Hotel Tigaiga celebrates 50 Years.

Christmas is coming,
the geese are getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man’s hat
If you haven’t got a penny,
a ha’penny will do
If you haven’t got a ha’penny,
then God bless you!

Luis Perez worked over five decades at the Tigaiga front desk: His job was to ensure satisfied guests!

It seems that a receptionist spends his days standing in the lobby and chating. Sometimes he speaks as a weather forecaster to a visibly shy couple, then he greets a hiker and later he warmly shakes hands to visitors, who come back year after year to the hotel.

But those who observed Don Luis, found out that he always had his eye on the reception . Several times he excused himself and hurried to the desk, there he took care that the reservations did not have to wait… [ Continue reading ... ]

The Tigaiga has once again been included within one hundred best hotel in the world in a survey conducted by the German tour operator TUI. The choice was between more than 10,000 contracted TUI hotels in 2009-2010.

Our Hotel gets this TUI Holly distinction for the 16th consecutive year.

We want to take this the opportunity thank our employees which provide the high level of guest satisfaction and that makes our guests return year after year.

The farm “Venta Ecológica” uses waste from the hotel kitchen and our garden.Today, Sandra Kober has explained to our kitchen staff how after several weeks, the compost is produced. [ Continue reading ... ]

The oldest member of the Tigaiga staff, Cristobal says goodbye after 44 years of professional life along with three generations of the Talg family.However, before he left, he told us a secret: Now retired Cristobal will compensate his care for our 8,000 m2 of subtropical [ Continue reading ... ]

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary since the inauguration of the Tigaiga this year, our staff started  reforesting a picturesque spot in the Tenerife hills,  planting the first from 50 pine trees in response to a plea from the Tenerife Cabildo.

We want to mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Tigaiga in a special way and hope these trees will stand for many decades to come.

Planning the herb garden by our gardeners has been fun and rewarding.

But now of course these culinary herbs, grown with care, are collected and greatly appreciated by our all our kitchen brigade. 

Just ask Manolo!

Cesar at Bar Tamaimo has a post up about his experience bartending and the search for good cocktails that has really surprised us…