Archive for July, 2007

Who put the lights out?

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Just when you thought the climate conditions couldn’t get any more extreme in Tenerife, it starts raining black snow!! Well, ash, actually. The 110 degree plus temperatures have triggered a major forest fire in Los Realejos. At around 3.30pm, the skies above the west coast turned eerily yellow, to be followed by a black cloud […]

The old chicken and egg debate for Tenerife

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Been having the old chicken and egg debate on the excellent Tenerife Forum website, as to whether the level of service in the local hospitality industry is crap because of the ’servers’ or the visitors.
Does Tenerife have the worst level of service on the planet, or do we do ok?

Tramps - good for Tenerife

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

Called in briefly at Tramps yesterday afternoon (Saturday). What a good do! Radio One were broadcasting live, featuring some of their top name DJs (apparently). I’m afraid I’ve been out of the scene since Pampers have replaced partying, but even for an old duffer like myself, the atmosphere…ahem, vibe… was fantastic.
This kind of event can’t […]

Ryanair to fly to south Tenerife

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Certainly a good thing to see that Ryanair are switching operations from the north airport to the south this winter.
Although the airline only currently operates to Tenerife from Shannon and Dublin, it should still act as a welcome adrenaline shot for the tourist and property industries.
Commenting on the move from Tenerife North to Tenerife South, Ryanair’s Director […]

What Tenerife could learn from the Redcoats

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Having just returned from a press trip to Butlins in Skegness I have the urge to rant about the hospitality attitude in Tenerife.
I have to admit, that my expectations were fairly modest. I was a Butlins virgin, and as such, I had only the misconception of all-day Bingo, sychophantic Redcoats and noon-till-night knobbly-knee contests as […]