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1. News from Minkner & Partner
Christmas greetings from Minkner & Partner
Minkner & Partner and the editors of the M & P newsletter wish all friends of the company and their families, as well as all our readers, a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and successful New Year. We thank you for the many the suggestions that you have made which has enabled the M & P newsletter to evolve into an important and easy to read source of information over the last 10 years. We also thank those of you who have not only visited our diverse events but who have so generously supported our social engagements. The next M & P newsletter will be published on January 12, 2018. |
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Opening hours of our offices over the Christmas and New Year holidays Over the holidays, Minkner & Partner opening hours are as follows:
Saturday, 23.12.2017 - Tuesday, 26.12.2017 closed Wednesday, 27.12.2017 - Friday, 29.12.2017 open Saturday, 30.12.2017 - Monday 01.01.2018 closed Tuesday, 02.01.2018 - Friday, 05.01.2018 open Saturday, 06.01.2018 closed
Pre-arranged viewings over the Christmas period will be honoured. The administrative staff won’t be present on these days but the sales agents also make a good coffee. |
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2. Mallorca – Construction/Investment; Economy; Finance; Law and Taxes
(1) Construction / Investment
Mallorca’s Real Estate increase is 7 % in 2017
Tinsa, Spain's most important real estate appraiser, has presented the preliminary figures for the development of property prices in 2017. Mainland Spain saw a moderate price increase of 4 %, but for the Balearic Islands it was an increase of 6.8 % (as of November 2017). Nevertheless, the current prices are still well below the highs of 2007 - before the onset of the real estate crisis.
Palma: In Porto Pi shopping centre extensive renovations, cinemas out and Pop Up shops in
Cinema goers will be disappointed: The popular cinema in Porto Pi is closing its doors as it is no longer profitable to the Merlin properties group who will use this opportunity to implement a new concept. The concept will be developed over the next 3 years, up until 2020, and the vacant areas will be redesigned with an investment of 16 million euros. New facilities such as pick-up points for online purchases and so-called pop-up shops (short rental period, fast sales with special promotions) will be installed, in order to respond to new trends and increase service for customers.
Playa
de Palma: Overall concept has bit the dust, but redevelopment is taking
place in some areas (2) Economy
Tourism I: In the following year (2018) 6 more boutique hotels to open
Small city hotels in Palma report excellent booking figures, even in the off-season. No wonder then, that next year several hoteliers want to open six such boutique hotels in Palma with a total of 250 rooms. The largest of these new hotels will be the "Protur Nuria" on the Calle Simo Ballester close to the Paseo Mallorca, with 100 rooms spread over eight floors. The opening of the 38 room Cappuccino Group Hotel in Plaza Cort, opposite the town hall, is also eagerly awaited. Tourism II: Easyjet will fly to Berlin
As of January 2018, the low-cost airline Easyjet, will offer three additional routes to Spanish destinations, mainly Madrid, Fuerteventura and Mallorca. As of January 7th, 2018, Easyjet will fly to Palma de Mallorca from Berlin Tegel twice a day. In the summer there will be additional flights. With these new routes Easyjet joins others who hope to improve their position in the market following the Air Berlin bankruptcy. Easyjet has also employed a large number of Air Berlin employees.
Tourism III: Europcar is taking over Goldcar, EU competition law approval is granted
Goldcar, whose headquarters are in Alicante, is a leading Spanish car rental company in the low- cost segment and has a strong presence in Mallorca. However, the company has received countless complaints from consumers. Now Europcar has taken over Goldcar and the necessary EU approval is in place. The takeover is to be completed by the end of 2017. With this takeover Europcar wants to gain a leading position in the lower cost segment and expects annual turnover of 30 million euros from 2020 onwards.
Tourism IV: Palma’s airport registered a 16.3 % increase in passengers in November 2017 compared to the previous year
Record-breaking news once again for Palma's Son Sant Joan airport as the Airport operator AENA reports a total of 942,000 passengers in November 2017. This is 16.3 % more than in the same month of the previous year. The number of German passengers, was higher by 31 % compared to the previous year. Mallorcan hoteliers and business people will be very happy as this shows that efforts to extend the season are actually being made.
