Mallorca • Issue No. 2060 • 26 Dec 2024 - 1 Jan 2025
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nomic buffets, and entertainment programmes such as marathon fundraising, theater plays and activities for children. This year’s edition in-
volved 15 hotel companies, including nine chains: Protur Hote-
ls, Mac Hotels, All Sun, BQ Hoteles, Garden Hotels, Mar Hotels, Viva Hotels, Zafiro Hotels, and Hipotels; as well as six independent establishments: Playa Esperanza, Rei del Mediterrani, Houm Plaza Son Rigo, Amic Horizonte, Sea Club Mediterranean Alcudia, and Icon Rosetó. With this year’s total, the campaign has raised a cumulative €320,000 since its inception in 2014. Hoteles de Narices embodies the federation’s threefold purpose: serving employees, residents, and customers. All parties expressed pride in the positive impact generated. Those hotels that would like to take part in the campaign can contact Sonrisa Médica by e-mail at mjose@sonrisamedica.org.
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Photo: Facebook/ Protur Bonamar Hotel
Hoteles de Narices.
Bringing the lights closer Photo: Pexels/Skitterphoto
FEBT spreads holiday cheer to the elderly community WHEN we talk about Christmas lights, it is taken for granted that everyone has the opportunity to see them. However, this is not the case for everyone, as many elderly people in care homes miss out on the Christmas magic. This is why the Agrupación Empresarial de Auto-Taxi y Auto-Turismo de Baleares (FEBT) launched an initiative to take elderly residents from care homes to see the lights in taxis. This marks the fourth year of the initiative, and this year, it was the turn of the Residencia Borenco (care home) in El Terreno, Palma.
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Fire Brigade’s new addition
“Hoteles de Narices smashes fundraising target”
THE charity campaign Hoteles de Narices has achieved a historic fundraising total of €83,399 this month, surpassing last year’s results by €18,284. The name Hotel de Narices stems from the collaboration between FEHM (Mallorcan Hotel Business Federation) and the NGO Sonrisa Médica, an organisation whose hospital clowns with red noses bring humour, magic, and joy to hospitals since 1994. The campaign’s objective is to improve the stay of hospitalised children in public healthcare facilities across the Balearics. The fundraising effort takes place actively in participating hotels from July to September 2024, with unique activities such as bingos and raffles, donations, gastro-
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It was a great opportunity for the residents, some used to see the lights with their family in Palma, while others had never seen them before. In total, 14 taxis participated in this charitable endeavour, bringing the Christmas lights to the elderly residents of Borenco in the most comfortable way: by
THE Consell the Mallorca has announced that finally the Servicio de Bomberos de Mallorca (fire brigade), and especially the Grupo de Rescate de Montaña (mountain rescue group), will have a helicopter at its disposal. The aircraft will be multi-purpose: for rescues, it will have a winch, a rescue basket for the injured, and a stretcher for evacuating immobilised victims; for forest fires, it will include a water bucket with adjustable capacity; and finally, for road traffic accidents, it will include, among other things, a medical team and a complete set of extrication equipment. Thanks to this new addition, the response time will be reduced to 5 minutes, and it will be possible to reach any point on the island in just 15 minutes, even to locations that are difficult to access, such as Formentor and Sa Calobra.
Photo: Consell de Mallorca
A new helicopter.
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