The Pacha Bus

May 7th, 2008

The VW Type 2 has always made a great rolling advertisement for businesses, and increasingly the iconic Split Screens and Bay Windows are the first choice as promotional vehicles for many big names

Clubbing giants Pacha have been at the forefront of their game since 1967, when Ricardo Urgell opened the original Pacha nightclub in the village of Sitges a little way along the coast from Barcelona, Spain. Virtually from the first night, the club was a storming success. Ricardo went on to open branches of Pacha throughout the Catalan region and in 1973 opened perhaps the most important club in the world, Pacha Ibiza. It remains one of the world’s favourites 35 years later and the name Pacha has become the biggest in the world of clubbing.
Today Pacha is a global group with 21 nightclubs in more than 10 different countries! It has its own record label and clothing and accessory range, five shops, a magazine, a radio station and a DJ agency. The Pacha cherry logo is well know to millions, and equally many millions of people have partied with Pacha. The clothing and merchandise division, known as Pacha Collection Ibiza, was behind the brilliant Split Screen promotional vehicle we’re featuring here. The Volkswagen Bus fitted in with the ethos Pacha has of freedom, free thinking and open mindedness. The VW is seen by many as a party venue on wheels - just add a location!
The Collection has now been going for around four years and is based in the UK. So when the idea came to have a Balearic Bus built, the team the job of getting it built was given to the marketing team at Rawhide Accessories, in Bridlington.
The first task Rawhide had was to find someone to source and build the vehicle. The choice was to go with Burnt Orange Customs based in Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire (07984 318244, www.burntorangecustoms.co.uk).
Craig Foster of Burnt Orange had a number of meetings with Rawhide to work out a brief for the Balearic Bus and then had to find a vehicle to base the project on. He found it fairly locally, thanks to Steve Gilbert of One-On-One Restorations in Nelson, Lancs. The base vehicle was a tired US import 1966 Westfalia SO-42 complete with a full camping interior, although it wasn’t to be a Camper for much longer, as Craig ripped all the Westy interior out as soon as it was back at his workshop. In brief, the bodywork needed a fair bit of work. Burnt Orange spent eight months working on the Bus, welding in new cab steps, inner and outer sills, outriggers and the whole rear floor area. Craig’s body-man, Super Roy, then made sure the battered old bodywork was straightened out and prepped for paint. As Craig puts it, “I don’t know anyone else who actually loves filler!”

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Not only clubbing in Ibiza

April 14th, 2008

In fact , it is considered to be one of the great club capitals of the world. Just to mention some: Jockey Club and “Malibu” (both on Salinas beach) are ideal spots to drink and watch the beautiful people lying in the sun while DJs spin deep house and chill out tunes. An expensive one is the Pacha where you cannot hope to enter without €50 on hand. A famous awarded club is the Space nightclub at Playa d´en Bossa always packed up with people! Some others are the Privilege, El Divino and the Space .

But honestly there is much more to Ibiza than its excellent nightclubs. The island has a 200 km / 125 mile coastline where many small coves and over 50 stunning beaches are waiting to be discovered. Not to mention the local fantastic cooking with its simply exquisite specialties like ensaimada, a sort of flat, soft pastry coil with pumpkin jam and lard and flao, a sweet cheese and mint flan. But the official Majorcan foodstuff, instead of being fish as someone may observe, is a type of red pork pate called sobressada ( or sobrasada in Majorcan). The red colour comes from hefty amounts of sweet paprika. Very popular all over the Balearic Islands. There are also local product to buy and farms to visit : consider some olive oil tasting while visiting the Ibiza island.

When it comes to choosing a place to stay on Ibiza, it really depends on what type of vacation experience you are looking for.

If you like partying till 4 am, crowded of shouting people and stuff, you should head to San Antonio with its famous Cafe Mambo, the Pacha pre-parties, or the famous Cafe Del Mar next door. There are many standard hotels in many villages along the beaches with lush gardens. The majority of amenities and activities for Ibiza Hotels are included in the room rate; guests will not be charged extra for meals, drinks and activities. Guests can relax in the bar, play pool in the games room, catch up on the news in the TV room, or unwind with a cool drink on the terrace; the hotels also host barbecues. Kids are kept entertained at the mini-club, children’s pool and playground. The hotels offer a full programme of activities and entertainment for both adults and children with games, sports, competitions, dancing and professional shows which include flamenco dancing and magic shows.

