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0.74 - Argentina 3.10 - Bolivia
7.87 - Brasil 1.93 - Chile 525.70
- Colombia 1,700 - México
10.56 Paraguay 5,025 - Perú
3.16 - Uruguay 23.25 Venezuela
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| MICE Argentina
will be held in November |
| The Organizing
Committee of MICE Argentina confirmed
that upon suggestion of exhibitors,
the event will be held on November
7th and 8th. The 2nd International
Exhibition of Motivational Resources,
Corporate and Incentive Travels
will have the Costa Salguero Center
as venue. |
| Philharmonic Orchestra
of Buenos Aires starts winter
season |
| The season of
five extraordinary concerts, which
will be performed at the San Martin
Theater in June and July, presents
an innovative program, with theme
concerts and little known works
of well-known composers. |
| Flights to Ushuaia
increased starting from July |
| In mid July, the
number of flights arriving to
Ushuaia will increase. In this
sense, a conjoint operation between
the Ushuaia Development Agency
and Aerolineas Argentinas will
be carried out. |
| Hilton Hotel will
be remodeled |
| The Hilton Buenos
Aires hotel announced an investment
of US$ 7 million in the remodeling
of its 417 rooms. Most of the
investment will be aimed at the
renewal of its executive floors
and luxury rooms. |
| Llao Llao Hotel
& Resort Golf – Spa
was awarded “Most Luxury
Hotel of South America”
prize |
| Llao Llao Hotel
& Resort Golf – Spa
received the 2006 prize for being
the “Most Luxury Hotel of
South America” according
to the Trip Advisor travelers.
This election was done based on
opinions and reports on experiences
in hotels that travelers share
on Trip Advisor’s web, www.tripadvisor.com |
| Ten Rivers &
Ten Lakes add a new hotel |
| A new hotel was
added to the Boutique and Lodges,
Ten Rivers & Ten Lakes hotel
chain. Gurda Tango & Winery
Hotel, in San Telmo, has seven
rooms which themes are: Tango,
San Telmo, Riding, Jorge Luis
Borges, Patagonia, Malbec and
a room which evokes the South.
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| New frequencies
of Pluna to Madrid |
| Soon, Pluna will
operate four weekly round trip
frequencies to Madrid. Only one
of the weekly frequencies will
have a stopover in Rio de Janeiro.
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| TAM will unite
Miami and Rio |
| TAM will carry
out direct flights between Rio
de Janeiro and Miami. Although
there is not a defined date for
the beginning of flights, they
are planned to start on the second
half of this year. |
| GOL will have
a Boeing 767-300ER for long flights |
| EuroAtlantic airways
and GOL entered into an agreement
so that this latter may use a
Boeing 767-300ER for long distance
flights. |
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| LAN started direct
operations to New York and Los
Angeles |
| LAN started to
operate directly from Santiago
to New York and Los Angeles. It
will offer three non stop flights
per week between Santiago and
New York, which will be added
to the six frequencies on the
route Santiago-Lima-New York.
In the case of Los Angeles, LAN
will operate five weekly direct
flights from Santiago, which will
be added to the two that will
operate the route Santiago-Lima-Los
Angeles. LAN will operate direct
to New York on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Sundays and, in the case of
Los Angeles, non stop flights
will depart from Santiago on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. |
| Sky Airline entered
into an agreement with Avianca
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| Avianca and Sky
Airline entered into a commercial
agreement which allows passengers
to arrive to more destinations
in Chile and Colombia. |
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| A 100% salt-made
golf course |
| The first and
unique 100% salt-made golf course
in the world is being built at
3693 meters above sea level, in
the surroundings of the famous
Palacio de Sal, chosen among the
most unusual of the world, at
the shores of the Uyuni Salt Flat,
and catalogued by the Rough Rides
magazine as the first tourist
marvel of the world. |
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| BIT Peru 2007
– Luxury Collection &
Incentives |
| The objective
of this edition of BITPeru -
7th. LatinAmerican Travel Trade
Mart - is to facilitate commercial
trade between Peruvian and Iberoamerican
wholesalers and national and
international buyers so as to
encourage the tourism growth
in the region. This Latin American
Travel Trade Mart also intends
to encourage sharing experiences,
products and services by means
of seminars on destinations
that will help generate greater
sales. This will be the first
South American event oriented
to promte luxury and incentives
travels. BIT Peru 2007 will
be held at the JW Marriott Hotel
Lima on September 17th and 18th.
www.bitperu.com |
| New Brasil-Peru
tourist route |
| The Brasilian
company Rio Branco Aereo Taxi
will start a new flight route,
with which the state of Acre,
in Brasil, will be united with
the region of Puerto Maldonado,
in Peru. There will be two weekly
flights (Monday and Friday).
