June 2014 NEWSLETTER [1]

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1 June 2014 NEWSLETTER [1]

2 Destination Fuerteventura Welcome Fuerteventura Fuerteventura will make you feel... Equipped with unbeatable natural conditions, with its amazing contrast of colours and endless beaches of white sand, turquoise waters and the black volcanic mountains. Fuerteventura is a real feast for the senses. A unique and magical destination where anything is possible and everyone can find what they are looking for. Fuerteventura is the perfect destination for those seeking facilities and high quality services in a unique and exclusive environment. Its privileged climate with average annual temperatures of 23 degrees and very little rain invites you to enjoy all year round sun. A fascinating atmosphere with breathtaking views of the ocean, impressive sunsets where you can feel the luxury and unification of nature far away from every day stress. How can you not be seduced! Once in Fuerteventura we wish you a wonderful stay in our island, not only inviting you to soak up the uncontaminated atmosphere but out of this world beaches and a magical light that invites you engage and enjoy any outdoor activity but also to discover that Fuerteventura has much more to offer, get to know the rich majorera culture, cuisine and traditions Fuerteventura has to offer. For this reason we present our monthly newsletter to enable you to plan your leisure time during the month of june. We hope it is useful and helps to make your holiday an unforgettable experience. [2]

3 Summer in Fuerteventura, a luxury available to you In Fuerteventura you can say every day: this is the life! cause you can breathe calm and take yourself away from stress thanks to its unpolluted nature. The peculiar charms of Fuerteventura are the contrasts of its landscapes that invite every visitor to enjoy them. In Fuerteventura you will find not only lifeguard covered beaches, blue flag beaches and beaches with all the expected facilities and services ideal for families but also, almost inaccessible lagoons to enjoy the peace or beaches which have large and strong waves for experts and waves for beginners. Fuerteventura is a beach-island with more than 300 kilometres of coast where you will find different shape and colour beaches, small, large, calm, wild, empty and busy beaches. There are idyllic beaches to renew your body and mind and beaches for the adventurous spirits. Fuerteventura sees more than 3000 hours of sunshine a year, so it is the ideal destination for the lovers of the sun and beach. Fuerteventura has many extraordinary and impressive spots, but there are still many undiscovered ones Apart from being a place where nature plays the main role, Fuerteventura has hotels which are fitted with the latest technology and situated in amazing spots with stunning views of the best beaches on the Atlantic Ocean. They also offer entertainment activities and the possibility of practising any of your favourite sports and, of course, an excellent gastronomic menu. It is tempting to enjoy yourself having international and traditional meals at one of the fine cuisine restaurants. Your dreams come true thanks to the customer service and the attention to details. If you love playing golf, Fuerteventura has three 18 Hole Golf Courses situated in the most amazing places with the best views. As Fuerteventura sees more than 3000 hours of sunshine a year and has warm temperatures all year round, it is a fantastic place for beginners to practise their golf Swing or for experts to perform the perfect golf Swing. It is an ideal spot to practise golf in a peaceful and extraordinary atmosphere. Those who prefer to be pampered by the best luxury spas and wellness experienced therapists will be able to enjoy endless beauty treatments like therapies with volcanic rocks, seaweeds, bath salts, hydrotherapy, aromatherapy or indigenous Aloe Vera (which is an international renowned plant due to its healthy and therapeutic benefits) while observing the magic sunset. Idyllic beaches, the best hotels, highly qualified services for all your needs, the hospitality of the people and the safety make Fuerteventura a unique place. If you wish the best comfort and quality, Fuerteventura offers you this and much more. Fuerteventura is a unique place where nature plays the main role, a dream and anti-stress world which is much closer than you think. [3]

4 The 2013/2014 cruise season has come to an end after 71 arrivals and more than 100,000 tourists Braemar cruise ship has been the last cruise ship that dropped anchor in Fuerteventura. Everybody is quite happy with the results as 71 cruise ships have arrived (18 more than the previous year) and more than 100,000 passengers. Blas Acosta, the Tourism Minister, said: these passengers are an important source of income not only for the shops, the restaurants and the cafés but also, for the transport sector and all the places of tourism interest. The cruise port and the tourism sector have been working very hard in the last semester. Last October 2013, the Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship was the first embarkation for the season. The results obtained this year are much better than in previous years and are also linked to the increase in the number of tourist who visited Fuerteventura in Last season, 90,081 cruise passengers arrived in the island. In the 2013/2014 season, there were 18 additional berths and more than 100,000 passengers arrived in the island. In April 2014, AIDAblu, AIDAvita, Braemar and Thomson Celebration cruise ships were the last ships that dropped anchor in Fuerteventura. New routes This Winter, more flights between Zurich and Fuerteventura Edelweiss, will double its Zurich-Fuerteventura flight schedule from next winter Last winter, there was only one flight on Sundays but, from October 2014, there will be another one on Thursdays. Every Thursday: Flight WK212: Flight departure at 09:55 from Zurich arrival at 13:15 in Fuerteventura Flight WK213: Flight departure at 14:05 from Fuerteventura arrival at 19:15 in Zurich Every Sunday: Flight WK212: Flight departure at 13:00 from Zurich arrival at 16:20 in Fuerteventura Flight WK213: Flight departure at 17:10 from Fuerteventura arrival at 22:20 in Zurich

