BLiP EXPO is celebrating its 20th anniversary over the weekend of 10-11 October this year at the Portimão Arena.
Obviously we are acutely aware of the current issues, but at this moment we are still committed to holding BLiP Expo in October, providing of course it is possible to do so. We want to try to avoid a mad rush later in the year by people suddenly wanting stands if BLiP is to go ahead, whilst fully appreciating that circumstances may change, perhaps several times, over the coming months.

Algarve charity, Madrugada have a vacancy for a Senior Retail Supervisor. The ideal candidate will love working in their successful Lagos Homestore as part of the retail team and Madrugada family.

The prestigious clifftop resort, VILA VITA Parc – located in the charming town of Porches in Portugal’s beautiful Algarve – is enhancing its credentials for being Portugal’s go-to destination for wellness-seekers, with the exciting launch of its new concept, ‘VITAL Wellness’ and its recognition in Condé Nast Traveller’s 2019 Readers’ Choice Award as #3 in the ‘Top 30 Destination Spa Resorts Around The World’.

Ocean Restaurant (2**), located at VILA VITA Parc Resort & Spa in the Algarve and led by Chef Hans Neuner since 2007 - has just been listed among the 25 best restaurants in the world according to La Liste 2020.

VILA VITA Spa by Sisley Paris was honoured, last week, at the World Spa Awards Gala Ceremony with the Portugal’s Best Resort Spa 2019 Award. The event that is already on its fifth edition happened at Armani Hotel Dubai, in Dubai and announced the winning awards resulting of a record number of votes casted, throughout the year, by leading spa and wellness tourism professionals, as well as hundreds of thousands of spa consumers from across the globe.

Condé Nast Traveler has announced the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards with VILA VITA PARC recognized as the #3 Destination Spa Resort in the world.

More than 600,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers across the globe submitted a recording-breaking number of responses rating their travel experiences to provide a full snapshot of where and how we travel today.

A Escola do Gelado, the first ice cream school in Portugal and the only one specialised in natural ice cream, have opened their own space in Albufeira, and the first training courses start this month!

Courses are available for those in the Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe industry, or just those with a passion for ice cream.