Despite covering just four days, the 2022 Palma International Boat Show (PIBS) and Palma Superyacht Village closed its latest edition with 32,000 visitors – twice as many as last year’s five-day affair.

Spring has come and as every year in May the RHS Chelsea Flower Show attracts an average of 169,000 visitors. The show has been held since 1913 and it is the place to see cutting-edge garden layouts, new plants and discover the latest ideas in garden design.

Gwyneth Paltrow looks set to return to Mallorca this year. Lifestyle brand goop and Celebrity Cruises are setting sail this fall on an exclusive retreat at sea on the new Celebrity Beyond.

Today’s ship is: Mein Schiff 6 which is scheduled to dock today at 04.00 in Palma. She is due to depart today at 22.00.

Four new hotels will be opening in Palma over the coming months, adding to the 75 that there are at present. Thirty of these are in the historic centre of the city, almost as many as there were for the whole city (excluding resort areas) in 2003 – 32…

Filming on the island of the Bollywood blockbuster, Pathan, has now finished and the movie has certainly caused a sensation especially with the Indian community on the island.

The German series Der König von Palma (The King of Palma), which was shot in Mallorca last year, premieres this Thursday on the RTL+ streaming platform.

The new BCM and Titos nightclub in Magalluf was unveiled this morning and it will open its doors to the public this weekend.

The U.S. supermodel Gigi Hadid arrived in Palma this morning on a private jet.

Hollywood super-star Michael Douglas is on the island and in a video posted on his social media sites he underlines the joys of wild Mallorca. The long-time visitor and home owner shows off the joys of the Tramuntana mountain range and some of its inhabitants, donkeys.

A super-yacht once owned by Greek shipowner Aristotle Onasis is being used in the filming of the fifth series of The Crown at Palma´s Club de Mar. The Christina O probably plays the role of the yacht owned by the Al Fayed family.

The Chinese billionaire has largely been out of public view since he publicly criticised China’s regulatory system in a speech last year. His empire promptly came under heavy scrutiny by regulators, that even led to the suspension of Ant Group’s $37 billion blockbuster IPO.

Xuan Lan, is a hugely famous online yoga teacher and she has just arrived in Mallorca, where she’s leading a retreat at es Racó d’Artà. She’s been practising and teaching yoga for more than a decade, has upwards of 1.5 million followers on YouTube; over 500,000 on Instagram and has written several best sellers.

Jets of red hot lava shot high into the sky on the Spanish island of La Palma on Thursday morning as toxic ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano coated the surrounding area and authorities sought shelter for thousands of people forced to flee.