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SATURDAY,NOVEMBER8, 2014editorial@majorcadailybulletin.es

CRIKEY, these fortnightlycolumns come roundvery quicklywhen you’rebusy doing things! The

past twoweeks have been full ofdifferent events as the island set-tles back into “Off season”mode. Ifyouwant to sendme any news orletme know about any eventsthen dropme an email tomallorca-grapevine@gmail.comHave a greatweekend!Vx

EPOREWITHPEDROHOMAR

LASTweekTheAssocia-tion “EuropeosporEs-paña” (EporE) had a fas-cinating presentation

fromPedroHomar,ManagingDi-rector of “Fundacion 365”. This isan organisation responsible fortourism inMajorca. The Founda-tion consists of 28 private compa-nies and 3 public entities, all di-rectly related to tourism in theCity, andwith a combined budgetof 6,000,000€. Sr Homar himselfcomes from the private sector, andis a recognised expert having spenta number of yearsworking in othercountries including theUnitedStates. His presentation includedan explanation of the brand changeof Palma as a city open all the yearround and acting as a centre of op-eration forMajorca in thewinter.91% of the city’s hotels are open allthiswinter. The promotion tar-gets eight specific “products” in-cluding sport, culture, shopping,gastronomy,wellness and cruises.He described in detail his five yearplan for the city, aswell as his ex-tensivemeetingswith tour opera-tors and airlines, not tomention at-tending specialised promotionfairs. And of course hewas at theWorldTravelMart in London dur-ing the last few days. Therewas anopen and lively discussionwith allthose attendingwhich continuedwell past the planned schedule.AllEporEmembers and friends pre-

sentwere duly impressed bothwith SrHomar’s total grasp of theabsolute detail of his subject, aswell aswith the plans for Palma.Indeed several are having one-to-onemeetings in the comingweeks.

NEXTUP

THEREwill be an openmeeting nextweek atMood Beach Bar andRestaurant in Costa

D’en Blanes. Themeeting is againorganised by Europeos Por España(EPORE) andwill cover the hot

topic of “TheCost of Electricity inthe Balearics”. This is a topic veryclose tomany people’s hearts, andwallets.Therewill be a presentation by Sr.JaimeOchogavia Colomwho is theDirector General for Industry andEnergy for the Balearic Govern-ment.Other topicswhichwill bediscussed include the pipeline con-nections to the national grid andoffshore drilling around the Balear-ics.Themeetingwill start at 7pmon

Thursday 13November andwill beheld in English and Spanish. Thereis plenty of easy and free parking atthe venue:Mood Beach Bar andRestaurant, Ctra KM 11 Palma –Andratx, CostaD’en Blanes, Calvia.Mood is between SportingTenisandMarineland.

BAXTERMARINE

CONGRATULATIONS toCenk,Mar and PablofromBaxterMarine ontheir super 20th birth-

day party in Puerto Portals and thelaunch of the newPearl 65withMD Iain Smallbridge. I’ve got to saythat the Pearl, which has its inte-rior designed byDragonsDenKellyHoppen,was very beautiful.

LADIES’LUNCH

4WOMEN joined SueWorthington lastweektomark the tenth anni-versary of the first La-

dies’ lunch that she first organisedback in 2004!A variety of differentnetworking groupswere invited topresent themselves to the dinersincludingmyself fromThe SupperClubwhich is heldmonthlythroughout thewinter, HelenCummins fromABC andKettylinMagnusson fromSolo ParaMu-jeres. There are plans to holdmorelunches andmeet ups sowatch thisspace or send an email tomallorca-grapevine@gmail.com .

HARDROCKCAFÉ

ONThursday 20Novem-ber therewill be ameeting of theAus-wander Club at the

Hard RockCafé in Palma. Thegroup is run by Sandra andMarcwho are bothGerman but speakamazing English. The aim of thegroup is to “Connect interestingpeople”which has got to bewortha shot. Entrance,which includesyour first drink, finger food andlive entertainment is 10€. Doorsopen at 7pm.

