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1.29 - Argentina 3.10 - Bolivia
7.91- Brasil 2.09 - Chile 546.43
- Colombia 2,100 - México
10.83 - Paraguay 5,150 - Perú
3.19- Uruguay 23.60 - Venezuela
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| Buenos Aires will
be the venue of the 1st Latin
American Congress of Hotel and
Tourism Industry |
| The 1st Latin
American Congress of Hotel and
Tourism Industry will be held
in Buenos Aires from August
15th to 17th. The conferences
will deal with several topics
related to the relevance of
the hotel and tourism industry
nowadays, and the expectations
of the hotel sector in Argentina
and other countries in Latin
America. |
| Toll free number
for tourist assistance |
| The Sub Secretariat
of Tourism of the Government Office
of Buenos Aires launched a toll
free number for assistance to
local and foreign tourists. The
number will be 0800-999-2838 (BUETUR).
The hotline provides assistance
in Spanish, English, Portuguese,
Italian and French and it is aimed
at attending reports of abuse
in commerce, robberies, crimes,
thefts, losses and non-fulfillment
of contracted services in the
city. Calls can be made everyday
from 9 hrs to 20 hrs from a land
line or a public telephone. |
| LAN flies to Salta |
| Starting from
March 26th, LAN Argentina will
start to operate the route Buenos
Aires-Salta with a daily flight.
The airline announced the inclusion
of a new Airbus A320 aircraft
to its fleet. |
| Panoramic Hotel
inaugurated in Iguazu |
| After concluding
remodeling works, the Panoramic
Hotel will be inaugurated on February
15th. The owners of the hotel,
the Iguazu Grand Hotel Group (IGH),
declared that the investment was
over US$ 9 million. The five-star
hotel has 91 rooms. |
| Wine Spectator
Rarities Dinner at Park Hyatt |
| On February 20th,
Duhau Restaurant & Vinoteca
of Park Hyatt will carry out the
first “Wine Spectator Rarities
Dinner” of the “Masters
of Food and Wine South America”,
the most important gourmet event
in Buenos Aires. This event will
have a great variety of food,
and participants will have the
chance to taste as well as to
learn about wines. Well-known
international chefs will participate
in this event. |
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| Applies to New
7 Wonders of Modern World Contest |
| Rio de Janeiro
officially presented the statue
of Christ The Redeemer as a candidate
to one of the New 7 Wonders of
Modern World contest. The president
of the organizing foundation,
created for this election, gave
a campaign plaque to Rio de Janeiro’s
governor. |
| Sofitel Carnivals |
| Sofitel San Pablo,
Sofitel Costa do Sauipe and Sofitel
Suítes Costa do Sauipe
provide original offers to enjoy
and live the Brasilian Carnival
2007 in February. Sofitel San
Pablo, together with the well-known
samba school Mocidade Alegre,
provides its guests with unforgettable
nights of fun. Meanwhile, Sofitel
Costa do Sauipe and Sofitel Suites
Costa do Sauipe hotels introduce
special activities for those families
who want to enjoy the Brasilian
Carnival 2007. |
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| LAN will have
new flights from Santiago to Montevideo |
| Starting from
March 24th, LAN Airlines will
add two new flights between Montevideo
and Santiago de Chile. Besides
its regular operation, the airline
adds a flight on Thursdays and
another on Saturdays, which will
be operated with Airbus 320 aircrafts,
except on Sundays, where a modern
Boeing 767/300ER aircraft will
be used. |
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| Archeological
ruins of Iscanwaya restored |
| The archeological
site of Iscanwaya, 325 kilometers
away from La Paz, in the province
of Muñecas, is being restored
to show a pre-Inca citadel of
the Mollo culture to the world.
The director of Cultural Preservation
and Heritage of the Prefecture
of La Paz declared that during
the first stage of the work the
site will be cleaned up and weed
will be taken away. |
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Representatives
of the New 7 Wonders Foundation
will give application certificate
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| Representatives
of the New 7 Wonders Foundation
will give Peruvian authorities
the application certificate of
the Inca citadel Machu Picchu
for the contest The New 7 Wonders
of Modern World at a visit scheduled
between February 15th and 23rd.
