Category: Hotels

Mediterranean ObserverNovember 24, 2021
6ac9ca7e66c2e771429ee896f5ebc659b993e878-1584611759-5e7341af-960x640-1.jpg

3min9878
The Malta Employers’ Association, The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, the Malta Chamber of SMEs, the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association and the Gozo Business Chamber are calling on government to put an immediate halt on the drain of human resources from the private sector, to be employed in the public sector including […]

Mediterranean ObserverNovember 20, 2021
Tourists-arriving-in-Malta-International-Airport-10-scaled-1-1280x854.jpg

2min9915
Long Stay Tourists scheme will run until mid-December A total of 41 voucher packs worth €100 each have so far been handed out to tourists over the age of 65 who are spending long holidays in Malta, the Tourism Ministry has said.  The so-called Long Stay Tourists scheme is part of the €20 million tourism […]

Mediterranean ObserverNovember 17, 2021
255137370_435883518154640_915550336413842517_n.jpg

5min10539
A project led by the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) in collaboration with Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA), TCTC, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences of Finland and Institute Paul Bocuse of France; aims at upskilling low-skilled personnel working in the tourism and hospitality industry. The Erasmus co-funded, Guest Experience Project, was launched in September […]

Mediterranean ObserverNovember 10, 2021
rooftop-pool.jpg

2min10285
A €6.5 million investment was announced by the Maritim hotel, which is situated in the northern part of Malta. The hotel’s owner, Adrian Buttigieg, told TVM that during their closure period, they took the opportunity to carry out an extension project of 59 new rooms. Minister Clayton Barolo said that the investment confirms the Government’s […]

Mediterranean ObserverOctober 26, 2021
5qXJ1DfwzGAchlY8e7nXSF7ISFgiLUUyfCx4ivCh_listing.jpeg

2min11675
Vaccinated Only Establishments hosting up to 300 vaccinated, seated and masked people will, as of Monday, be able to do away with social-distancing precautions, Chris Fearne told Parliament. The health minister said COVID rules will start being eased for restaurants, każini and weddings among others, and if the number of new cases remained stable, measures […]

Mediterranean ObserverOctober 25, 2021
247037750_1994277850748952_8203599757566228364_n.jpg

2min9728
The CEO of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) Andrew Agius Muscat has said that now is a good time to start working in the tourism sector because there are certain vacancies which need filling. He was speaking during the programme TVAM which was broadcast this morning. Agius Muscat said that this summer was […]

Mediterranean ObserverOctober 17, 2021
hugo-s-boutique-hotel.jpg

7min13936
Staff shortages is forcing some hotels to keep rooms empty, while at the same time facing demands for higher wages, President of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association Tony Zahra said. Zahra was contacted by The Malta Independent on Sunday after this media house received information that some hotels are struggling, for example, to find […]

Mediterranean ObserverOctober 17, 2021
1440x810_cmsv2_86e428ac-4138-5394-b159-39dacbaf95c2-3931510-1280x720.jpg

2min12175
MSC Cruises has agreed €2.4 million in compensation after MSC Opera crashed into a Uniworld-operated river vessel in Venice. The collision in June 2019 put the smaller River Countess out of service for three months with the loss of 14 cruises. The incident happened as MSC Opera, built in 2004, was preparing to dock in […]

Mediterranean ObserverOctober 15, 2021
005A-1-e1545229320700.jpg

5min11717
More coronavirus restrictive measures relating to mass events will be lifted as from Monday, health minister Chris Fearne announced on Friday morning during a press conference at the Central Procurement and Supplies Unit in San Ġwann. After explaining in detail how the new budgetary measures will affect the health care services as of next year, […]

Mediterranean ObserverOctober 15, 2021
MHRA-Forum-01.jpg

4min8573
Malta would have faced a downturn in tourism even if the Coronovirus pandemic had not hit, as the number of available beds was growing higher than the actual demand, a study presented to the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association shows. Presenting the results of a study at an MHRA National Tourism Forum, Raphael Aloisio, a […]


About the Mediterranean Observer

The Mediterranean Observer is a news portal dedicated to travel tourism, and hospitality in the Mediterranean region. This portal is managed by the Mediterranean Tourism Foundation, based in the Mediterranean country of Malta.


CONTACT US




Newsletter