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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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| ARGENTINA Six
cruises arrived in Buenos Aires
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| Six cruises arrived
simultaneously in Buenos Aires
with more than 10,000 passengers
coming mainly from the USA, Europe
and Brasil. The Argentinean cruise
season 2006-2007 started last
October 15th and will last until
early April. 54 of the 91 ships
expected for this season have
arrived, and brought more than
105,000 passengers and around
48,000 crew members. |
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| CHILE LAN still
evaluates its participation in
Nueva Varig |
| LAN is still
evaluating the possibility of
participating in the ownership
of Nueva Varig and is not likely
to decide soon, announced the
Finance Vice President of LAN.
LAN granted credit up to US$ 17
million to Nueva Varig which is
convertible into the shares of
Nueva Varig. |
| New flights of
LAN between Santiago and Montevideo |
| Starting from
March 24th, LAN Airlines will
offer two new flights between
Montevideo (Uruguay) and Santiago
de Chile. A flight on Thursdays
and another on Saturdays will
be added to its usual operation.
These flights will use the Airbus
320 aircraft, except on Sundays,
when a Boeing 767/300ER aircraft
is used. |
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| BRASIL Iberostar
inaugurates a golf club in Salvador
de Bahia |
| The Iberostar
Hotels & Resorts chain inaugurated
the Iberostar Praia do Forte Golf
Club, an 18-holes golf field located
at Iberostar Praia do Forte resort,
in Salvador de Bahia. This field
is suitable for golf players of
any level and it offers white
sand dunes and “spectacular”
panoramic views of the Ocean. |
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| Varig expects
to enter into an agreement with
LAN in June |
| LAN may become
a shareholder of Nueva Varig in
June, the president of the Brasilian
airline stated. "The interest
of LAN in Varig is strategic:
flights may be offered from Brasil
to the world through operation
agreements, it would be a great
operation synergy", he also
said. |
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| BOLIVIA LAB reschedules
flights abroad due to lack of
fuel |
| Due to the lack
of fuel, LAB was forced to reschedule
its flights abroad. LAB’s
regional manager assured that
the company will assume all the
corresponding expenditures. |
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| AeroSur aims at
stocking up with fuel in international
airports |
| In order not
to affect the normal compliance
of its itinerary, the airline
has been forced to carry out technical
stopovers in other countries in
order to supply its aircrafts
with fuel. LAB has also done it
before. |
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PERU
Looks for connecting the country
with Australia and China by
air |
| The Minister
of the sector informed that they
are looking for connecting Peru
with new countries in the Pacific,
such as Australia, China and New
Zealand, by air, so that Peru
becomes more attractive as a tourist
destination. |
Promotion
in Canada |
| PromPeru announced
its participation in the Addison
Travel Marketing-Series III to
be held in Toronto, Montreal and
Ottawa. |
| Airport of Huaraz
restarted commercial flights |
| The airport Gerardo
Arias Graziani of Anta-Huaraz
restarted commercial flights between
this city and Lima with the arrival
of the aircraft LC Busre, which
has been awarded the license to
operate the flights to callejón
de Huaylas (Alley of Huaylas).
Flights will be daily in a Metro
Liner III aircraft, with a capacity
for 19 passengers. |
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| ECUADOR Air Comet
carried out its first flight from
Madrid |
| Air Comet operated
its first flight between Madrid
and Ecuador in virtue of the agreement
entered into with the Ministry
of Promotion after Air Madrid’s
closure. The company pointed out
that it will operate three times
per week starting from April 1st. |
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| COLOMBIA Organizes
Tourism Macro Conference in Anato
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| Proexport expects
the attendance of around 400 foreign
and local entrepreneurs. Last
year 140 foreign purchasers had
2,875 meetings and the projections
for this year are 3,200 meetings.
So far, 187 foreign purchasers
and 184 local vendors have been
registered. |
| Decameron inaugurates
second stage of its main beach
hotel |
| Decameron Salinitas
inaugurated the second stage of
its main beach hotel in the country.
With an investment of US$ 7 million,
the new stage of the hotel comprises
the extension of 60 rooms. |
| Avianca offers
a new auto-check in system |
| Avianca implemented
a luggage registration and packaging
system in the auto-check modules
at the Terminal Puente Aereo of
Bogota. Besides checking in, choosing
a seat and accumulating miles,
passengers may obtain their luggage
tickets in the same operation. |
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| CENTRAL AMERICA
Will have US$ 2’600,000
to develop tourism |
| Central American
countries (Belize, Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua and Panama) will have
US$ 2’600,000 to develop
tourism projects. The new website
specialized in Central America
tourism is planned to be launched
in April. |
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| PANAMA Intercontinental
begins construction of the Holiday
Inn Panama Canal |
| The hotel company
IHG announced the beginning of
construction works of the Holiday
Inn Panama Canal. The hotel, with
115 rooms, will be located in
the surroundings of the inter-oceanic
channel. The construction of the
new hotel will be finished in
early 2008. |
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| GUATEMALA Accor
inaugurated hotel |
| Accor Hotels
committed itself with Guatemala,
since its first hotel was opened
in a very active area of the capital.
The manager of the Hotel Mercure
Casa Veranda explained that the
intention of the group is that
the country becomes the “spearhead”
and a strategic operation center
for the subsequent development
towards the rest of countries
in the region. |
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| COSTA RICA First
Choice Airways inaugurates direct
flight from London in May |
| The British airline
First Choice Airways will inaugurate
in May a direct flight between
the Gatwick airport in London
and the Daniel Oduber in the Northern
Pacific of Costa Rica. The airline
will offer the service during
vacation season in England, which
finishes in October. |
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| MEXICO Quintana
Roo is ready to receive tourists
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| With the complete
reconstruction of the destinations
in the north of Quintana Roo -among
them Cancun and the Mayan Riviera-,
the Mexican Caribbean is ready
to receive around 10 million of
visitors in 2007. The state has
an offer of 66,512 hotel rooms
-the most important in the country-,of
which 27 thousand operate in Cancun
and more than 30 thousand in the
Mayan Riviera. |
| Occidental will
invest US$ 600 million |
| The Occidental
Hotels and Resorts chain plans
to begin new projects in 2008.
Besides its foray in the Pacific,
the chain has an investment plan
of about US$ 500 to US$ 600 millions.
The project includes the construction
of two new hostage centers of
the Royal Hideaway brand, one
in the Mayan Riviera and the other
in Los Cabos, besides the remodelling
of the hotel that operates in
Cancun. |
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| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Increased tourist tax |
| The Ministry
of Tourism announced a millionaire
investment in tourist infrastructure
works. For this reason, the tax
charged to passengers arriving
in the country in regular and
charter flights was increased
from US$ 5 to US$ 8. The increase
will be in force starting from
May in order not to modify the
cost of tourist packages that
have been sold for this season. |
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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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