THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 14 - 17 Issue No. 1907 20 - 26 January 2022
A MAGAZINE has shown ex‐ clusive images of Iñaki Urdan‐ garin with another woman whilst his wife Princes Cristina lives with their children in Switzerland. Having stood by her hus‐ band during the long corrup‐ tion trial in Mallorca where she was also implicated but found not guilty, Princess Cristina, sister of King Felipe VI and daughter of the former King Juan Carlos has had a dif‐ ficult few years. Her husband was convicted of fraud and sentenced to five years imprisonment, which he is still serving, but due to good behaviour is allowed out unsupervised from time to time and it appears from the recent report that he has been spotted with an un‐ known woman as they walk hand in hand along a prome‐ nade. Interestingly, the beach is identified as being close to a house in France that Urdan‐ garin owns in which he and the Princess often stayed pri‐ or to their arrest and although there is no direct evidence he is having an affair with the blonde woman in the photo‐ graph, the fact they are hold‐ ing hands will ensure specula‐ tion as to their relationship. It is reported that Urdan‐ garin and the Infanta were to‐ gether as a family over Christ‐ mas when she and the children travelled to Spain but according to the magazine re‐ port, the photograph was tak‐ en shortly after Princess Cristi‐ na returned to Switzerland.
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TOURISM LAWS: President Armengol explained her plans.
NEW Balearic tourism laws will benefit hotel workers in Mallorca and be subsidised by the government to the overall tune of €55 million. Addressing an audience of more than 100 including various members of the National Government and union leaders in Madrid on January 17, prior to the opening of the Fitur Tourism Exhibition, Balearic President Franci‐ na Armengol unveiled her plans for sustain‐ able tourism. The new legal framework has been devel‐ oped with the aim that the Balearic Islands can continue to lead tourism thanks to a se‐ ries of transformations which will allow the destination to be fully sustainable and circu‐ lar. It is intended to make the islands more at‐ tractive to visitors, less damaging to the envi‐ ronment and better for workers thanks to a series of new legal requirements underwrit‐ ten by European Union funds. First on the agenda is a requirement that by 2023, all beds in hotels (estimated at around 300,000) will have to be capable of being raised by either mechanical or electri‐
cal means in order to make it easier for some 20,000 hotel maids and cleaners to change bed linen and clean, as 35 per cent of work‐ related accidents suffered by this group are related to overexertion. Additional requirements will concern food and water as well as waste and clean energy and restaurateurs will be required to ensure that no species from an endangered category are served and the traceability of fish and shellfish of Balearic origin will be established as mandatory. Tourist establishments will be required to replace fuel boilers with natural or electric gas boilers, which will emit 57,600 kilos less CO2 per establishment per year. There will be an obligation to install dou‐ ble‐button systems in toilet cisterns in hotels, as well as water‐saving devices in washbasin taps, bathtubs and showers and the use of rainwater will be encouraged. Finally, in the case of waste, the rule will prohibit the use of disposable courtesy items and hotels will have to replace the use of pa‐ per with QR codes and will also be required to measure waste consumption.
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GREEN CALENDAR FOR the second year running, Inca Council has published a calendar aimed at positive environmental matters us‐ ing winning photographs from its annual competition. This year, it concentrates on the environmental value of different parts of the municipality with the aim of promoting residents’ participation in activities related to the environment in the town as well as to promote In‐ ca’s natural spaces of great landscape value. All of the images that make up the 2022 calendar have been taken of the rural roads and landscapes of In‐ ca. In total, 68 photographs were submitted, from which the jury selected the 12 images to be used with the snapper of each photograph being awarded a prize of €100. True to its core aim, the calendar highlights, in green, the days of celebrations and commemorations in the field of environmental protection, in order to promote public awareness. Copies have been distributed to schools and institu‐ tions in the municipality and anyone interested can col‐ lect a calendar from the Council’s Department of the En‐ vironment.