Casino: Additional locations for “Casino de Mallorca” are planned in the Playa de Palma
The Casino de Mallorca, located in Palma's Centro Porto Pi, is planning to open another branch in the Playa de la Palma, in the area of the newly opened 5-star hotel. This is possible due to a change in the gambling law, according to which licensed casinos may open casinos smaller than the main casino. A competitor won a tender in 2013 and rebuilt the Teatro Balear in Palma. However, a license is not yet available for these premises. (3) Law, taxes, and finances
Ministry of Tourism initiates fine proceedings against AIRBNB and Tripadvisor
Due to the new tourism law, only apartments with a license may be offered for rent at the moment. There are practically no old licenses; new ones will be issued, if at all, after a one-year moratorium. Providers - for example, on holiday websites - are also required to specify the licence number in the ad. Once the law came into force, most providers removed apartments from their offer. Not so Airbnb and Tripadvisor. Tourism Minister Biel Barcelo has announced that they will initiate fine proceedings against Airbnb and Tripadvisor. The law provides for fines up to € 400,000.
Biel Barcelo the tourism minister is stepping down due to allegations of corruption
In the last M & P newsletter, we reported that the Tourism Minister and Vice Prime Minister, Biel Barcelo, was in a very unstable position. Not due to the fact of the tourism tax, and not because of the new tourism law reform on holiday rentals, (both considered to be worthwhile projects), but because of his proximity and implications with, and in, corruption cases against members of the left wing ecological party MES of which he is the leader. Now Barcelo has found himself in the position that his only option is to step down. The background: Barcelo, who came into office demanding transparency and political ethics, was invited by a television station and a travel company, to a one-week free Caribbean trip. His admission that he had made this trip not as a minister, but privately, made it clear that he was unfamiliar with the ethics catalogue in which he himself was involved. The left-wing government under prime minister Amengol is down and out for the count with this occurrence. |
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3. Galería de Arte Minkner
The Lightness of the Stone "- The Sculptor Norbert Jäger
Egyptians, Greeks and Romans brought sculpture to great heights by sculpting gods and heroes from huge blocks of basalt, granite, and marble that would last for eternity. Armed with the knowledge of their sculptor colleagues of thousands of years earlier, the avant-garde sculptors of the twentieth century developed "free works". The sculptor not only left his mark, but became a passionate designer who, in his struggle with the material, gave his ideas free rein. One of the masters of his subject is the sculptor Norbert Jäger, who will be exhibiting his new works at the Galeria de Arte Minkner in Santa Ponsa until the end of October 2017.
Norbert Jäger completed an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor in Frankfurt and received several awards immediately after completing his training, including the Federal Prize for Sculptors. Consequently, Master's seminars, scholarships and periods of study in the USA, Australia and Greece, as well as individual and group exhibitions in Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Korea, Turkey, USA, followed by lectures of symposia public institutions, companies and private collections at home and abroad were to follow.
With a hammer, chisel and angle grinder, Norbert Jäger tackles the stone blocks some of which are up to 3.50 metres high and several tons in weight. His favourite material is marble, as "it has the most interior life and character", but also the "Santanyi" stone of Mallorca yields to his will, his imagination, his creativity and his creative interpretation. Norbert Jäger creates sculptures with a high respect for the stone in dramatic proportions, breathtaking beauty, simple elegance and gives the viewer "the lightness of the stone" Galeria de Arte Minkner - Avda. Rey Jaime I, 109 - 07180 Santa Ponsa, Tel. +34 971 695 255. Exhibition dates: 28.09.2017 - 31.12.2017 - Open: Mo. - Fr. 10.00h - 18.30h, Sa. 09.30h - 13.00h
HERMAN - "Gans schön sonnig" - new works by the popular pop
artist You can see the almost incredible development of the artist and the perseverance of the original Herman style. He himself has hardly changed (he says): a funny-spontaneous entertainer with a huge portion of self-irony.
