AirBnB announces ‘help for owners hit by holiday rental cancellations’
Online holiday rentals platform AirBnB has stepped into the cancellations chaos hitting the tourism sector with a 250 million dollar ‘pay back-fund’ to help harassed owners. CEO Brian Chesky explains:
New State of Emergency “allows for rationing and suspension of property and capital income”
As we write this text, MPs in parliament are debating the renewal of Portugal’s State of Emergency. But the outcome is already a given. And President’s Marcelo’s new decree brings
Lay-off regime receives around 3,600 requests from companies in just four days
Despite all the changes and tweaks that it has undergone since it was announced, the government’s new “simplified lay-off regime” has already received 3,600 requests from companies intending to benefit
Debt moratorium only covers mortgages, not consumer credit
New details about the six-month moratorium on loan repayments for families and companies that was announced by the government last week have surfaced, with the revelation that it is only
Brussels to choose telecoms operator in Portugal to spy on people in lockdown
The European Commission has announced that it is choosing a telecoms operator in each Member State to ‘gather citizens data anonymously through the tracking of mobile phones during the pandemic’.
Lagos Science Centre produces face shields for health professionals
The Lagos Live Science Centre (Centro de Ciência Viva de Lagos) is helping produce protective face shields for health professionals in the Algarve, having recently donated 60 to health centres
Marcelo tweaks decree on State of Emergency as measures bite
President Marcelo has tweaked his decree on the State of Emergency to “extend the possibilities of the government to restrict people’s movements even further”. As we went to press on
Government ‘ready to nationalise TAP’
The economic pandemonium caused by the coronavirus pandemic has seen flagship airline TAP – already having posted huge financial losses in 2018 and 2019 – request State help in the
Marcelo hears health chiefs “unanimous” over need to extend State of Emergency
President Marcelo has been meeting with health experts ahead of tomorrow’s announcement of whether or not Portugal’s State of Emergency is to be renewed for another two weeks. Everything points
“Remember me”: Tourism board urges Portuguese to postpone their Algarve holiday
An online campaign by the Algarve Tourism Board (RTA) is urging Portuguese nationals to stay home during this period of confinement and return later to enjoy an even better holiday