Category Archives: Portimao

TAP future buyer will be prevented from firing personnel

TAP future buyer will be prevented from firing personnel

Last year, in November, the Portuguese Government announced that they wished to re-launch a campaign of privatization and sell up to 66% of the TAP indebted airline. It was then settled that one or several large investors would buy the controlling stake of the airline in hopes that the affluence of new capital would save the business, which had begun to dwindle, burdened by debts of around 1 billion Euro.




Cross-country flights at the Portimao Municipal Airdrome

Cross-country flights at the Portimao Municipal Airdrome

There is much going on in the Algarve this year, and one of these long-expected events revolves around transportation, namely transport by air.




Algarve Fairs and markets in November 2014

Algarve Fairs and markets in November 2014

More sunny happy days are in store for the coming weeks, and the Portuguese know how to enjoy them best with the best Algarve Fairs and markets in November 2014.




Portugal is on the lookout for Asian clients to export octopus

Portugal is on the lookout for Asian clients to export octopus

Is Europe out of the woods after the economic crisis of the last years? This may sound like a rhetorical question, but the Portuguese are pretty set on boosting all the levels of economy so they can say goodbye to poverty and unrest. After the recent slight increase in the national minimum wage, now Portugal is on the lookout for Asian clients to export octopus.




Mar Algarve Expo Vernissage

Mar Algarve Expo Vernissage

Between the 9th and the 11th of October, the Algarve has the unique opportunity to promote the local economy, centering around and widely based on the sea and the maritime industry. The first edition of Mar Algarve Expo relies on the participation of several major companies in the maritime sector.




Blue Summer Festival Algarve in October 2014

Blue Summer Festival Algarve in October

Lagos and Portimao are again preparing for celebration, as they say goodbye to summer in the Blue Summer Festival in October. Considering that summer “has left the… Continent” officially on September 1st, we will take it as a special courtesy that it decided to stay on the mild shores of the Algarve until October 23rd, the first day of the festival.