Gibraltar Lifestyle News

PC Anthony Debono of Royal Gibraltar Police’s (RGP) Crime Prevention & Reduction Unit gathered together Pubwatch members at Ocean Village HQ last week to give them a timely reminder of how to handle drink spiking and fake ID on licensed premises.

Gibraltar may be teetering on the brink of winter but one man who won’t be reaching for his fleece in Ocean Village this week is long-time Arctic explorer Gilles Elkaim who just sailed in on his expedition boat, Arktika.

As proof that Gibraltar’s Ocean Village is a superyacht magnet, this week a sextet of heavyweight vessels cruised in requiring berths. Thanks to 2010 Premier Berth expansion programme, there was space for all as well as a great photo opportunity.

Denmark may be far from tropical, yet it has produced one of the finest steel bands on the circuit – the “Steel Hammers”. The 12-piece ensemble will be bringing a flavour of the Caribbean to Gibraltar’s Ocean Village on Monday 18 July at 9pm.

Local specialists MedWeddings are here to spare you from emotional meltdown when organising your happy day with a Wedding Workshop at the Eliott Hotel on Friday 27 April from 4.30pm.

PC Anthony Debono of Royal Gibraltar Police’s (RGP) Crime Prevention & Reduction Unit gathered together Pubwatch members at Ocean Village HQ last week to give them a timely reminder of how to handle drink spiking and fake ID on licensed premises.

Gibraltar may be teetering on the brink of winter but one man who won’t be reaching for his fleece in Ocean Village this week is long-time Arctic explorer Gilles Elkaim who just sailed in on his expedition boat, Arktika.

As proof that Gibraltar’s Ocean Village is a superyacht magnet, this week a sextet of heavyweight vessels cruised in requiring berths. Thanks to 2010 Premier Berth expansion programme, there was space for all as well as a great photo opportunity.

In case you needed any more incentive to spend your time at Gibraltar’s Ocean Village, the resort has now launched its Premier Card. Offering fantastic discounts, the Ocean Village Premier Card will transform the way you spend your leisure time.

Denmark may be far from tropical, yet it has produced one of the finest steel bands on the circuit – the “Steel Hammers”. The 12-piece ensemble will be bringing a flavour of the Caribbean to Gibraltar’s Ocean Village on Monday 18 July at 9pm.

Owning third place in May’s Sunday Times Rich List, Roman Abramovich has amassed a £10.3 billion fortune – £3 billion up on 2010. Amongst his assets is 162.5m ‘Eclipse’ – recently anchored in waters off Gibraltar’s Ocean Village.

Pen the dates of the Gibraltar-Morocco Rally into the diary – Friday 24 to Monday 27 June. Dubbed 'the world's most sociable yacht rally', the event departs from Ocean Village gets non-racing sailors and motorboaters together on the water.

Kicking off last weekend, huge crowds gathered to take part in Ocean Village's Festival of the Seas offering a wide variety of activities from a Yacht Rally to a Dragon Boat Race and organisers even managed to book spectacular sunny weather.

Since launch in May 2010, Ocean Village’s new Premier Berths have an occupancy of an incredible 70 - 80%. For that Ocean Village can credit its keen pricing strategy with a maximum of £4 a metre charged per day for even the largest megayacht.

Since 2006, people with UK pensions who are, or who will become, non-resident in the UK for tax purposes have been able to move their pension benefits to a Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS).

The liquidators of Madoff Securities International are selling the fraudster’s superyacht in a bid to recoup a fraction of the victims’ lost money. Currently lying in Gibraltar waters, ‘Bull’ is expected to receive offers over 3mn euros.

As August turns up the heat it’s time for some cool refreshment in the shape of the O’Reilly’s Beer & Cider Festival 2010 running from Monday 9 August through to Sunday 15 August from 7pm ‘til 11pm.

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