Entertainment industry flags growing concerns about MTA’s ticketing system
Concerned sources within the entertainment industry flagged a ticketing
Julian Delia
September 24, 2021 12:07
No action taken against MTA chiefs over Konrad Mizzi €90,000 contract
No action has as yet been taken by Prime
The Shift Team
October 19, 2020 07:38
EXCLUSIVE:  It was Joseph Muscat who ordered the MTA to give Konrad Mizzi a €90,000 consultancy
It was disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat who,
The Shift Team
October 10, 2020 09:26
Former canvasser for Konrad Mizzi dismisses COVID-19 as ‘media hype’
Lionel Gerada, the former canvasser of Konrad Mizzi and
The Shift Team
August 22, 2020 06:00
Second MTA lease issued to property owned by chairman’s family
It’s literally all in the family at the Malta
Caroline Muscat
August 4, 2020 12:13
Same individuals getting MTA funds for summer parties, amid health concerns
The article has been updated following the cancellation of
Gabriel Schembri
July 26, 2020 08:52
MTA never commissioned the study it used to justify surge in sponsorships
The Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) has once again been
The Shift Team
July 4, 2020 07:30
MTA’s Lionel Gerada is a good boy, lawyers insist
Lionel Gerada, the political canvasser of former minister Konrad
The Shift Team
June 29, 2020 19:09
Valletta Film Festival organiser requests probe into MTA’s ‘unjust’ fund refusal
Oliver Mallia, the co-founder of Film Grain Festival, which
Joanna Demarco
June 19, 2020 11:34
Event organisers complaining about abuse of public funds ‘jealous’ – Gulia
Malta Tourism Authority chairman Gavin Gulia was bombarded by
Gabriel Schembri
June 18, 2020 18:15
Government accused of ‘monopolising culture’
The disappointment expressed by the arts community earlier this
Joanna Demarco
June 13, 2020 08:11
‘Spoke to Lionel’: Documents reveal parallel system for MTA sponsorships
Event organisers applying for Malta Tourism Authority sponsorship money
The Shift Team
June 12, 2020 16:56
Tourism Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli silent on MTA sponsorship scandals
Tourism Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli has refused to comment
The Shift Team
June 11, 2020 11:42
Blackout on Xandru Grech’s ‘share’ from €2 million sponsorship
Super League Triathlon, the London-based organisers of a high-profile
The Shift Team
June 10, 2020 18:56
Xandru Grech says he received no funds from MTA, no disclosure on what he was paid by organisers
Editorial note: Xandru Grech has sent The Shift this
The Shift Team
June 10, 2020 18:51
MTA rents villa from chairman’s father-in-law at €50,000 a year
The price of a villa in Msida that the
The Shift Team
June 9, 2020 07:31
MTA never evaluated VistaJet services because of an ‘environment of trust’
The Malta Tourism Authority never carried out any form
Gabriel Schembri
June 5, 2020 13:00
Xandru Grech’s triathlon gets €600,000 from MTA
A two-day international triathlon event in Malta, fronted by
The Shift Team
June 4, 2020 12:51
The Kon-rat Principle
In 2013 he was presented to us as the
Ranier Fsadni
May 31, 2020 07:09
‘Lionel Gerada’s presence left no room for level playing field’ – event organisers
Event organisers have told The Shift that Lionel Gerada’s
The Shift Team
May 30, 2020 18:30
Konrad Mizzi appointed canvasser to top MTA post despite criminal record
The man former Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi chose to
The Shift Team
May 29, 2020 08:32
MTA event sponsorships for select group skyrocketed under Konrad Mizzi
A small group of closely-knit event organisers, mostly of
The Shift Team
May 22, 2020 19:10
VistaJet: Nothing much to show for €4.5 million of taxpayer money
A raft of documents submitted to parliament by the
The Shift Team
May 12, 2020 09:09
Secret €4.5 million ‘deal’ with VistaJet revealed
Some €4.5 million of taxpayer’s money was funnelled into
The Shift Team
May 6, 2020 08:16
Well that didn’t last very long, did it?
Robert Abela cast a faint glow of hope during
Ryan Murdock
January 31, 2020 06:27
Tourism in the Concrete Age
You know what tourists don’t like? Paying for an
Ryan Murdock
June 17, 2019 08:47
Hey, look over there!
Every time Joseph Muscat’s government is exposed with some
Ryan Murdock
December 1, 2018 15:00
Lawyer says law regulating travel insolvency fund ‘breaks the spirit of data privacy’
The client information which travel agents are being required
January 4, 2018 17:04
Travel agents refuse to pay €10,000 mandatory deposit to Insolvency Fund
Travel agencies are up in arms and refusing to
December 15, 2017 17:30

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