Though he used to cringe at the word, David Ing is now one of them – a ‘veteran freelance’. Based in Madrid, he has worked for two international news agencies, Reuters and EFE, as well as the United Nations World Tourism Organization. These days he writes mostly for B2B media, ranging from travel to defence, and edits / translates on dual language media projects.

Exploring the recovery of Spain’s travel sector

Omicron might be hitting traveller confidence, but it’s not dampening desire, as David Ing reports from Spain

Spain hopes new promotional campaign will lure tourists

The Spanish government has launched an international promotional campaign aimed at the country’s traditional European travel markets to encourage visitors back in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, David…

Spanish plane crash goes to European Court of Justice

An association representing the families of victims of a plane crash that happened in 2008 in Spain are taking their fight to the European Court of Justice, says David Ing

Andalucia looks to cover medical assistance for foreign visitors

The government of Spain’s biggest autonomous region has put out to tender a new holiday insurance policy for foreign tourists that it hopes to have running by the start of…

InterMundial launches Covid service for Spanish travellers

Spanish travel insurance broker InterMundial has begun offering customers access to rapid and reduced price Covid-19 tests and cancellation cover in cases of a positive diagnosis

Footprints on a beach in the canary islands

Covid-specific insurance launched for Canary Islands

Hoteliers and apartment owners in the Canary Islands have launched their own travel insurance package in an effort to restore confidence among holidaymakers, writes David Ing

Spanish government intervenes in package holiday reimbursements

Spanish travel agents and tour operators have welcomed a new government decree that enables them to issue pre-paid vouchers in an effort to ease a deluge of reimbursements on package…

Spanish consumer association condemns airlines

Spain’s main consumer association is pressing the government to prepare the way for fining eight airlines which it has officially denounced for not offering to return the money paid for…