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0.77 - Argentina 3.12 - Bolivia
7.91- Brasil 2.08 - Chile 547.07
- Colombia 2,100 - México
10.72 - Paraguay 5,150 - Perú
3.19- Uruguay 23.60 - Venezuela
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| Sol Lineas Aereas
obtains authorization to operate
Shuttle Service |
| Sol Lineas
Aereas began its activities
last August, flying to Buenos
Aires and Cordoba, from Rosario,
and to Buenos Aires from Santa
Fe and Rafaela. Subsequently,
it started to fly from Buenos
Aires to Villa Gessel and, starting
from late December 2006, it
operates the route Cordoba,
Rosario, Punta del Este. |
| Caesar Park Buenos
Aires among the top 500 in the
world |
| The Caesar Park
Buenos Aires, located in the luxurious
neighborhood of Recoleta, was
recently awarded a prize by the
distinguished specialized magazine
Travel + Leisure NY, in its January
2007 issue. The Caesar Park Buenos
Aires has 18 floors and 175 exclusive
rooms. |
| 250 hotels are
being constructed nationwide |
| Currently, 250
hotels are being constructed nationwide,
the Tourism Secretariat stated.
The Secretariat also mentioned
that last year 76 hotels were
inaugurated nationwide. |
| Guided visits
by open air bus in Mar del Plata |
| A new service
of guided visits on board of Mar
del Plata Vision buses allows
tourists and locals to get to
know the city through an open-air
bus service. This service has
recreational and cultural characteristics
as well as specially trained personnel,
such as tourist guides and hostesses,
who provide passengers with a
personal attention in Spanish,
English and Portuguese language.
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| LACTTE 2nd Latin
American Corporate Travel and
Technology Conference |
| The Brasilian
Association of Corporate Travel
Managers, in association with
the NBTA - National Business Travel
Association (EUA), promotes the
LACTTE 2007 – 2nd Latin
American Corporate Travel and
Technology Conference, which will
be held in Sao Paulo from February
5th to 7th, in the Grand Hyatt
Sao Paulo hotel. In its second
edition, the event will have more
training sessions, debates and
a technology workshop.
www.abgev.org.br |
| First hotel of
Iberostar in Copacabana |
| The Iberostar
chain started to operate one of
the most prestigious hotels in
Copacabana: A five-star hotel,
known as the tallest hotel in
this Brasilian city, which will
be renamed as Iberostar Copacabana.
The 37-floor building –
the first one of the chain in
Rio de Janerio and the third one
in Brasil – is overlooking
the beach and has approximately
500 rooms and an spectacular panoramic
view of the ocean. Iberostar obtained
the franchise of this hotel (managed
by Starwood until now) for 10
years.www.iberostar.com
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| Air Comet may
start to operate the route Santiago-Madrid
in March |
| Air Comet may
start to operate the route Santiago-Madrid
that Air Madrid left in December.
It is expected that the airline
will start to operate in the country
in March 15 with three frequencies
between Santiago and Madrid. |
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Lan starts operations to La Paz
and Santa Cruz |
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Floating
hotel made of totora reed will
be built |
| Lan informed
that starting from April 4th,
two new international routes will
be added: La Paz and Santa Cruz.
The flights will operate on a
daily basis with direct flights
and without stopovers. |
A project was
started to build a floating hotel
made of totora reed , which will
sail in the open sea. This project
was designed during three years
and its construction will be started
in August. The hotel has 28 rooms,
a restaurant for 180 people and
will have solar panels, video
rooms and other areas. |
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| Machu Picchu favorite
to be one of the New 7 Wonders
of the World |
| Machu Picchu
consolidated itself as one of
the favorite monuments in The
New 7 Wonders of the World Contest,
according to the last vote report
issued yesterday by the organizers.
The list of the seven best positions
indicates that the Inca ruins
are in the third place. These
partial results can be seen in
the website until February 6th.
