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Sonae's SC Hospitality Pours €50 Million Into Eight New The Editory Hotels — First Açores Property, Two Each in Madeira, Lisboa and the Algarve, Plus a €5 Million Renovation Tape, on a Plan To Triple the Portfolio to 30 Hotels by 2031

Sonae's SC Hospitality Pours €50 Million Into Eight New The Editory Hotels — First Açores Property, Two Each in Madeira, Lisboa and the Algarve, Plus a €5 Million Renovation Tape, on a Plan To Triple the Portfolio to 30 Hotels by 2031

SC Hospitality CEO Gonçalo Bernardes told Diário de Notícias the Sonae hospitality unit is putting €50M into eight new The Editory hotels — including its first Açores property — plus a €5M renovation tape, on a plan to lift the portfolio from 12 to 30 hotels by 2031.
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Worx WOutlook Q1 2026 Books €915 Million in Portuguese Commercial Real Estate — Hotelaria Pulls 39% on the Penha Longa Sale, Retalho 37% on the Arrábida-Gaia Sonae Sierra Carve-Out, and the Full-Year Forecast Walks Up to €2.8–3 Billion

Worx WOutlook Q1 2026 Books €915 Million in Portuguese Commercial Real Estate — Hotelaria Pulls 39% on the Penha Longa Sale, Retalho 37% on the Arrábida-Gaia Sonae Sierra Carve-Out, and the Full-Year Forecast Walks Up to €2.8–3 Billion

Worx WOutlook Q1 2026 puts Portuguese commercial real-estate investment at €915M — 39% hotel, 37% retail. The Penha Longa sale to L Catterton/Cedar and the Arrábida-Gaia carve-out drive the print; full-year forecast walks to €2.8–3bn.
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Walking the Caminho Português de Santiago in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Central, Coastal and Senda Litoral Routes From Porto, the Pontevedra Variante Espiritual, the 613-km Lisbon Start and the Credencial and Albergue Mechanics

Walking the Caminho Português de Santiago in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Central, Coastal and Senda Litoral Routes From Porto, the Pontevedra Variante Espiritual, the 613-km Lisbon Start and the Credencial and Albergue Mechanics

The Caminho Português is the second-busiest Camino de Santiago and the only one that crosses Portugal — 243.5 km of inland Central Route, 274 km of mixed Coastal Way, 280 km of seafront Senda Litoral and the Pontevedra Variante Espiritual all converging on the Praza do Obradoiro.
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WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal Opens in Coimbra Today as the 59th Edition Loads 70 Crews, 23 Stages and 345 Competitive Kilometres From Aveiro to the Fafe Power Stage — Ogier Defends, Evans Leads on 101 Points and Neuville Tops the Baltar Shakedown

WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal Opens in Coimbra Today as the 59th Edition Loads 70 Crews, 23 Stages and 345 Competitive Kilometres From Aveiro to the Fafe Power Stage — Ogier Defends, Evans Leads on 101 Points and Neuville Tops the Baltar Shakedown

The 59th Vodafone Rally de Portugal opens at 14:00 today on Coimbra's Avenida de Conímbriga as 70 crews, 11 of them Rally1, head into 23 special stages totalling 345.14 competitive kilometres on gravel between the Aveiro lowlands, the Coimbra hills, the Douro and the Fafe finale on Sunday.
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Algarve Tourism Region Locks the New York Meeting With United Airlines Ahead of the 15 May 2026 Newark–Faro Restart — Four Weekly Polaris-Equipped Departures, an EUR 650 Economy Fare and a 9-Night Average US Stay Behind the Pitch

Algarve Tourism Region Locks the New York Meeting With United Airlines Ahead of the 15 May 2026 Newark–Faro Restart — Four Weekly Polaris-Equipped Departures, an EUR 650 Economy Fare and a 9-Night Average US Stay Behind the Pitch

The Região de Turismo do Algarve held its New York meeting with United Airlines on Tuesday to consolidate the Newark–Faro direct route ahead of the 15 May restart. Four weekly Polaris-equipped flights, an EUR 650 economy fare and a 9-night US average stay sit behind the pitch.
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