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0.77 - Argentina 3.10 - Bolivia
7.94- Brasil 2.14 - Chile 540.38
- Colombia 2,130 - México
10.78 - Paraguay 5,180 - Perú
3.18- Uruguay 23.80 - Venezuela
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| Starting from
March Air Europa will fly from
Madrid to Buenos Aires |
| Starting from
March, Air Europa will start
to fly from Madrid to Buenos
Aires, taking advantage of the
summer season. The flights with
which the airline will fly to
this new destination are still
unknown. |
| New hotel in Madryn
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| The Sheraton
chain will invest US$ 30 million
to build a five star hotel in
Puerto Madryn, the Tourism Secretary
of Chubut announced. He also assured
that the works will start during
the first four months of the year.
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| Hotels by Internet
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| The electrical
appliances store Garbarino signed
an agreement with Octopus Travel
for the sale via Internet of accommodation
packages in the entire world.
This agreement will allow the
Argentinean Company to commercialize
in the domestic market more than
23,000 hotels in 3,300 cities
of 114 countries. |
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| Expects more flights
of Pluna |
| Pluna
plans to increase its frequencies
to Buenos Aires, at a rate of
one flight per hour, and to operate
new destinations in the region,
such as Rosario, Cordoba and Brasilia.
The activities of Pluna will be
extended once the association
with Leadgate Investment –a
consortium of German, Argentinean
and American companies -, is fulfilled
in less than two months. |
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| TAM receives international
certification in security |
| TAM received
the IATA Operational Safety Audit
certification, the most complete
and internationally accepted in
operational security. The IOSA
Program is internationally well-known
as the world registry for operational
security management. |
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| Presented a website
devoted to the promotion of wine
and tourism |
| ProChile sponsors
the website www.turisvino.com
which promotes tourism related
to Chilean vineyards. Turisvino.com
is a wine tourism guide freely
available on the Internet. It
has been created for those consumers
who are eager to enjoy the tourist
offer of Chilean vineyards. It
includes information from more
than 70 Chilean vineyards and
14 restaurants related to wine;
besides tours, restaurants, hotels,
wine routes and information about
each of these places. |
| Aerosur will start
operations from Santa Cruz to
Santiago |
| The President
of Aerosur confirmed that the
documents needed to start flying
three times per week between Santa
Cruz and Santiago will be processed
this week in the Aeronautic Direction
of Chile. Aerosur will operate
the route with two Boeing 737-200. |
| New frequency
of Swiss between Chile and Europe |
| From July 13th,
Swiss International Airlines will
start to fly on a daily basis
to Switzerland, thus consolidating
the presence of the Lufthansa
Group in the region. |
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Visa for American citizens will
be in force from March |
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LAB
and AeroSur will not be able to
operate with charter flights |
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The Chancellor’s Office
of Bolivia stated that the new
decree demanding visa to American
citizens who want to visit Bolivia
as tourists will be in force from
March. The regulation will be
in force once the preparation
of the regulation is finished
and the Migration officials are
trained. |
Beginning from
March 1st, LAB and AeroSur will
not be able to operate with aircrafts
and crew hired from other companies
since the government suspended
those flights considered as charter
or special. Both companies announced
that they will rent aircrafts
to incorporate them in their fleets,
thus counteracting the measure
to continue their operation in
international routes. |
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| Royal Nepal Airlines
apologized for having used the
image of Machu Picchu |
| Royal Nepal Airlines
apologized for having used the
image of Machu Picchu in a poster
to promote their country. They
also stated that so regrettably
error has already been corrected
and was limited only to its office
in New Delhi, India. This was
informed by the Peruvian Ministry
of Foreign Relations. |
| Promotional Fans
of the North of the Country Delivered
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| Aerocondor gives
fans to travelers in its recently
inaugurated frequencies to Tumbes,
Piura and Talara. The promotional
items include information about
the tourist and gastronomic attractions
of the northern region of the
country. |
| Airport of Tumbes
will have international category
in 2008 |
| Aeropuertos del
Peru informed that it will initially
invest US$ 1.6 million between
2007 and 2008 to modernize the
facilities of the Capitan FAP
Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport.