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| Tourism tax will
be charged |
| The Government
approved the collection of a tourism
tax, which will be paid by foreigners
who enter to the country by air
in regular flights, in accordance
with the new Tourism Law. The
law establishes the payment of
US$ 5, or its equivalent in Colombian
pesos, which will be paid by foreigners
during the remaining of 2007 and
during all 2008. This rate will
have to be included in the air
tickets corresponding to regular
flights to Colombia. |
| “The Yellow
Train” starts the 'Route
of Macondo' |
| The arrival of
the ‘Yellow Train ' with
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, as one
of its passengers, to Aracataca,
his native town, in the north
of Colombia, marked the beginning
of the tourist project the 'route
of Macondo'. The dream of uniting
Santa Maria and the localities
on the road to Aracataca again,
along less than 70 kilometers,
aims at converting the route in
a tourist corridor. |
| Avianca will buy
up to 70 Airbus aircrafts |
| Avianca commissioned
up to 70 Airbus aircrafts. The
airline made a standing order
for 38 aircrafts, including 33
A319/A320 aircrafts, and options
for other 32 aircrafts. |
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| DoubleTree grows
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| Hilton Hotels
Corporation entered into a management
agreement with Enjoy Group and
Caribbean Property, owners of
the hotels Fiesta Premier in Papagayo
Gulf and Fiesta Resort in Puntarenas.
The agreement will be effective
starting from December 2007, when
Hilton starts to operate such
properties as the first Hilton
and Doubletree Resorts in Costa
Rica. |
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| Hotel where French
builders of the Channel stayed
is being restored |
| The hotel where
the French builders who started
the construction of the Channel
of Panama stayed will be rebuilt
and restored by the Spanish Group
AB Hoteles of Barcelona. The old
complex of the Central Hotel,
located in the historical neighborhood
of San Felipe, in the old part
of the Capital, will be transformed
into a 140 room hotel, which will
have a social area, convention
center and Spa. |
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| Nine congress
palaces will be built in the next
two years |
| In the next two
years, the construction and implementation
of at least nine projects for
exhibition and convention centers
will be carried out in the inner
country interior, which will contribute
to consolidate and diversify its
tourist offer in this area. |
| Virtual trips
of the archeological zone of Teotihuacan
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| The Archeological
Zone of Teotihuacan, in Mexico,
may be visited in a virtual manner,
through a web site that allows
seeing its different monuments
in 3D, including even those which
are restricted, for conservation
reasons. www.arsvirtual.com |
| Marriott International
opens new hotel in Tijuana |
| Marriott International
added a 209 room hotel in Tijuana,
Mexico, to its portfolio. This
hotel, which currently operates
under the Hoteles Emporio brand
of the Diaz Group, was recently
submitted to a rigorous process
of renewal and has been named
as Tijuana Marriott Hotel. |
| Hotel boutique
with history in Puebla |
| A water purifying
factory dating from 1884 has become
a luxury hotel boutique, which
offers a new option for the visitors
in the city of Puebla. The place
is named La Purificadora and belongs
to Habita group. |
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| Cap Cana will
be the venue for PGA Champions
Tour 2008 |
| PGA Champions
Tour and Cap Cana announced that
the golf course Punta Espada,
belonging to the firm and design
of Jack Nicklaus, in Cap Cana,
Dominican Republic, will be the
venue for the next golf tournament
"Champions Tour”, in
the spring of 2008. |
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| Nature Tourism
International Forum |
| The city of Baracoa,
in the eastern province of Guantanamo,
will be the venue for the 6th
Nature Tourism Meeting (TURNAT-2007).
Tour agents, travel agents and
entities specialized in this modality
use this meeting for exchanging
of experiences about this important
leisure product. |
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CHILE Chilean-Patagonia |
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Chilean-Patagonia
is located at the southernmost
tip of the South American continent.
Unpredictable weather conditions
are always present which in fact
means that everyday of tour is
going to be such an adventure.
The last peninsula is on the way
of Cape Horn and the Antartic
Continent in front of the big
Island of Fireland.
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