Party on

when stags and hens from the UK were urged to ‘stay away’ from Amsterdam as part of a major campaign launched by officials in the Dutch capital.

However, the boss of Britain’s leading stag and hen do provider said the only thing the “crusades” had suc‐ceeded in is making groups more determined to party in these destinations ‐ with Brits seemingly undeterred by threats from the Spanish au‐thorities.

“Our Amsterdam stag do bookings are up 50 per cent since that campaign launched last week, so clearly the mes‐sage to ‘stay away’ isn’t get‐ting through,” said Matt Mavir, Managing Director of stag and party provider ‘Last Night of Freedom’.

And in the sunny Spanish party resort of Benalmadena, in Malaga Province, the com‐pany reported that bookings have increased by an aston‐ishing 200 per cent since the new rules ‐ aimed largely at stags and hens ‐ were publi‐cised last June.

“In Magaluf, bookings are up 60 per cent and it seems these rules are having abso‐lutely no impact on people’s desire to party in Spain and the EU.

“That’s why we are seeing unprecedented demand for budget‐friendly Spanish re‐sorts like Benidorm, and even though there are tough rules, that’s unlikely to put people off partying there,” he con‐cluded.