasts: over ten million visitors a year can become twenty. The lucky ones have already been selected.
Some of the brands that will land at the Airport Pablo Ruiz Picasso in Malaga are
unprecedented in Spain, as Caviar House & Prunier, a restaurant focused on more sybaritic tastes, or Whopper Bar, an innovative concept of burger that Burger King recently launched and of which there are only two stores in the world today: one in Florida and one in Munich. The American coffee chain Starbucks has also chosen the airport grounds to make her debut in the province.
In the commercial arena highlights the incorporation of a National Geographic store, which will be the first one in the world of this brand located at an airport. Moreover, the new terminal in Malaga will feature Ferrari after repeating its success in Barcelona. Adidas, Adolfo Dominguez, Cottet and Swarovski, among other firms, will be their neighbors.
Special mention deserves the Moraga Airport, a restaurant of local top chef Dani Garcia, awarded with a Michelin star.
5.880 square metres of the new terminal will be dedicated to bars and restaurants such as Soho Coffee, Caviar House, Caffee Ritazza, Pizza Hut, Burger King, O’Leary’s, Starbucks, La Moraga Airport, Whopper Bar, Vips, Upper Crust, Gambrinus, Dehesa Santa María, Café y Té, La Lechera, Guinness, Dehesa Santa María and Gambrinus.

During the month of September the accommodation in Spain is averagely about 95 € a night. The Spanish Hotels can be found in this month in between the cheapest in Europe, after their prices have dropped 6.8%, passing from 102 € the night in August to 95 € the night in September.
According to the Hotel Price Index realized by the Travel Agency Trivago, the prices for Hotel rooms in Spain are below similar ones in Portugal (102 €), Turkey (106 €) or Greece (112).

Nevertheless, the cheapest countries are Bulgaria with an average of 74 € the night and Poland with 76 €, as opposed to Norway and Switzerland with 160 € and 159 €, respectively, which are the most expensive countries in Europe.
At national Level, San Sebastian is Spain’s most expensive city, with an average of 139 € the night, followed by Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca, with 122 € the night each.

The Airline Air France is considering the option of suppressing the business class in the European flights of short and medium distance in order to give an impulse to more economic tickets. The objective is confronting the lower passenger numbers due to the crisis and the competition of high speed trains and low cost companies.
According to the French newspaper Le Figaro, the airline will decide in October if it will eliminate the business class, what would be effective from 2010.

From September onwards this Manual will be distributed in different associations for foreigners.

More than 500 foreign residents already have a copy of the guide Living in Benalmádena, an initiative from the town hall of this municipality of the Costa del Sol, with the purpose to facilitate the foreign visitors all information related to get settled down in this coastal town.

According to the councilor for foreign residents, this guide is very successful, as a lot of foreigners come to the town hall to pick it up; the diffusion has as well been possible because of local and English press and radio stations.

From next month on, this guide will be distributed in the different foreign associations in Benalmádena.

EasyJet with poblems due to Laborerstrike

Holidays are coming to an end. The tourists pile up with long faces in the airports, terminals, train stations and motorways. The operation exit and return of the august vacations, is principally organized along the motorways to give the travelers security and order. But as well the airports see their installations collapsed.

Moreover, this weekend the low cost company Easy Jet suffered a strike from workers in the handling. The strike was summoned in

Palma de Mallorca, Málaga, Alicante and Tenerife.

In Málaga, for example the strike affected approximately 9000 passengers and although there were no cancellations, there were delays in 64 flights.

The strike organized by the Spanish Workers Commissions (C.C.O.O.) will be repeated the 22^nd and 29^th of august. This will affect the workers from Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante and Tenerife.

From 14th to 17th of august, medieval fair at Fuengirola´s castle Sohail
The castle Sohail of Fuengirola will host from the 14th to the 17th the sixth edition of the medieval Market, being one of the biggest in Spain.
In the Arabian fortress of the 11th century will host more than 70 stands which offer all kinds of artwork and food, being this leisure event for families open to all the public. The visitors will see how the ancient artisans worked, enjoy stories of minstrels and jugglers, practice bow and arrow, take a walk on a donkey and of course sample artisan food of the epoch. The castle opens its doors from 19.00h until 02.00h.