New concert hall will draw talent to Lanzarote

Arrecife, the capital of Lanzarote, just 20 minutes away from Costa Teguise and Sands Beach Resort Hotel, has retained its Canarian heart but has developed into a modern and vibrant city. The new marina and the surrounding area, add a touch of class to the water front, and now the city is to get a new concert and congress hall.

The 15,000 square metre Palicio de Congresos, will begin construction this year with a completion date of 2013. A competition was held to find a winning team for the project and Spanish architect, Carlos Morales, will work with renowned Danish firm, Henning Larsen Architects. The company won the contract, thanks in no small part to their track record, they built the Operaen in Copenhagen, are currently building the national concert hall of Iceland in Rejkavik, and are designing Ireland’s new national concert hall for Dublin.

 Design Director, Louis Becker, has spoken proudly of the fusion of old and new in Lanzarote. ” The building will be a cultural fixed point on Lanzarote. It has all the atmosphere of the island, you can feel Lanzarote’s magnificent scenery, the volcanoes, the lava, the sea and the sky.”

The new arrival will help to lure top international artists to Lanzarote. coupled with the auditoriums in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, and Santa Cruz, Tenerife, it will make it more viable for performers to make the long diversion to the Canary Islands, from their major European tours.

 

 

Gold Cup sailing action in Lanzarote

You couldn’t ask for a more beautiful setting then Lanzarote to launch the third annual RC44 class sailing World Championship. Not only are the waters around the island ideal for top competition, but the home port of Puerto Calero is a modern and well respected venue in the sporting world. Racing starts on February 25 and runs for 5 days, in the full glare of the sporting media.

Puerto Colon is on the south west coast of Lanzarote, about an hour along from Costa Teguise and Sands Beach Resort Hotel. This first event of 6 regattas is for the RC44 Canaries Gold Cup, and has attracted 8 teams from 7 countries, including 2 home entries from Lanzarote. The cream of Olympic and Americas Cup sailing will be pitting their wits against the demanding seas around Lanzarote. The first 2 days features the match race with the main 2 man crews, and this is followed by a 3 day competition featuring the boat owners.

All this on sea action will show off the stunning coast of Lanzarote to an envious world but you don’t have to be a world class sailor to enjoy the island waters. Sands Beach Resort Hotel is a family friendly beachfront resort where wind boarding can be safely learned on the sea water lagoon within the complex. Costa Teguise has a wide range of sea based activities to dive into, and there is always plenty of social life going on once you step back onto dry land.

 

Lanzarote ready for more British visitors

In an unprecedented show of unity, the governments of Spain, and the 7 Canary Islands have come together to launch a new promotion campaign to capture an even bigger slice of the UK holiday market.

Lanzarote will be at the forefront of this new campaign, and Sands Beach Resort Hotel is always ready to welcome new visitors to Costa Teguise. The beachfront setting is the ideal place for a family holiday and lanzarote ha plenty of wonderful sights and attractions to tempt all holidy makers.

A budget of 1.7 million euros has been set aside to promote the islands for the 2009 summer and autumn campaign, and it will involve working closely with leading holidy companies TUI and Thomas Cook. In these times of cutbacks, people want to be sure of getting value for money, and Sands Beach Resort Hotel and Lanzarote always deliver the perfect answer.

Sands Beach Resort flies the Lanzarote flag

If you’ve got it, flaunt it, and as Sands Beach Resort Hotel has everything you could need for a beachfront family holiday, they are happy to boost Lanzarote abroad at major international travel fairs. The management team have been flying the flag in Holland and Spain.

The annual Vakantiebeurs travel fair in Utrecht, Holland, is a regular stage for Sands Beach Hotel, and Domingo Lorenzo from the Sands marketing team enjoyed the chance to sing the praises of Costa Teguise’s popular holiday hotel to an eager audience from the travel trade.

Then earlier this year, one of the biggest travel events, Fitur, took place in Madrid, and of course Sands Beach Resort Hotel was there to show the world the advantages of home comforts, good service and a superb setting. In the photo, Yasmina Valiente - Marketing Manager, and Carlos Albuixech - General Manager, take a moment to reflect, as the television cameras close in on the Canary Islands stand.

It’s party time at Teguise Carnaval

There are many great traditions in Lanzarote, and one of the most popular is the annual Carnavals, Teguise has it’s own, with many of the events taking place just a few minutes walk away from Sands Beach Resort Hotel.

The theme of this years Carnaval is the Circus, and there will be a feast of music, colour and excitement close to the beachfront setting of Sands Beach Resort Hotel in Costa Teguise. Carnaval runs from Monday March 9 to Sunday 15 March, and the locals love to see visitors enter into the spirit, it’s great fun for all the family.

Events are split between the old inland town of Teguise, the original capital of Lanzarote, and the popular holiday centre of Costa Teguise. On Wednesday March 11, and Thursday March 12 there are big street processions at 8.30 pm, in Paseo Maritimo, the main Costa Teguise road, that leads straight to Sands Beach Resort. The big days for Costa Teguise are the Friday and Saturday, when the children and adults alike dress up in their colourful costumes and whip up a musical storm.

Friday March 13 is the childrens turn to shine, from 9pm they will parade along Paseo Maritimo for the judging of the main contests, including the Murgas, groups of brightly dressed bands, singing about local life. Saturday afternoon brings the biggest parade of all, again along the Paseo Maritimo, the Coso is a chance to show of bizarre floats and costumes, and this years circus theme will ensure there are plenty of clowns and acrobats. On Sunday March 15, the children have one last chance to show their costumes off with a 11 am party along the main road.

There are many other common themes at Carnaval, such as live music on stages set up around town, fireworks, and most of all a friendly party atmosphere that you will find hard to resist. Join in the fun, everyone is welcome.