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Vilamoura ‘City of Excellence’

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Vilamoura 'City of Excellence'

Vilamoura ‘City of Excellence’

Vilamoura ‘City of Excellence’: has been recognized with the Flag Level III – winning a City of Excellence title. The award recognizes innovative practices in the areas of accessibility for all pedestrian and cycling mobility.

The award ceremony was held at Inframoura headquarters, in Vilamoura. The award of the “City of Excellence – Level III” Flag reflects the public recognition of the work that this company has been developing in the field of urban qualification. This recognition is due to the degree of evolution of the Local Action Plan proposed by Inframoura when joining the Network of Cities and Villages of Excellence, focusing on the “City or Village Accessible for All” and the “City or Village Cyclable and Friendly Mobility”.

The Network of Cities and Villages of Excellence recognizes with this award the wealth of plans, projects, actions and initiatives in the context of smooth mobility, which took place and will take place in the public space of Vilamoura, aiming to make this urban nucleus more universally accessible and focus on smooth travel modes.

Vilamoura receiving the prize 'city of excellence'

Vilamoura receiving the prize ‘city of excellence’

When Inframoura joined the Network of Cities and Villages of Excellence, several plans and studies were developed in Vilamoura, among which were the Vilamoura Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan; the Action Plan for the Vilamoura Cycle Network; Framework of directional vertical signaling and the Vilamoura pedestrian signaling project.

Focusing on the smooth modes of travel, the project was considered for the creation of the bike paths; the monitoring of pedestrian mobility; the implementation of an energy-independent Wifi distribution network and an environmental monitoring system at Avenida Engº João Meireles. Expansion of the sensor network and monitoring of the use of the bicycles in urban living and development of the mobile app to use the shared bicycle system was also recognised.

Vilamoura - pedestrian and cycling mobility

Vilamoura – pedestrian and cycling mobility

Projects and initiatives such as the replacement of conventional low energy efficiency lamps by LED technology, the implementation of the citizen’s app – Inframoura Share, the design of Inframoura’s integrated fleet management system and the collaborative project with the International College of Vilamoura, were also considered for this award.

Finally, the Network stressed with importance the action of implementing the terminals for charging electric vehicles in Vilamoura. The actions and projects previously described led to making Vilamoura a case of excellence in terms of accessibility for all, especially pedestrian mobility and cycling.

12º Portugal Masters – Lucas Bjerregaard – In Vilamoura to defend the title on the Dom Pedro Vitoria Golf Course

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Portugal Masters 2018

Portugal Masters

Lucas Bjerregaard has pledged to return to the stage of his first European Tour victory and will defend Portugal Masters title at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in
September 20-23.

The Danish produced one of the best displays of his career to win in Vilamoura last year and now seeks to enter history and become the first player to revalidate the title of the Portugal Masters.
Bjerregaard came to the Algarve a year ago in a delicate situation, trying to keep his European Tour card for this season, but he found his best form at the right moment and reached the last round of the tournament with the lead secured by a 1 shot.

Already twice the 27-year-old player had seen himself in that leading position at the entrance for a final round, having finished 2nd at the UBS Hong Kong Open in 2015 and tied for 3rd at the Volvo China Open in 2017.
This time he did not falter and fired 8 birdies in a last round of 65 strokes to close the tournament with an aggregate of 20 under Par, beating Marc Warren for 4 strokes.

Lucas Bjerregaard - Winner of the Portugal Masters 2017

Lucas Bjerregaard – Winner of the Portugal Masters 2017

After this victory, Bjerregaard reached another six top 10 on the European Tour, namely a 3rd place (tied) in the BMW PGA Championship, his highest ever rating in a Rolex Series tournament.
“Portugal Masters is a special event for me and I look forward to trying to defend my title,” he said.
“My last round of last year is one of the best ever. Some of the shots I did under pressure were some of the best I’ve done in a long time. I really enjoyed being able to confirm my lead in the tournament after the third round and take that trophy, having already been in that position before without being able to take advantage of it, “he added.
“Since then I have been able to add some more good results this season and I would love to repeat the one made at Dom Pedro Victoria, “concluded the Danish who this year is not having any difficulties in keeping is European Tour card and is well placed in the top 40 of the Race for the Dubai of 2018. Portugal Masters was born in 2007 and in its list of champions they appear winners of Majors like the Irishman Padraig Harrington, the former # 1
Lee Westwood of England and his compatriot and partner on Ryder Cup team Andy Sullivan.

The two million euro prize money tournament returns for the 12th consecutive year to the course designed by the champion Arnold Palmer. Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, an authentic golf sanctuary in the south of Portugal.
Tickets for the 2018 Portugal Masters are on sale until Sunday, September 16th for those who wish to enjoy a reduced price, but also at the entry desks of the tournament.

Manchester – Faro with EasyJet

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Manchester-Faro with EasyJet

EasyJet

Manchester – Faro with EasyJet: After having started the operation of Faro – Milan – Malpensa route on 1 June, easyJet has just revealed its latest bet from Faro airport, by creating a new route linking Faro to Manchester, which is available for bookings since July 12, with four weekly frequencies.

From now on the Algarve will be able to book their next city break to the hometown of the teams Manchester United and Manchester City and enjoy the fantastic commercial opportunities of the city from the next day November 2, 2018. The operation of this new route extend will be until March 29, 2019.

The leading airline in Europe “has been making a strong bet at Faro Airport, even because it is one of those that has registered greater capacity for growth.” In the last six months easyJet ” has grown more than 17% and with our continued strengthening we believe we will have the potential to raise the bar once again. We want to continue to put Portugal on the map and we are very focused on this objective that will strengthen the national economy and the region, “says José Lopes, director easyJet for Portugal.

It is also noteworthy that this new connection between the South of Portugal and Manchester announced today by easyJet, is already available for bookings, with the company now totaling 22 routes at Faro Airport, out of a total of 63.

Popular UK destinations with direct flights to Faro are Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristrol, and 3 airports in London , Luton, Southend, and Gatwick.

From Germany EasyJet, operates to Tegel and Schoenefeld both airports in Berlin.
From France to Faro EasyJet operates from Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Charles de Gaulle and Orly in Paris, and Nice. Swiss have Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg airport and Geneve. Italy the new route at Milan Malpensa and Napoles.

As an easyJet company, the fact that with the launch of these new routes, the company already has more than 1000 routes for sale in its global network.

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