Excelsior expansion appealed as Malta faces 30,000-bed hotel surge

Din l-Art Ħelwa has appealed the Planning Authority’s approval of a six-storey extension to the Grand Hotel Excelsior in Floriana, warning that Malta “cannot keep sacrificing its heritage for more hotel rooms”. The approved development will add 77 rooms to the Floriana hotel and replace more than 1,200 square metres of open space. The heritage NGO