Minkner & Partner - Ronda Migjorn, 145 B - 07620 Llucmajor, Tel. +34 971 66 29 29 Exhibition dates: 01.09.2017 - 31.12.2017 - Open: Mo. - Fr. 10.00h - 18.30h, Sa. 09.30h - 13.00h |
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4. EVENTS AND TIPPS
28th December 2017, the Catalan Primeninister Amengol is asking for political Asylum
If, on the 28th December you hear on the radio that Francina Amengol the Balearic Prime Minister is seeking political asylum in Cataluña; or a ski lift was installed in the Tramuntana Mountains, or the government plan to demolish the cathedral to build an opera building on the site of star architect Calatrava - more impressive than the New Opera House in Hamburg, do not believe it. The 28th of December is referred to in Spain as "dia de los inocentes" (day of the innocents) and corresponds to the English 1st April. Newspapers, radio, neighbours and family are fooling one another. There are also the "Quintos", these are teenagers who make all kinds of mischief, a speciality being to throw raw eggs on the windows. 28.12.2017 - Dia de los Inocentes - April Fool.
31. December 2017, „The Best for Last„ at the culture finca at Son Baulo, Lloret de Vistalegre
"The Best for Last" – The musical countdown to the end of the year - is the title of this year's New Year's Eve event at the cultural finca Son Baulo in Lloret de Vistalegre. The musical highlight is a concert with Waltraud Mucher. Mucher is a well-known Austrian singer who brilliantly masters classical, chanson and jazz. Accompanied by the Mallorcan jazz pianist Agustin Aguilo. To follow: 5-course dinner and New Year's Eve fireworks plus cava. 31.12.2017 "The best for last" - a happy, musical countdown to the end of the year at the cultural finca Son Baulo. From 17.00 h Coffee & cake € 5, 18.00 h Concert € 22, 20.00 h Dinner € 32, 23.30 h New Year's Eve fire and cava. Registrations: +34 971 524 2016 www.son-baulo.com
2nd January 2018, a concert with the Johan Strauss’s Orchestra in the Auditorium in Palma
The Johan Strauss New year's concert with its popular melodies, is to be performed by the Johann Strauss Orchestra from Vienna, and is a Mallorcan social event, which fans of the uplifting waltz music are waiting year after year. The music ranges from the beautiful “Blue Danube" to the "Radetzky March". Tickets for this concert are definitely a good idea for a Christmas present. 2.1.2018, New Year's Concert with the Johann Strauss Orchestra, Vienna, in the Auditorium Palma, beginning 21.00 h, admission from € 41 - € 65. Ticket sales Auditorium Palma +34 971 734 735.
3rd and 4th January 2018, Moscow Ball – Swan lake and the Nutcracker- Suite in the Auditorium Palma
On the 3rd and 4th January the Moscow Ballet returns to the Auditorium in Palma, 3rd January they will perform Swan Lake and on the 4th the Nutcracker Suite, both with music by Peter Tchaikovsky. The ballet was founded in 1989 by Timur Fayziev, a dancer with a great solo career, and who has celebrated international success with quality and passion. Soloists are Cristina Terentiev, Anatolia Ustinov and Alexei Terentiev. 3.1.2018 (Swan Lake) and 4.1.2018 (Nutcracker Suite), Moscow Ballet in the Auditorium Palma, start 20.00 h, entrance € 29 to € 39 advance ticket office auditorium +34 971 734 73.
Tip: Your Christmas donations for the children of UNESON
UNESON, founded in 2010, is a non-profit making children's charity (www.uneson.org) that connects children and young people across the world through creative projects. UNESON enables them to take a look at people, countries and cultures, thus encouraging them to engage in a committed and social way of life.
Since 2014, the Children's Fund for the Refugees has been involved in the initial reception centres in Karlsruhe. Currently the new project is "LERNFREUNDE". The projects are funded exclusively through donations. Please find UNESON’S bank account details to make your Christmas donations:
Recipient: UNESON Account number: 108114059 Bank code: 660 501 01 Bank: Sparkasse Karlsruhe IBAN: DE96 6605 01010108 1140 59 BIC: KARSDE66XXX (Karlsruhe, Baden) |
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5. EDITION NOTICE
The "Newsletter of Minkner & Partner S.L." is published fortnightly. As a client of Minkner & Partner PROFI KONZEPT S.L. you receive it via E-Mail. Responsible in terms of Press Law is Dipl. Jur., Ass. jur. Lutz Minkner, c/o Minkner & Partner S.L., Avda. Rey Jaime, I, 109 – 07180 Santa Ponsa, Phone: +34 971 695 255, info@minkner.com, www.minkner.org. |
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