5 Trade and Travel Shows FTI About 30 German travel agents from FTI group have visited Fuerteventura with our Majorera promoter in Berlin, María Suárez, and the representative of Meetingpoint in Fuerteventura, Anita Roesler. They have made a tour around the island to be able to promote it among their clients. FTI has 18 weekly flights from some cities to Fuerteventura and, Sun Express (which is an airline they work with) also sells tickets at We have assisted a group of German journalists from Munich, Dusseldorf, Hannover, Stuttgart and Bremen who were invited by the tour operator FTI. They stayed at Meliá Gorriones Hotel and Barceló Hotels. These journalists work for the following magazines: Brigitte, Bonner General Anzeiger, Wesser Report Zeitung, Südwest Presse, Haller Tagesblatt and Westfälischer Anzeiger. They were accompanied by the FTI Product Manager, Valentina Griffin; the Head for Fuerteventura, Sainey Sawaneh and the representativef of Meetingpoint in Fuerteventura, Beate Benthien and Anita Roesler. They had a very busy schedule on the island and they will write about the most outstanding places of Fuerteventura. Expovacaciones 2014 Fuerteventura has been promoted at Expovacaciones 2014, Bilbao Exhibition Centre (Barakaldo). Our Majorero representative, Rayco López has promoted the island and the four weekly flights for this summer between Bilbao and Fuerteventura with Vueling, Air Europa and Evelop. Ireland Last month, Fuerteventura was promoted to travel agents in Dublin and Cork. Our Majorera promoter for the UK and Ireland, Arminda Delgado made an educational presentation at Gibson Hotel in Dublin and at Imperial Hotel in Cork to 80 travel agents. Juan Valencia, the representative of R2 Hotels, also attended these events. Rainbow Tours 25 travel agents from the Polish tour operator Rainbow, have visited Fuerteventura to promote sales from Poland to the island in The Fuerteventura Tourist Board has a co-marketing agreement with Rainbow.

6 Promotion Poland Fuerteventura has been promoted in Warsaw due to the festival of the borough of Saska Kepa (it is considered as one of the most symbolic boroughs of the capital). Our Majorero promoter in Warsaw, Florencio González, distributed promotional material there and the people who attended took a real interest in knowing Fuerteventura. Germany Fuerteventura has been promoted in Baden-Baden. It has been a professional event organised by the tour operator Lastminute.com. About 400 travel agents attended this event. Some Majorera companies like Oasis Park and Elba Hotels worked there with our Majorera promoter in Germany, María Suárez. Italy Last month, Fuerteventura has been promoted at Piazza Cordussio by our Majorera promoter, Ana de la Cruz Pérez, in collaboration with Tourspain in Milan. More than 200,000 potential tourists visited our stand where we promoted the flights from Milan and Verona to Fuerteventura for next summer-winter. We organized two events: one street marketing for potential tourists and a work shop for travel agents. Fuerteventura has attended the professional conferences called Spagna a Bologna organized by the Spanish Tourist Office in Milan. There were meetings with travel agents and tour operators who received information about the island thanks to the stand we had at Galvani square in Bologna. Inter-island summer tourism 35 travel agents from Gran Canaria and Tenerife invited by Barceló Hotels and Fred Olsen in collaboration with the Fuerteventura Tourist Board, have made a tour around the island and had some institutional and professional meetings with the Commercial Directors of Barceló Hotels, Fred Olsen, Jandía Playa Hotels and Jandía Mar Hotels. The goal is to increase the visitors from Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

