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4 / 17 / 2007

Euro 0.74 - Argentina 3.11 - Bolivia 7.89- Brasil 2.03 - Chile 532.51 - Colombia 2,060 - México 10.80 Paraguay 4,970 - Perú 3.17 - Uruguay 23.45 Venezuela 2,150

Third winter tourism exhibition launched

The Department of Tourism inaugurated the Winter Tourism Exhibition (ETI), which will be held on May 12th to 14th in La Rural Fair of Buenos Aires. This year, the 3dr ETI looks for consolidating all winter tourist offers nationwide.

Hotusa purchases five star hotel in Puerto Iguazu

Hotusa confirmed the purchase of a five star hotel in Puerto Iguazu. This is the second investment carried out by this group in Argentina, after the purchase in September of the 75% of the shareholding of the traditional Claridge Hotel in Buenos Aires, an investment which implied US$ 12 million. Cataratas Hotel has 130 rooms, two halls with a capacity for 270 people and three presidential suites.

TAM flies from Cordoba to Sao Paulo

TAM Mercosur carried out the first flight between Cordoba and Sao Pablo. The flight will have a stopover in Ciudad del Este, in Paraguay. The route will be served initially by Fokker 100 aircrafts, with a capacity for 108 passengers in a single class.

Pluna started to sell tickets via the Internet		Pluna rented a Lockhead aircraft for flights to Spain
Pluna started to sell tickets via the Internet for air shuttle service (Carrasco-Aeroparque), one of the first steps of the emergency plan the consortium Leadgate has prepared for this airline. In the second stage of this plan, customers will be able to buy tickets via the internet for other destinations to which the airline flies. In a third stage, tickets will be bought for flights which include other companies.		Pluna rented a Lockhead TriStar aircraft which started to fly to Spain since last Saturday. This is due to the fact that the Boeing 767 covering this route will be under maintenance. Likewise, the airline is making progress in the purchase of a Boeing 737 to LAN Chile which will be used as fleet support.

TAM is authorized to fly to Venezuela

TAM was authorized by the Civil Aviation National Agency to start flying to Caracas. The new round trip route between the international airport of Sao Paulo and Maiquetia will have a stopover in Manaus. The flight, which will have a daily frequency, will have to start operations within six months.

Second Latin American Travel Distribution Summit

On June 14th and 15th, the Second Latin American Travel Distribution Summit will be held in Brasil. This summit will gather professionals from the tourist sector who cover Latin American and Caribbean destinations to discuss about distribution issues, technologies needed for a successful performance and strategic alliances for the near future.

Air China will fly to Sao Paulo

Starting from June 17th, Air China will fly twice per week from Peking to Sao Paulo, with a stopover in Madrid, with an Airbus A-330 aircraft.

GOL is authorized to complete acquisition process of Varig

GOL was authorized by the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brasil to complete the purchase of Varig. Thus, GOL will be able to start the development plan for Varig, which will be operated under its own brand and with different services as the low cost business model of GOL is incorporated.

TAP is authorized for more flights

TAP was authorized by the National Civil Aviation Agency to increase its flights to Brasil by 13 new frequencies. With this, TAP will start to fly, starting from July, to Brasilia and will increase the offer to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

LAN will increase flights from Madrid in 2008

LAN plans to increase daily non-stop flights departing from Madrid, so that in the latter part of 2008 these have Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and Brasil as destinations. They also plan to launch the route Madrid-Lima in July with a frequency of three times per week. Likewise, they plan to incorporate a seventh weekly departure to Guayaquil.

Aerosur will purchase aircrafts to reinforce operations

Aerosur announced the acquisition of three aircrafts to reinforce its operations in the routes to Panama, Salta (Argentina), Mexico, Arequipa and Cusco (Peru) and the United States, due to the absence of operations of LAB.

Exclusive Korianka Hotel inaugurated in the Historical Downtown of Trujillo		Decameron will build a hotel in Punta Sal beach resort
The Korianka Hotel aims at being one of the best hotels in the city of Trujillo, since it is located in the historical downtown of the city, the Hotel Manager said. The hotel offers several comforts such as Wireless Internet service, pool, conditioned suites and Jacuzzis, and a cafe - bar.		The Colombian chain Decameron will build a hotel in the Punta Sal (Tumbes) beach resort. In this sense, it will enter into an agreement with the Colombian construction company Colpatria in order to build the facilities. The project will imply an investment of US$ 14 million.

May halt tourism to the Galapagos

Ecuador has declared the Galapagos Islands at risk and could temporarily suspend tourism permits and enforce rigorous population restrictions to prevent further environmental harm. The director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Center warned last month of the threats to the flora and fauna of the “fragile and delicate” volcanic island chain. A United Nations delegation is visiting the islands to determine whether the World Heritage site should be officially declared “in danger”.

Tax will be charged to foreign tourists		Aires Aruba will start operations in second half of 2007
The Vice-Minister of Tourism announced that a tax of US$ 5 will be charged to foreigners who travel to the country by air and that the charge will be in force when the publishing of the law has been fulfilled. The law was passed last March 30th.		Colombian Aires Branch plans to enter into the Caribbean market. For this purpose, it is making the arrangements to obtain the necessary permits from the aeronautic authorities from both countries. The company, which is renewing its fleet, plans to have 11 new Dash 8-300 and 200 aircrafts. With this equipment, they expect to serve the routes from Aruba to The Dominican Republic, Curaçao, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela and Cuba.

Plans to increase aircraft seating capacity by 650,000

Costa Rica plans to end year 2007 with an increase of 650,000 seats in flights coming from abroad and which will be added to the 2.2 million offered by the airlines in 2006, according to information given by authorities.

Aeromexico will fly to Guatemala		Aeromexico will fly to Buenos Aires
Aeromexico, along with Spirit Airlines, will start to fly to Guatemala starting from May, since the authorities of such country authorized the operation permits.		Aeromexico announced the beginning of its new route Mexico-Buenos Aires, with three weekly flights, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, departing from City of Mexico and Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Buenos Aires.

American Airlines will increase operations

The company announced that it requested The Dominican Republic the corresponding permits in order to operate new routes in the Caribbean from Las Americas airport and Catey in Samana.

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