Practical amenities include currency exchange, laundry facilities and babysitting services. You will certainly see most of them by walking along the sea. They usually exhibit names related to ideal Latin male figures from Poseidon hotel, Don Juan hotel to Marco Polo hotel.or more exotic ones as Mare nostrum hotel, Maritimo hotel, Lux Mar Hotel, Playa Grande hotel, Playa Sol hotel, Sol Bay hotel, Nautilus hotel. There something like 300 licensed accommodation possibilities on Ibiza, that cover the entire budget range, from youth hostels to boutique hotels.

Most of them have a website online offering the possibility to book directly online. August is the most prohibited month with thousand of tourists so think in advance as sleeping in the beach, unfortunately I should say, is illegal.
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http://www.marketingarticlebank.com

Not only clubbing in Ibiza

March 16th, 2008

In fact , it is considered to be one of the great club capitals of the world. Just to mention some: Jockey Club and “Malibu” (both on Salinas beach) are ideal spots to drink and watch the beautiful people lying in the sun while DJs spin deep house and chill out tunes. An expensive one is the Pacha where you cannot hope to enter without €50 on hand. A famous awarded club is the Space nightclub at Playa d´en Bossa always packed up with people! Some others are the Privilege, El Divino and the Space .

But honestly there is much more to Ibiza than its excellent nightclubs. The island has a 200 km / 125 mile coastline where many small coves and over 50 stunning beaches are waiting to be discovered. Not to mention the local fantastic cooking with its simply exquisite specialties like ensaimada, a sort of flat, soft pastry coil with pumpkin jam and lard and flao, a sweet cheese and mint flan. But the official Majorcan foodstuff, instead of being fish as someone may observe, is a type of red pork pate called sobressada ( or sobrasada in Majorcan). The red colour comes from hefty amounts of sweet paprika. Very popular all over the Balearic Islands. There are also local product to buy and farms to visit : consider some olive oil tasting while visiting the Ibiza island.

When it comes to choosing a place to stay on Ibiza, it really depends on what type of vacation experience you are looking for.

If you like partying till 4 am, crowded of shouting people and stuff, you should head to San Antonio with its famous Cafe Mambo, the Pacha pre-parties, or the famous Cafe Del Mar next door. There are many standard hotels in many villages along the beaches with lush gardens. The majority of amenities and activities for Ibiza Hotels are included in the room rate; guests will not be charged extra for meals, drinks and activities. Guests can relax in the bar, play pool in the games room, catch up on the news in the TV room, or unwind with a cool drink on the terrace; the hotels also host barbecues. Kids are kept entertained at the mini-club, children’s pool and playground. The hotels offer a full programme of activities and entertainment for both adults and children with games, sports, competitions, dancing and professional shows which include flamenco dancing and magic shows.

Practical amenities include currency exchange, laundry facilities and babysitting services. You will certainly see most of them by walking along the sea. They usually exhibit names related to ideal Latin male figures from Poseidon hotel, Don Juan hotel to Marco Polo hotel.or more exotic ones as Mare nostrum hotel, Maritimo hotel, Lux Mar Hotel, Playa Grande hotel, Playa Sol hotel, Sol Bay hotel, Nautilus hotel. There something like 300 licensed accommodation possibilities on Ibiza, that cover the entire budget range, from youth hostels to boutique hotels.

Most of them have a website online offering the possibility to book directly online. August is the most prohibited month with thousand of tourists so think in advance as sleeping in the beach, unfortunately I should say, is illegal.

source

http://www.articledashboard.com/

Ibiza Rocks Launches Hotel

March 3rd, 2008
Ibiza Rocks Launches Hotel


Ibiza Rocks are to open a branded hotel this late Spring.

The Enemy will help launch the venue, which will boast a permanent gig venue and practise rooms, to host live music every night, on 31st May.

More info can be found at ibizarockshotel.com.

Editor

Is this not just Club Paraiso in San Antonio with a few Ibiza Rocks posters and a superimposed Ibiza Rocks logo on the pool.

NOEL GALLAGHER is flogging his Ibiza villa to get away from James Blunt.

February 26th, 2008

NOEL GALLAGHER is flogging his Ibiza villa to get away from pop irritant James Blunt.

The rocker has put the gaff up for sale – for £5.5million – because it is too close to Blunt’s.

Lord Noel can’t relax in his holiday Oasis knowing Blunt is just a CD’s toss away.

He is also worried about bumping into the annoying-voiced toff out and about on the sunshine island.

A pal revealed: “Noel has been going to Ibiza every summer for years. But he wants to find a new holiday destination.

“He’s fed up of hearing James Blunt bang on about Ibiza like he owns the place. It’s taken the charm out of it for him so he’s put his villa up for sale.

