ABA English receives $12m capital boost
Online language academy, ABA English, has announced a $12m haul of growth capital in a round led by equity company Kennet Partners.
Online language academy, ABA English, has announced a $12m haul of growth capital in a round led by equity company Kennet Partners.
Student numbers and weeks at Spanish language schools in Spain have displayed another year of steady growth, cementing an industry-wide trend of recovery after being hit by the economic crisis in 2013.
"Spanish in Spain" or "Español en España" reads the new branding unveiled by Spanish language school association, FEDELE, this week alongside a website redesign that will facilitate a previously announced agency partner scheme.
International students were among 13 people killed in a bus crash in Freginals, Spain on Sunday, which left a further 30 people injured.
Despite economic and political tensions in key ELT source markets, national initiatives to promote foreign language learning and a strengthening link of languages to employability are continuing to drive demand for study abroad in Brazil, Spain, Russia and Turkey.
Spanish agency, Timpany, has filed for insolvency, citing increased competition, a fall in demand and commoditisation of the language travel market as reasons for its closure.
We pride ourselves in choosing our partners extremely carefully. We do not like working with hundreds of partners; we prefer quality to quantity.
Study abroad agency EMY in Spain has held a party with partners from around the world to celebrate its recent anniversary milestone and reflected on 30 years in the study abroad business.