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Hotelbeds collaboration
PALMA’s Neighbourhood Plan received funds totalling more than €31.4 million in 2022. At a budget review on Tuesday, January 24, Palma City Council said that it is committed to maintaining a high standard of living in the city and improving quality of life for residents.
The mayor of Palma, José Hila explained that the majority of money from the budget had gone towards projects to improve accessibility and sustainability in the city. The mayor highlighted the council’s commitment to spending on areas the community wants to see improvements.
The largest expenses in the budget were on park improvements, street lighting, school facility upgrades, road resurfacing and pavement expansions, and making use of dilapidated and derelict land.
The biggest investment injection went towards road resurfacing and maintenance projects which cost a total of more than €5 million. A further nearly €2 million was used to resurface roads.
A total of €2.5 million was used in projects to improve street lighting and making it more sustainable through the use of LED light bulbs. Authorities say a total of nearly €860,000 was invested in schools, mainly improving outdoor equipment including playgrounds.
HOTELBEDS has collaborated with The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW), expanding its luxury collection across the group’s more than 400 properties.
Hotelbeds are the world’s leading bedbank, redefining accommodation, transfers, activities and car rental products with a global network of travel distributors located in Palma.
The new preferred vendor agreement gives Hotelbeds’ clients access to a significant luxury portfolio for the first time, which offers properties in more than 80 countries worldwide.
In turn, the agreement opens up Hotelbeds’ 195country distribution system to LHW’s hotels providing a wealth of benefits, including increased revenue streams and its industryleading ability to ensure rate parity across all of its channels.
“This new agreement opens up The Leading Hotels of the World to our vast roster of booking platforms including 64,000 retail travel agents,” said Paul Anthony, Hotelbeds’ Digital Commercialisation Director.
Dalmau stressed the importance of the public bicycle service being present in this part of the city. “This station is located in the heart of Son Espanyolet, five minutes from the school zone and five minutes from the health centre,” he confirmed.
Over the next few months, Bicipalma plans to add up to 85 stations, enabling the new public bicycle service to reach a further 20 neighbourhoods.
Bicipalma has a total of 930 new bicycles, of which 270 are electric and 660 are mechanical.
The new Bicipalma project has been financed with Next Generation funds from the European Union included in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Fund, and was awarded to the company NextBike for an amount of €2,991,220.