“It’s very close to Blunt’s place, and he says he can’t stand the thought of Blunt writing cr*p tunes up the road.

Amnesia, fined a total of €28,000

February 20th, 2008
The club, Amnesia, has been fined a total of €28,000 for failing to close on time a total of ten times during the summer of 2007. The Town Hall of San Antonio issued a total of eight fines of €3,000 each, and two of €2,000, to the popular club for failing to respect their official closing time. The club has to stop the music by 6a.m. and then has a total of one and a half hours to empty the premises. They failed to comply on at least ten occasions last year. The Councillor, Jose Ramon Serra Pilot, said they were not the only club or bar to be fined, but they had certainly collected the most.Serra also confirmed his administration would be clamping down on dogs, classified as potentially dangerous, who were not fitted with a muzzle when in a public place. The law also states that they must be on a lead of no more than two metres at all times. It is also illegal for the animals to be in the care of anyone under the age of 18, or for any one person to have more than one of these animals. The fine for breaking any of these laws is €200.

Source

Ibiza Sun

Naked Flights to Ibiza

February 1st, 2008

ERFURT, Germany (Jan 31, 2008): Tour operator Enrico Hess had no idea what he was letting himself in for when a customer asked him to organise a flight for passengers who want to fly naked.

“I’ve been bombarded with enquiries,” said the 34-year-old. “People are calling up by the minute to book tickets for our first nudist flight on July 5.”

The flight will travel from the east German city of Erfurt, where Hess’ company is based, to the town of Heringsdorf on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom, famous for its golden, sandy beaches.

The day return trip costs 499 euros (around US$737).

Up to 55 passengers will be required to board the plane with their clothes on but can then strip off and enjoy their time aloft “completely in the nude”, the company said.

For security reasons cabin staff remain fully dressed during the hour-long flight.

“We want to give passengers genuine freedom of the skies”, said Hess, who insists he is not an afficionado of naturist movement known under its German acronym FKK.

“I don’t see what pleasure people get in spending their holidays without their clothes on,” he said.

Nonetheless he has been busy fielding calls from prospective passengers from countries as far away as Australia and New Zealand.

“We’ve got enough bookings to fill several planes with FKK enthusiasts, he said.

Hess, who usually deals in package tours to destinations like Bulgaria, Turkey, Hungary and Cuba, says he is considering expanding his naked air travel to the Spanish islands of Ibiza and Mallorca.

“The airports would have to adjust to their new clientele and set up separate check-in areas where the nudists could be screened behind curtains so as not to cause offence to other passengers.”

The businessman, who is also considering pick-up and drop-off services for his new group of clients, is convinced of the viability of nudist travel.

“Of course, I’ve had lots of calls from people who thought it was just a joke. But that’s not the case. We are not doing anything offensive, we’re serious about our intentions.” -

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digitalibiza partners with Grupo Playa Sol

January 26th, 2008

Digitalibiza and Grupo Playa Sol (GPS) have become affiliated.

GPS is the largest chain of hotels and apartments in Ibiza.

GRUPO PLAYA SOL was born two decades ago and with it started the enlargement of the chain in Ibiza ,becoming one of the leaders in holiday tourism in the Spanish market.

“The high quality of our facilities and offering a unique customer service, our hotels have been chosen for years by hundreds of visitors from all over the World.

GRUPO PLAYA SOL has recently made big financial investments in reforms and modernising all the facilities of the establishments obtaining cooperation with important national and European travel agents.

“At the moment more than 50 high-quality resorts between hotels and apartments represent our company in Ibiza . Both complex types have all the rooms equipped with air conditioning and satellite TV and are located in privileged areas of the island.

You can now book your accommodation with digitalibiza.com

See http://www.digitalibiza.com/gps/ for details

Leslie Ash plans to build a holiday home in Ibiza.

January 20th, 2008

There is talk of drawing up plans to build a holiday home in Ibiza.A plot of land on the Mediterranean island has, it emerges, already been chosen.

Leslie Ash and her husband Lee Chapman are certainly in a position to afford such luxuries now - even if they might not have been before. She recently received £5million in damages after contracting MRSA in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Pete Tong moves to Eden, Ibiza

January 17th, 2008

Pete Tong is move to Eden nightclub Ibiza this year! His new night is to be called wonderland.
As yet, there is no line-up.

This can only be good news for San Antonio, Ibiza has many big name DJs playing during the summer months. Tong should help bring more tourist to San Antonio, hopefully this may drive a few more big names in this direction.