The visitors plan to travel to
Cusco in order to take pictures
and film the Inca citadel from
an aerostatic globe. |
Readers
of Colombian newspaper El Tiempo
consider Inca citadel as their
favorite candidate |
| Machu Picchu was
the most voted candidacy according
to the Colombian newspaper El
Tiempo. Of the 75,123 votes received,
7,936 (10.56%) were for Macchu
Picchu, which is followed by the
Great Wall of China, with 7,803
votes (10.39%), the Pyramids of
Giza (Egypt), with 7,192 votes
(9.57%) and the Taj Mahal (India)
with 7,029 votos (9.36%). |
| Air Comet started
to operate a new aircraft |
| Last Thursday,
the Airbus A340 300 aircraft arrived
from Madrid, in its inaugural
flight to Lima. This aircraft
which is the largest of the airline’s
fleet, is already painted with
the new colors and has the logo
of the company. The aircraft has
a capacity for 215 passengers
in tourist class and 40 in A Class
– the new business class
of Air Comet – which has
fully reclining seats. |
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| Icaro will include
price of tax in tickets |
| Icaro decided
to include the price of the domestic
departure tax and the airport
security fee in the cost of the
ticket in order to avoid any inconvenience
to clients, declared the National
Head of Airports of the airline. |
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Hotusa inaugurates its first hotel
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Inac
cancels Aeropostal flights to
Barcelona |
| Hotusa inaugurated
the Samanna de Margarita in Venezuela,
a hotel with 14 standard rooms,
two junior suites, eight large
rooms “Garden Level”
and a ”Paradise Suite”
with three luxury rooms. The hotel
has three conference halls for
events, with an area between 100
and 225 mt2. |
The National
Institute of Civil Aeronautics
cancelled Aeropostal flights to
Barcelona, due to frequent complaints
from users. This route will be
assigned to other airlines in
order not to affect the continuity
of the provided services. |
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| Copa Airlines
entered to Skyteam air alliance |
| Copa Airlines
has been included in the international
air alliance Skyteam, headed by
Air France and Delta. Air Europa
and Kenya Airways were also included
in the alliance, which reaches
25 new destinations. |
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| More Iberia flights
to San Jose |
| Starting from
June, travelers will have daily
direct flights to Costa Rica via
Madrid-San Jose and viceversa
without stopovers in any Central
American country. |
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| 32nd Tourist Street
Market from March 25th to 28th |
| Around 1,500
companies will attend the 32nd
Tourist Street Market, which will
be held in Acapulco from March
25th to 28th. The event is one
of the most important events in
the Mexican tourism industry,
similar to Fitur in Spain. |
| Mexicana de Aviacion
receives Best Business Class Award |
| Mexicana de Aviacion
received for the second time the
Best Business Class award in Mexico
and Latin America by World Travel
Awards. Likewise, it was chosen
as the best airline in the region
during 2006, “due to the
exceptional quality, comfort and
attention of its services”,
the company highlighted. |
| Melia Cabo San
Lucas re-launched as "ME
Cabo" |
| Sol Melia Hotels
& Resorts and its Mexican
partners from the Questro Group
re-launched the Melia Cabo San
Lucas hotel as the new ME Cabo,
converting it into the third property
of the new portfolio of the new
and dynamic ME brand by Melia.
This will be the second hotel
of ME by Melia in Mexico, whose
exciting concept of an ideal hotel
is based on the creation of unique
experiences for their guests and
visitors. |
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| Taca with direct
flights to Havana |
| Since February
2nd, Taca started to fly without
stopovers between San Jose de
Costa Rica and the Cuban capital.
These flights will replace those
provided by Taca to El Salvador
and will be carried out through
an A-320 aircraft on Wednesdays,
Fridays and Sundays from San Jose
de Costa Rica airport. |
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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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