Dep. Legal A PM 42-2025 - 140 - 2004 - ISSN - ISSN 3015-1309 2488-1686
Mallorca • No. 2093 • 14 - 20 Aug 2025
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Gifting tourists AMID the controversy over residents allegedly scaring foreign visitors away, the local business association has decided to thank tourists for spending their holidays in Mallorca. “With a special action in shops to thank tourists for their visit, the Federation of Commerce Entrepreneurs of the Balearic Islands (AFEDECO) joins the #ThanksForVisitingMallorca campaign, promoted by the Federation of Hotel Entrepreneurs of Mallorca,” they announced. “We aim to express the gratitude from local businesses directly to the hands of visiting tourists,” the AFEDECO added. The gifts for tourists campaign begins on February 27, 2026. “This isn’t just any bag; it’s a small gesture that encourages them to fill it with purchases, local products, and beautiful souvenirs to take home,” the federation said. “We want every tourist who comes to Mallorca to know that they are welcome here,” stated Joana Manresa, president of AFEDECO. The initiative, called Tourist Smile Day, will take place on that date in several iconic locations on the island. Credit: AFEDECO Website
THE tech giant founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and his Mexican-American wife, journalist Lauren Sanchez, have been sailing the Mediterranean seas following their $50 million, three-day wedding in Venice, July 27-29, and have been honeymooning since. The couple’s fleet, led by their luxurious $500 million yacht Koru, moored up in Palma on Tuesday, August 12, a short distance from the dockyard while their support ship Abeona tied up in the Club de Mar yacht club. The Koru is a three-masted sailing yacht spanning 127 metres with a navy blue hull built in the Netherlands by Oceanco, who took two years to complete the spectacular vessel, which, when commissioned, was the second-largest in the world. The Koru is rumoured to include a submarine for thrilling excursions beneath the waves a la Jules Verne, plus a helicopter and its landing pad. The vessel has nine enormous suites and can accommodate a 40-person crew on board. The couple spent a few days in the French Riviera and has been sailing the Balearic seas for around a couple of weeks. The Koru was seen mooring in Cabrera on July 29, according to the
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Jeff Bezos, 61, and Lauren Sanchez, 55, celebrated a three-day, 50-million-dollar wedding in Venice and have been sailing the Mediterranean ever since. What a honeymoon!
Diario de Mallorca. Bezos left the Koru accompanied only by a couple of bodyguards. He tried to pass undetected while visiting the island’s castle, to which he arrived in one of the PWCs. Bezos did express his fascination with the hexagonal and monumental 14th-century building, which has undergone several reconstructions throughout the years.
Word has it that Bezos is ‘obsessed’ with casting Lauren, 55, a journalist, trained pilot, and one-time astronaut, as the latest Bond girl. “This isn’t just fantasy
casting - Jeff wants her on screen, period,” a Hollywood source told Rob Shuter, a British gossip blogger and former executive editor of OK! Magazine’s US edition.
The AFEDECO said the bags are a small gesture to encourage tourists to fill them with purchases, local products, and beautiful souvenirs to take home.
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