Madeira Sports Club (Club Sports da Madeira) is organising the traditional and already famous Madeira Wine Rally, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2009.(more)

The tenth edition of Funchal Jazz Festival, an initiative taken by the City Hall of Funchal, will be held from 2nd to 4th July at Parque de Santa Catarina.(more)

In summer 2009 Madeira will have an additional weekly direct flight from Poland as a result of the commercial agreement between Sata Internacional and the Polish tour operator Itaka.(more)

From 29 May to 26 June 2009, the International Whaling Commission will hold its 61st annual meeting in the city of Funchal, drawing attention to the Region of Madeira and highlighting its environmental and touristic attributes.(more)

This year 20 beaches in the Autonomous Region of Madeira will be given the prestigious award of “Blue Flag” (five more than in 2008).(more)

The photojournalism works, which were awarded at World Press Photo 2008 will be exhibited between 1st and 23rd July at the Noble Room of the Municipal Theatre (Salão Nobre do Teatro Municipal) Baltazar Dias, in Funchal.(more)

The first stage of the Madeira Specialist programme, which greatly exceeded all expectations, has been completed. Stage 2 starts on 5 January 2009.

At the pre-registration stage, there were around 80 applicants for this on-site or distance training course involving specialisation in the tourism services offered by the Madeira Islands. Over time, it became firmly established and by the end of the first stage, 250 professionals had enrolled and were completing the programme, which was a pilot programme in the country.(more)

From 3 to 7 November 2009, the first Madeira Gourmet Food Festival will be hosted by the Commercial and Industrial Association of Funchal – Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Madeira (Associação Comercial e Industrial do Funchal – Câmara de Comércio e Indústria da Madeira), in partnership with the “World Gourmet Club”.(more)

In May a new section of the Palheiro Estate complex was opened, Palheiro Spa, which joins Palheiro Gardens, Palheiro Golf and the Inn Casa Velha do Palheiro.(more)

A new online research tool has now been made available in the Region, to help search the many restaurants which Madeira has to offer.(more)

Madeira’s ocean is a teeming nursery for a wide range of aquatic life that attracts many big game fishermen looking for the time of their life. Reeling in a Marlin is the dream of any Big Game Fishing enthusiast.(more)

Following a partnership between Apple and the company “Wow!Systems”, the “iPhone” allows users to see panoramic photos of Madeira (except Porto Santo, for the time being), providing them with information about the photographed place.(more)

FIFA (the International Federation of Association Football) has crowned the Portuguese international footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, the best player in the world in 2008.(more)

On 29 April, Madeira Airport, in conjunction with the Madeira Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts Institute (Instituto do Vinho do Bordado e Artesanato da Madeira), inaugurated an exhibition dedicated to Madeira embroidery and wine.(more)

Madeira Theme Park, in Santana, has introduced a set of entertaining and educational activities, both in pavilions and outdoors, in order to promote a better cultural and historical knowledge of Madeira Archipelago. Within this scope it will also include new attractions from summer 2009.(more)

Madeira Promotion Bureau (AP Madeira) launched another campaign to promote Madeira in Europe, this time particularly in the city of Vienna, by making use of audiovisual techniques.(more)

From 2 to 9 July, the company Fresh Produções, will promote “Green Fresh Week”, a sui generis initiative in partnership with Madeira Shopping and FNAC. In addition to a musical component, this event will have other very interesting activities. Hosted by Estalagem “Quinta da Rochinha”, in Ponta de Sol, and the Baía do Sol Hotel, the philosophy of the event is the “Fresh” spirit, where environmental awareness, relaxing in nature and pure enjoyment come together with an urban lifestyle.(more)

The bay of Funchal shall be the venue for the 6 th Edition Regatta of Traditional Madeiran Canoes, to occur on 12 July at 12 am.(more)