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Força Maritimo e Nacional
Its all a bit exciting as Maritimo sit on top of the world. Well, the second division. You might have felt the aftershocks even in the uk, on Sunday evening as the 9 men of Maritimo beat Benfica B to clinch promotion back to the top league. Apart from the well over 1000 who travelled to Lisbon, thousands celebrated the big screen fanzone set up at the stadium:
Marítimo Festeja regresso à Primeira Liga
and then a similar amount meeting the team at 2am at the airport for an open top bus convoy back to the stadium where hundreds of hangovers were created for the next morning. Friday 1 may is a public holiday, so the game where they can win the league with a win or draw is at 1530 but almost sold out. 16 May (time tbd) will hopefully be when the trophy is presented and then its over til the next season. National look like staying up so the derby is back...
EES is in, finally, apparently.
They are apparently optional until end of April and not used on all flights, but most people say it doesnt take much longer and it will speed it up the next time you come. If in doubt, go early is our motto so best to do that with any flights to the EU until its up and running smoothly.
New Big Boss
Dr. Trindade has retired as CEO, although he is staying as Chairman, and the new CEO is Claudio Santos.
Entertainment improvements
A few new things in the entertainment program, Bee Gees alternates on Tuesdays with 70s & 80s Rendezvous, and Elton shares the thursdays with Tribute to Abba with Cristina Barbosa. Cristina Barbosa is also playing Fridays in an acoustic trio.
John has Gone
Well just up the hill. As John's role changed over the last 17 months, the amount of timeshare work he was doing reduced and Ecommerce work increased. Now John has been moved up to the Ecommerce office, which is just up the slope from Reception beside Reservations. Anything he did that wasn't football or golf (he's still doing both) Clare or Cindy are now doing better, apart from Reservations, for which you should go to the new Reservations mini office outside of Atlantida.
Flights new flights
Jet2 is opening a base at Gatwick, and this winter will fly from Monday 26 October, with a Friday flight joining it from the week after. So far it seems to be winter only as it stops after 30 April 2027 and then restarts in October.
SAM+EACL+Rodoeste=New Tickets are here, finally...
Finally they have the new tickets, and with more options too. Pre purchased tickets are €1,45 per journey in Funchal or €1,95 the rest of the island, instead of paying €2 or €2,60 respectively on the bus. Also they are selling a tourist specific one, which looks more expensive but includes the aerobus.
More info here.
