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Posts Tagged ‘Gran Canaria’

Maspalomas to host ‘World Tourism Day’

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Maspalomas (in the South of Gran Canaria) has been chosen by the World Tourism Organisation as the venue for the celebration of World Tourism Day on the 27th of September 2012. The president of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, José Miguel Bravo de Laguna, and the mayor of San Bartolome de Tirajana, Aurelio Perez, made [...]

Bruce Springsteen concert announced for Gran Canaria

Bruce Springsteen

Update : There is now doubt that the Bruce Springsteen concert will go ahead, according to sources close to the Gran Canaria council. The tickets were due to go on sale tomorrow (1st February) but there appears to be confusion over the confirmation of the concert and the date set (15th May) has not appeared [...]

Gran Canaria hotel explosion leaves two people dead and injures over 20 people

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Story update 26/11/2011 @ 11:31 – A second person has died following the explosion in this hotel. The second victim is a 22 year old waitress who suffered burns on 90% of her body. Meanwhile initial investigations point towards the cause of the explosion as a defect in one of the gas lines which are [...]

Gran Canaria strikes deal at WTM with Thomson and First Choice Fly

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Yesterday (Wednesday, 9th November 2011), at the World Travel Market in London, the Gran Canaria Tourist Board sealed a deal with the companies Thomson and First Choice Fly, part of TUI company, to strengthen the brand of Gran Canaria in the UK tourism market.  The Gran Canaria ‘brand’ will be enhanced in the UK and [...]

Earthquake detected underwater between Tenerife and Gran Canaria

tenerife north earthquake october 17th 2011

Update 17/10/2011 @ 17:16 : Another earthquake has been detected to the north coast of Tenerife, off the coast of Buenavista and Garachico, details as follows: Event number : 1105909 Date : 17/10/2011 Time : 14:42:06 Latitude : 28.4617 Longitude : -16.8283 Magnitude : 1.8 An earthquake has been detected this morning between the coasts [...]

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