CACT Centres Staff To Wear Manrique Uniforms
The staff of the islands official tourist centres will start wearing new uniforms in the next few weeks, inspired by those originally designed by César Manrique. The workers at Jameos del Agua and the Cactus Garden will wear their traditional uniforms, the managers in lilac and the staff in orange. At Montañas del Fuego, the white shirts with the volcano on the chest are being brought back.
The catering staff at the Mirador del Río will wear blue with the managers in lilac. At the Monumento al Campesino, the traditional costume with a mandarin collar shirt and a sash at the waist will be brought back.
The uniforms designed by Manrique for the bus drivers, parking attendants, guards, and the ticket office, gardening, cleaning, and shop teams have been recovered.
The new garments have been made with modern, sustainable, and breathable fabrics to facilitate the workers’ tasks.
Predator Drone Deploys To Lanzarote
A Predator B drone from the Spanish Air Force’s Wing 23, has deployed to Lanzarote and will be part of the security set up for the Pope’s visit to The Canary Islands.
Fire In Playa Blanca
A fire at 5AM on Tuesday morning completely gutted a premises, and damaged others, at the Papagayo Shopping centre. Police and the fire department are investigating.
Cabildo Water Consortium Confirms Canal Gestion Contract Ending
The water consortium at The Cabildo has unanimously agreed to complete the cancellation of the contract of Canal Gestion, after what it described as “serious breaches detected in the management.” The Cabildo’s water consortium will take control of all the buildings, equipment, customer database, vehicles and computers.
Scottish Tourist Dies In Lanzarote
Mandi Murray, a 46 year old Scottish lady had a heart attack on the first day of her holiday on the island. According to her family, she died peacefully.
Lanzaroteño Develops Restaurant Software
Alejandro Müller, born on the island and just 20 years old, has developed a new software called Sirvo, for restaurants to encourage and manage bookings. The software uses AI via Whatsapp to give people information about menus, pricing and table available. The software has already be trialled by some local restaurants with great success, and is significantly cheaper than other players in the market. The aim is to expand the business here in Lanzarote, before spreading to other islands, and finally, nationally. Alejandro’s grandfather founded Waikiki bar in Puerto del Carmen.
Birth Rate Continues To Fall
The birth rate in Lanzarote, as in all of Spain, has continued to fall. And for the first four months of the year, the island is averaging just 78 births per month. Based on these figures, it’s likely that there will be fewer than 1000 births on the island this year, compared to regularly being over 1500 in the early 2000’s, with a high of 1683 in the year 2007.
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