Press Releases...
October 2008 Strawberry World launches new Algarve Destination Guide
With hundreds of pages of Algarve information in many languages, the new Strawberry World Algarve destination guide is a run-away success. Much customer and market research has led us to this design, which unlike many other guides is not overtly commercialised. There are no intrusive adverts or banners to distract, however if the visitor needs hotel or hire-car information, it's easily findable.
With more and more people booking their own hotels and flights, our new guide gives them all the help they need to do this and plan their holiday schedule.
September 2008 Strawberry World launches new Madeira Tours site
Strawberry World celebrate the purchase of their new Mercedes Coaches with a new Guided Madeira Coach Tours website for Lido Tours, which is wholly owned by Strawberry World. The coaches feature fresh air climate control and more leg-room than any other tour coach here.
The Madeira Tours are the best value on the Island as all tours are sold directly so ther are no agency commissions to pay. And with prices that no other tour operator can compete with, clients can be sure that they have the best value coupled with an excellent service.
July 2008 Strawberry World New Offices
Strawberry World are pleased to announce their move to new, custom designed offices in Funchal Madeira. On two floors, the new offices incorporate a retail shop, web site design and development department and a sales floor.
The building has been fitted out to the highest standard with the latest IT and telephone equipment and offers a light, airy and pleasant work-place for our staff.
Strawberry World sponsors Captain's Day at Palheiro Golf
A successful day with the help of Strawberry World's sponsorship, the evening concluded with the Captain's Day prizegiving and a sumptuous banquet.
Strawberry World™ partner with FEHT and TOL
Centro de Design da Madeira (CDM) using its registered trademark 'Strawberry World™' in partnership with the Federation of Hotels and Tourism of Las Palmas (FEHT) and Tourism Online (TOL) presented the conclusion of its project MAC ONLINE recently.
left to right... Nicolás Suarez, Fernando Fraile González, Michael Heavey, Pancho
The meeting was held in The Pestana Grand Hotel in the presence of Dr. Patrícia Abreu ( Interreg Madeira) and Dr. Marisa Pimenta - (Secretary of the Interreg) as well as Fernando Fraile González (President of the FEHT), Nicolás Suarez (TOL) and Mr Mike Heavey, CEO Strawberry World.
The event was coordinated by Strawberry World™, and presentations were made by Centro de Design da Madeira (CDM) and Nicolás Suares - Systems Director of 'Tourism Online'.
The project is co-financed by the European Community Initiative Interegg IIIB and constitutes the first phase of the project that includes the conception and publication of holiday destination guides to Madeira, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and the Azores.
As part of the FEHT and TOL's involvement in the project, an 'intranet' has been created that allows all Hotel Federation members to access the latest tourism related news, purchase hotel products online through a cooperative at very special rates and exchange information with each other. Also an interface has been created to allow hotels to send the Police and Customs authorities the information collected on a daily basis from tourists staying on the islands. This digital information is now stored in an online database and replaces the paperwork and laborious collection and storage systems that were previously used. The system was initially introduced to a Police Station in Mogan and has now been widely adopted across the Canary Islands and in Madrid.
New Gran Canaria Tourist Destination Guide