PedroHomarpresented toEPORE. PHOTO: EPORE

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SueWorthingtonat the ladieslunch. PHOTO:VICKIMCLEOD

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RAYOFLIGHT

THE premiere ofARayOf Light, 2was verywell attended lastweek at theAquarium.Welldone to all involvedwith the

Stingray project. If youwant to see themovie, butmissed out lastweek, thenyou can stay in touch viawww.scarlet-viewmedia.comor the ScarletViewMe-dia Facebook page. If youwould likemoreinformation about the Stingray project,why these animals are important to theisland and how to get involvedwith theproject then contactAsociacionOndine atwww.asociacionondine.org

SECRETSOFASTEWARDESS

THE success of the yachting in-dustry is very important to ushere inMajorca and it’s great tosee it in action: I went along to

the launch party of a newbook called “Se-crets of a Stewardess”which has beenwritten by ex Stew and owner of CrewandConcierge, SaraDuncan. Sara and herteam themed the launch around pink,and alsomade it into a fundraising oppor-tunity for The BrainTumour Charity. “Itwas a great turn out andwe raised 1452€

in the raffle! Thank youto everybodywhobought tickets, thereweremany generouspeople amongst us.Allthese proceedswill go to-wards themuch under-funded “The BrainTu-mour Charity”. This char-ity is very close to ourhearts andwill reallyhelp towards funding re-search. Every day 25 peo-ple are diagnosedwith abrain tumour, that’s over9,000 people every year.Brain tumours are thebiggest cancer killer ofthe under 40s, includingchildren. The BrainTu-mour Charity aim is toimprove the diagnosis,treatment and under-standing of brain tu-mours and one day beatthis devastating disease.They can only do thatwith our support, sothank you. Thank you forall prize donations fromFlavours by Sofia, No 12Wines, EdenHairdress-ers, Deep Blue Sea, Sher-

een Solomon, FermeNoemie, BiCiMet-rics, Enjo, Bindi Restaurant, KatieHan-dyside,OmbuRestaurant, FloristeriaVio-leta, SuperDry. Thank you to Jose for pho-tographing the event, Sophia for thelovely food andNo 12Wines for thedrinks”. If youwant to get your hands ona copy of the book,which has been de-scribed as a “Bible” for Stewardesses, cur-rent and prospective by visitingwww.crewandconcierge.com

BOYS2MEN

SAMHyer is looking to start aclub for boys suitable for the10-14 year age range on Satur-days in Santa Eugenia. She is

looking for amalementorwho is avail-able from 10am to 1pm. Sam alsowants toget in touchwithmums and dadswho areinterested in getting involved and help-ing their boys becomewell roundedmen,learn new skills, having amale rolemodelto look up to. “Wewill be invitingmen tocome and impart their skills to the futuremen of theworld, such as car-pentry, building dens,Archery,etc. So, anyone that has a skill oranyone thatwould like to get in-volved or participate please getin contact!” Therewill be pay-ment for participants in theformof donations from themums and dads of the boys thatattend. It is a non-profit project.You can contact Samon 627 262210

POPPYGIRLS

THISweekend sees Re-membrance Sundayservices.Ann, Sheilaand Suewill be at The

Academy bonfire night party onSaturday night from6.30pm ifyouwould like to buy yourpoppy from them.

RAFFLETICKETTIME!

JANICEVan Brabant is onher annualmission tosell asmany tickets aspossible to raise funds for

the ESRA SWChristmas Raffle. So if yousee this lady then please stop her and buysome!Make her life easier by offering tobuy some tickets before she has to startasking you. You knowyouwant to. Thisyear themoneywill be going to help chil-drenwho suffer from cancer here on theisland. Janice recentlywent on a visit tosee around Son Espaseswith the ESRASWchairman andDrAngela andRosa andone of themale doctors. “I was shownaround thewhole unit, it was amazing.We only peeped into the roomwhere thechildrenwere receiving their chemo; itwas upsetting to seewith a parent sittingnext to them.What a terribleworry forthe parents.” The rafflewill be held attheir DinnerDance on the 11December.You can get tickets from a variety ofshops and restaurants and businesses inthe SW.

Mynext column is out on 22November, ifyouwant to sendme anything for inclusionthenmake sure you do!

Aviddiley, BielMoreyandBradRobertson.RayofLightpremiere. PHOTO: PHOENIXME-DIA

SaraDuncan from CrewConcierge. AnnKay,SheilaBowerandSueStrangways.

JaniceVanBrabant.