The next issue will be presented
on March 7th. The final results
will be known on July 7th this
year. www.new7wonders.com |
| Traffic through
the Carrilluchayoc bridge will
be authorized in late February
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| Traffic through
the Carrilluchayoc bridge, in
the buffer zone of the Archeological
Park of Machu Picchu, will be
authorized in late February, the
mayor of the province of La Convencion
announced. |
| Foreign tourists
will be advised against thefts |
| Iperu, LAP and
the Direction of Airport Security
(DIRSAER) will carry out the “Information
Campaign on Tourist Security”.
Iperu will bring out a video with
security recommendations and useful
data for foreign tourists. The
video, which will be disseminated
in international arrival flights,
will be in English and Spanish.
Likewise, a booklet with useful
data will be prepared and distributed
among foreign tourists as soon
as they arrive in the country. |
| South Tourist
Circuit development will be promoted |
| This year, the
Regional Direction of Foreign
Commerce and Tourism of Lambayeque
will promote the south tourist
circuit, which will be added to
the currently promoted archeological
and ecological routes. The circuit
will be integrated to the existing
tourist sites in Huaca Rajada
(Sipan), Zaña, Ucupe, Mocupe
(Lagunas) and Cherrepe. |
| Taca will fly
to Santo Domingo |
| Starting from
April 15th, Taca will fly six
times per week to Santo Domingo. |
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| Avianca extended
shared code with Delta |
| Avianca extended
its shared code agreement with
Delta Air Lines. Thus, starting
from February 1st, travelers coming
from any city attended by Avianca
will be able to connect from Atlanta,
Fort Lauderdale and Miami –through
Delta Air Lines- to five new routes
in shared code: Atlanta-New York,
Miami-Atlanta, Miami-New York,
Fort Lauderdale-Atlanta and Fort
Lauderdale-New York. |
| Decameron 2nd
stage will be open |
| Hotel & Resort
Decameron Salinitas is committed
to the domestic and international
tourism. Last week, the second
phase of the greatest beach hotel
in the Salvadorean coast was inaugurated.
With an investment of over US$
7 million, the new stage implied
the enlargement of 60 rooms which
operate from last December, and
the construction of a four floor
building and a six floor building,
which sum up 120 rooms. In the
beginning, they will work as rooms
but in the future they may be
rented to guests as apartments. |
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| Started flights
to Miami with Venezuelan crew
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| Santa Barbara
Airlines started to fly to Miami
with a total control of its operations,
by using the Venezuelan flag,
crew and registration, after the
American Aeronautic authorities
elevated the country to Category
1 last April. The frequency of
this flight will be daily and
will use a 757 ER aircraft. |
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Tourists from Trinidad and Tobago
will arrive for the Carnival |
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Copa
Airlines entered into an agreement
with Sky Team |
| The sale of tourist
packages for the Panamanian Carnival
is beginning to bear fruits. In
this sense, the Gran Soloy Hotel
confirmed the arrival of the first
group that comes directly from
Trinidad and Tobago, a non traditional
market for Panama. At least 118
tourists will arrive on February
16. |
After six months
of conversations, Copa Airlines
entered into an agreement whereby
the formal process for its inclusion
as associated member of the Sky
Team global alliance will be initiated.
This will allow its passengers
to have access to several benefits. |
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| Grupo Posadas
inaugurated new One Monterrey
Aeropuerto hotel |
| Grupo Posadas
inaugurated its new hotel One
Monterrey Aeropuerto, which has
126 rooms (98 Queen, 27 doubles
and one room for disabled people).
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| City Express will
open four new hotels |
| City Express announced
the opening of four new hotels.
With these hotels, the chain totals
21 hotels in the country. |
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| 9th Festival of
the Havana Cigar |
| The 9th Festival
of the Havana Cigar will be held
from February 26th to March 2nd.
This event will attract experts
and lovers of the aromatic leaf.
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PERU
Luxurious Cusco |
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Imagine
entering a Spanish monastery from
the late XVI century, being welcomed
by a Gregorian chant sung by invisible
monks and one of the members of
the Guest Service team…--with
the enchantment of decor from
“another era”, but with today’s
comforts. All of this is in Cusco,
formerly the capital city of the
Inca Empire. ..READ
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