Tuesday, May 24, 2011

MALLORCA TODAY - Mallorca Rocks - not rocking?

The 17 concerts planned for the Mallorca Rocks hotel in Magalluf this summer appear to be in serious question now that the regional government's tourism ministry has stated that it is not legally competent to authorise the concerts. A report from the ministry appears to turn down the possibility of staging concerts open to the public in hotels. An application for a secondary licence for staging concerts seems to run counter to laws and regulations regarding what a hotel can or cannot do. These regulations permit entertainment of the type commonly staged in hotels, but not that envisaged by Mallorca Rocks.

The tourist business association Acotur, together with two other organisations, one being the association for discos, had challenged the staging of the concerts and the position of Calvia town hall which, so Acotur claims, had granted a new licence to the hotel with "scandalous speed".

The first of the concerts at Mallorca Rocks is meant to take place on 31 May.

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