Anfi – The saga continues…yet again!
January 31st, 2024
One thing for certain is there is never a dull moment surrounding the continuous saga at Anfi. Slightly over two years ago on the 11th January 2022 we reported on the sale of shares by Manuel Santana Cazorla who sold 50% of his rights in the family business to IFA Touristik, a subsidiary of Lopesan. […]
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Anfi Gran Canaria – Does anything surprise us?
April 14th, 2023
After pages of articles on the subject of Anfi we honestly thought that there was nothing else that could happen at boardroom level, we were wrong. Back in September 2021, we reported on the boardroom feud between IFA Canarias part of the Lopesan Group and Santana Cazorla Group over the involuntary bankruptcy of Anfi Sales […]
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Life is not a beach for Anfi
February 3rd, 2023
Stephen Spielberg or Ron Howard have enough material to make an amazing movie about what’s been happening over the years surrounding Anfi in Gran Canaria. For a long time TCA has been following the goings on at the Anfi, not only the boardroom feuds and the ongoing power struggle but external carry ons such as […]
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Anfi – Breaking news
January 11th, 2022
As reported in various Spanish newspapers on the 8th January, the 50% shareholder in Anfi, Grupo Lopesan, has increased its shareholding in the troubled timeshare group. There is no secret that Lopesan have been unhappy with their fellow 50% shareholder, Grupo Santana Carzola for some time, not least of which has been caused by the […]
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Anfi sales companies – Judge declares bankruptcy
September 28th, 2021
Following on from our recent article relating to the court battle between the two Anfi shareholders Lopesan and Santana Carzola Group, the judge reviewing this case has endorsed expert reports submitted according to which the debt of two Anfi companies being Anfi Sales SL and Anfi Resorts SL amounted to €56.6 million in 2020, with […]
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Anfi – A serious boardroom feud
September 17th, 2021
As most owners at Anfi will know Björn Lyng was the founder of the Anfi Group timeshare resorts situated in Gran Canaria, upon his demise the family sold their 50% stake in the company to IFA a subsidiary of Lopesan who run hotels in Spain, Dominican Republic, Germany and Austria. The amount realised from the […]
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Anfi news and the RDO
April 23rd, 2021
We have received a number of enquiries in relation to the news recently published concerning the situation surrounding the bankruptcy of Hermanos Santana Cazorla SL (HSC). We published an article explaining the truth about HSC. Quite obviously this news has caused concern amongst Anfi owners, Anfi of course being a member of the RDO, especially […]
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Anfi – The shifting sands of time
April 13th, 2021
Anfi resorts, once the envy of many other timeshare developers is now facing even more problems. Over the past two weeks two interesting pieces of news have been published, the first concerns the years old battle to develop Tauro beach. The little known beach on the south west of Gran Canaria has been making big […]
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Anfi trying to wriggle out of their legal obligations
February 3rd, 2021
Much has been published about Anfi and the vast number of claims presented to the courts in Spain for the selling of illegal contracts. Furthermore, the vast majority of these claims have been upheld with the resulting court judgements ordering Anfi to return the full purchase price to the member together with legal interest. It […]
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Anfi “under criminal investigation…”
January 8th, 2021
Europe’s largest and most successful timeshare operation, Anfi, is being accused of “asset diversion” to avoid paying financial compensation to its victims. The Anfi Group in Gran Canaria is one of many timeshare resorts ordered by courts to pay compensation to former members. The world leading timeshare sales operation which boasts 33,000 member families is one […]
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