7 NEWS Fuerteventura has become established as the most important tourist area in Spain The Spanish Statistical Office has published its 2013 report on length of stay. Fuerteventura is the most important tourist area in Spain. Its average length of stay is 8.55%. The report also highlighted that the highest average length of stay in Spain was in Pájara (9.03%). Click on the next link below to see the report published by the Spanish Statistical Office: Four Straight Months of Growth for the airport of Fuerteventura The airport of Fuerteventura keeps increasing the incoming passenger numbers. Last April, 404, 833 passengers arrived in Fuerteventura, this is an increase of 19.9% compared to April About 322,947 passengers have arrived on international flights, this is an increase of 22% compared to April From January to April, 1,504,142 passengers have arrived in Fuerteventura, this is an increase of 13.1% compared to April Click on the next link below to see the report: Satellite?Language=ES_ES&c=Page&cid= &pagename=Estadisticas %2FEst TUI Holly Awards The Fuerteventura Tourist Board would like to congratulate both Risco del Gato Hotel in Costa Calma (Pájara) and Atlantis Bahía Real Hotel in Corralejo (La Oliva) on winning the 2014 TUI Holly Awards. TUI Holly Awards rewards the high quality, the customer service and the attention to details. Events During 7th June-8th June Salinas Golf Championships, Golf Club Salinas de Antigua. June 22nd Sol y Luna massive sporting event, Playa Blanca (Puerto del Rosario), including many sporting events, workshops and another activities on the beach. During 25th June-29th June II Festival of Music Bands in Pájara. During 27th June-28th June 80s Festival in Corralejo, including nostalgic cinema, open air activities and the greatest songs of the 80s with some of the original members of Boney M and the Dj Over Booking.

8 MARKETS AND CRAFT MARKETS: EVENTS AND FESTIVALS: Monday, Morro Jable Avenue El Saladar -Shopping Centre Cosmo 9:00am-2:00pm. Market Tuesday, Market of the traditions, with products and craft from the island. Casa del Coronel, La Oliva, from 10:00am to 2:00pm Corralejo -Baku Water Park 9:00am- 2:00pm. Market Wednesday, Costa Calma- Hapag Lloyd Square 9:00am - 3:00pm. Market Thursday, Morro Jable Avenue El Saladar -Shopping Centre Cosmo 9:00am-2:00pm. Market Market of the traditions, with products and craft from the island. Casa del Coronel, La Oliva, from 10:00am to 2:00pm Friday, Corralejo -Baku Water Park 9:00am - 2:00pm. Market Caleta de Fuste. Marina Puerto Castillo Craft Market Gran Tarajal, Municipal Market, 09:00am - 2:00pm Saturday, Puerto del Rosario Bus Station 09:00am - 2:00pm Biosphere Agricultural Market Caleta de Fuste Shopping Centre Montecastillo 9:00am - 2:00pm. Market Lajares Main Square of the village, 10:00am - 3:00pm. Craft Market Corralejo- Shopping Centre El Campanario Sunday, Corralejo El Campanario, 10:00-14:00 & 17:00-22:00 Canarian arts & craft market La Lajita Oasis Park, 10:00-14:00 Farmers, arts & crafts and gastronomy. [8]

9 Tourist information offices Airport Tel: From Monday to Sunday. 08:00am - 9:00pm Corralejo Avd. Maritima 2 Tel: From Monday to Friday. 08:00am - 2:00pm Saturdays and Sundays 09:00am - 2:00pm Port Area of Corralejo Tel: From Monday to Friday 08:00am 2:00pm Cotillo. The castle of El Tostón Paseo de Rico roque s/n Tel: From Monday to Friday 9:00am 3:00pm Saturdays and Sundays 9:00am 2:00pm Puerto del Rosario Avenue Reyes de España s/n Tel: From Monday to Friday 09:00am 7:00pm Saturdays and Sundays 10:00am 1:00pm Antigua The Square of the Church From Monday to Friday 10:00am 2:00pm Caleta de Fuste Avenue Juan Ramon Soto Morales 12 Tel: From Monday to Friday 9:00am 2:00pm Gran Tarajal C/Nicaragua s/n Tel: From Monday to Friday 8:00am 3:00pm Gran Tarajal. Avenue. Paco hierro Tel: From Monday to Friday. 9:00-3:00pm Saturday. 10:00am 1:00pm Morro Jable Avenue El Saladar. Shopping Centre Cosmo, Local 88 Tel: From Monday to Friday 8:00am 3:00pm Costa Calma Carretera general FV-2 Tel: From Monday to Friday 8:00am 3:00pm Betancuria The Square of the Church From Monday to Friday 10:00am 2:00pm Tourist Board Calle Almirante Lallermand Puerto del Rosario tfno: [email protected]