This is aimed at satisfying the
demands of the growing international
commerce and allowing a higher
flow of tourists in the Airport. |
| Indian group interested
in building hotel in Cusco |
| The Indian group
Tata, one of the most powerful
business groups in India, is interested
in joining the Peruvian hotel
sector, either through a direct
investment or through a joint
venture. They plan to build a
hotel in Cusco, the president
of the Peru-India Chamber of Commerce
informed. |
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| VIP room inaugurated
in airport |
| A new VIP room
for passengers arriving to Quito
was inaugurated in the Mariscal
Sucre International Airport. The
room was enlarged in 40% and has
a capacity for 120 people. It
is expected that it will receive
around 5,500 people per month.
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| Organizes fair
to attract congress and convention
tourism |
| In order to promote
El Salvador as a tourist destination
in the category of congresses
and conventions, the Mexican company
Global Incentive and Meeting Management
and the Salvadorian Ministry of
Tourism are organizing the first
Central American Showcase and
Travel Expo El Salvador 2007,
to be held in October. The fair
is considered as the “starting
signal” to “really
take a stand as the capital of
congresses and conventions in
Central America”. |
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Airport for Copan |
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Lafise
group will build hotel |
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The president of Honduras, Manuel
Zelaya, announced that a new place
was chosen to build the airport
accessing the Copan Ruins’
archeological Mayan park. The
president announced that the airport
will be built in the area of the
Council of Concepcion and that
will have a landing strip of up
to 1.8 kilometers. |
The Nicaraguan
group Lafise will invest US$ 20
million to build a corporate center
in the capital of Honduras, which
will include a five-star hotel.
The work will be ready within
16 months. It will have two twin
buildings of 17 floors and four
basements and will include, among
other facilities, a five-star
hotel. |
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| Forum on tourism
prepared |
| On January 26th,
the 2nd Municipal Forum on Tourism
will be carried out in Playa Del
Carmen. This forum will discuss
the future of the sector as an
alternative for development in
the Mayan Riviera and the perspective
of this industry for the region.
The objective is to know the results
that Cancun and the Mayan Riviera
are having as destinations, as
well as to discuss the development
of the Mayan Coast. It will also
deal with the future development
of these places with regards to
the worldwide tourist competition. |
| Satena is authorized
to fly to Aruba |
| The Aeronautics
Department of Aruba authorized
the Colombian airline Satena to
initiate operations to the island
with charter flights starting
next Saturday. With the arrival
of the new aircraft Embraer E
170 LR this market of the Caribbean
will be attended. It is expected
to attend between 50 and 76 passengers
from Bogotá to Aruba per
week. |
| Sol Melia opens
its second ME by Melia in Cancun
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| Sol Melia opened
its second hotel of the brand
ME by Melia, after inaugurating
in Madrid its first hotel, which
revealed the new hotel concept
that would have resulted from
its strategic alliance with Hard
Rock, annulled in August. The
ME Cancun, formerly known as Melia
Turquesa, is considered as the
first vacation hotel of the new
brand. |
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| Cubana de Aviacion
incorporates new aircrafts |
| Cubana de Aviacion
will increase its fleet. The airline
will add IL96-300 aircrafts to
extend its services and thus consolidate
as the main transportation company
for the growing flow of foreign
tourists to the island. |
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CHILE
Robinson Crusoe Island |
In
1574, the Spanish sailor Juan
Fernandez discovered the archipelago
that carries his name, conformed
by Robinson Crusoe, Santa Clara
and Marinero Alejandro Selkirk
islands.
The history has left his footsteps
on these lands; the archipelago
has been a passing place of explorers
and adventurers, hiding place
of pirates and their treasures
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