Luxury superyacht

DECSRIBED as an ultra‐luxury adventure su‐peryacht the Scenic Eclipse II arrived in the port of Cartagena on its maiden voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Barcelona.

This ‘Discovery Yacht’ has therapy rooms, saunas, steam rooms, plunge pools, relaxation lounges, a manicure studio, an integrated ice fountain, a Sky Bar on the sky deck, a large pool with swim jets, a helipad with two helicopters on board and a sub‐marine for custom excursions!

It is 168 metres and can accommodate 228 passengers.

The ultramodern design features an ice‐strengthened hull as it voyages through Antarctica and the Artic among other desti‐nations. The Scenic Eclipse II has 114 state‐rooms that are all suites. They have their own private balcony and a butler.

The superyacht also has nine restau‐rants, four bars, and a theatre.

Clean energy hub

THE Murcia Region as‐pires to become one of the most important green hydrogen hubs in Europe.

Green Hydrogen, also referred to as ‘clean hy‐drogen’ is produced by using a renewable ener‐gy source such as solar power or wind power.

Murcia has more than 3,000 hours of sunshine per year and it has the infrastructure and pro‐

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ject to become one of the most important in the manufacture and distribution of this clean energy. They are calling it the Green Hydrogen Valley project.

The association is al‐ready working with the government of the Re‐gion of Murcia to begin strengthening training in the green H2 sector that will be needed in the coming years.

STORIES IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION

Strike action

RYANAIR warns of delays to Irish and UK holiday‐makers travelling to Spain as certain Spanish Air‐ports have announced strike action.

Other UK airlines have also warned there will be delays and possibly can‐celations in relation to the strikes.

The strikes will affect 16 airports across Spain including the Region of Murcia Corvera Airport and Alicante Airport.

The Spanish air traffic controllers will strike ev‐ery Thursday and Mon‐day until the end of the month for two hours each day. Meanwhile, Air Europa have announced they will strike at the be‐ginning of May, and Vuel‐ing cabin crew at certain bases have also an‐nounced they will strike, but this strike seems to be affecting only French cities at the moment.

The staff members in‐volved in these strikes are in dispute with their em‐ployers over pay and work conditions.

THE San Javier Town Council re‐turned €800,000 in capital gains tax improperly charged. Half of this went to property owners who purchased property before 2021 and paid a tax on the ‘In‐crease on the Value of Urban Land’. They refer to it as the IIVT‐NU tax. The constitutional Tri‐bunal then declared this tax null and void in 2021. For more infor‐mation about this tax, you can vis‐it the following website: simar roabogados.com.