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Author: Georgina

A Taste of Greek fusion comes to Spain!

New Greek restaurant "Yamas" (Γεια μας) meaning "to your Health" will be opening in Marbella on Friday 14th March with a opening party with bubbles and bites at 18.00. Below is the invite, it's always great to see a new restaurant opening, offering different cuisine.Greek fusion...

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Marketing Focus – The Hidden Sales Cycle

marketer hidden sales cycleLast week I took part in a fascinating webinar by The Marketer all about how internet use is changing the buying process and changing the roles of marketing and sales and where these two functions interact and I wanted to share the insight.

The experts explained how the online buying journey is quite erratic, but that the research tends to be comprehensive and rely on different sources to make the correct decision. They summed up the buying journey as follows – Consider, Evaluate, Buy, Enjoy & Advocate

The message was that as modern marketers, the role is increasingly to create the best content on your subject matter to assist your buyers in the evaluation stage and give them no reason to look elsewhere. This is a more passive form of marketing driven by search, but can capture many more people in the research phase and drive them towards purchase.

2 bed holiday apartment for private sale

Our good friends at Nueva Andalucía Blog and Bleat have a 2 bed apartment to sell privately for a very good price with no agency fees. Here's Jo's description, you can find out more from their website. "The property is in La Maestranza, next to the Mercadona and walking...

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Growing and cooking your own food for healthy living

Environmental charity Arboretum Marbella is running a really interesting training course starting on 1st March to teach people how to plant, care for and harvest their own food with an organic and biodynamic vegetable plot and how to enjoy them with healthy, seasonal cooking. The course comprises of two...

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Choosing the right educational pathway

Time is ticking until the process for applying for state school places begins on 10th March and so parents with children who are turning 3 this year have to start thinking about what educational pathway is best for their child. It is quite daunting having so many choices...

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Málaga Business Minds February Networking

On Thursday 27th at Kaleido Restaurant in the Port of Málaga, Malaga Business Minds are holding another free networking event.   The presentation starts at 8pm and lasts about an hour, with networking after the presentation. This month's presentation is from Pepita Bos entitled “Why Isn't everyone...

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Marbella Luxury Weekend announces floating catwalk

Plans are in full swing for this year's Marbella Luxury Weekend, organized by the Marbella Town Hall. Today the organizers announced that taking centre stage will be a catwalk on the water of Puerto Banus' marina - presenting the first fashion show on the sea!! The event...

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Magnetix Jewellery Sale 22/02 Marbella

On Saturday Joy Fahey is holding a jewellery sale at Vale Vale with Magnetix Jewellery at 50% discount. There are bracelets for both men and women, rings and necklaces. She says; "Bring your friends, have a drink at the lovely Vale Vale Restaurant and enjoy this bargain sale!" When -...

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Safina Usmanova and Jade Williamson win the Reality Star Talent Contest

Reality Stars Finalists low resOn 25th January the Kempinski hosted the Final of the Costa del Sol International Talent Contest Reality Star 2013, where eight talented junior contestants and seven senior contestants battled it out to win the title. They each performed just one song in front of a star studded judging panel to score as many points as possible and entertain the audience.

Organized by RS productions with the support of the Studio Avalon London, Marbella Town Hall and the Russian Music Box International Television and sponsored by the Sotogrande International School and El Corte Ingles, this was a fantastic event which really showcased the talent residing on the Costa del Sol and shone a light on stars of the future.

In addition to the great competitors there were Guest Star performance by Famous Russian pop group Hello, representing Russian Music Box International TV Channel, classical tenor Hoffman from Miami , Marbella Dance School Anna Sologub, last year’s winners Zoe Louise and Salome Simone and guest singer from Georgia Tato Bichia.

There were prizes for the winner, runner up, best original song and best performance to acknowledge the different aspects of a wonderful performance and celebrate all the talent on offer.