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0.75 - Argentina 3.09 - Bolivia
7.87 - Brasil 1.94 - Chile 527.85
- Colombia 1,720 - México
10.71 - Paraguay 5,050 - Perú
3.16 - Uruguay 23.15 - Venezuela
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| Aerolineas’
frequencies increased |
Starting September
1st, Aerolineas Argentinas will
have 12 weekly frequencies to
Miami and 5 flights to Miami via
Sao Paulo.
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| Aerolineas entered
into an agreement with Air New
Zealand |
| Aerolineas Argentinas
entered into a commercial agreement
with Air New Zealand, which will
allow the strengthening of its
presence in Oceania through local
connections with direct flights
from South America. Routes which
will be accessible are: Wellington,
Hamilton, Gisborne, Wanganui,
Tauranga, Whakatane, Taupo, New
Plymouth, Whangarei, Kerikeri,
Napier, Nelson, Kaitaia, Rototua,
Palmerston, Bleinheim, Christchurch,
Dunedin and Queenstown, in New
Zealand. Melbourne, Brisbane,
Adelaine, Cairos and Perth, in
Australia; and Hong Kong, Shangri
and Osaka in Asia. |
| LAN increases
flights to USA |
| Since June 1st,
LAN Airlines operates three weekly
non stop flights between Santiago
de Chile and New York with immediate
connection for those passengers
who begin their journey in Buenos
Aires. This operation is added
to the 6 weekly frequencies operated
by the company, Buenos Aires-Lima-New
York, offering a total of 9 weekly
frequencies. |
| Park Hyatt Mendoza
is among the hotels with the best
service in the world |
| Park Hyatt Mendoza
has been recognized as one of
the hotels with the highest ranking
service within Mexico, Central
and South America by the Travel
+ Leisure Magazine in its June
2007 issue: The Best Service in
the World. |
| Hilton Buenos
Aires inaugurates new theme rooms |
| This year and
for the first time, the hotel,
through an agreement entered into
with Mattel, has two rooms: Barbie’s
room dedicated to girls, and another
room dedicated to the world of
Hot Wheels’ car races. The
latter is the first one in the
world, aimed at boys who are car,
speed and adrenaline fans. |
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| United Airlines
stopped operations |
| After 15 years
flying to Uruguay, United Airlines
carried out its last flight on
last Thursday. This measure is
expected to be just temporary,
and that in a near future the
airline will land at the new Carrasco
International Airport. |
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| Embratur launches
campaign in Google |
| Embratur renewed
the campaign sponsored in Google
AdsWords. The campaign, carried
out between March and October
of last year, is aimed at 14 countries
and aims for the users to be redirected
to the Tourism Brazilian Gateway.
www.braziltour.com
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| Varig increases
flights to Buenos Aires |
| Varig will increase
its weekly flights, starting from
June 16th, to Buenos Aires, departing
from Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro,
Curitiba and Porto Alegre, in
order to increase to 49 the number
of weekly departures. |
| TAM offers new
forms of ticket payments |
| TAM implemented
new ways of ticket payments which
offer more flexibility for travelers
when purchasing their tickets.
Some of these are through payment
in bank, in lottery stores, by
means of debit in current account
and financing them by means of
direct credit, besides the traditional
ways of payment. |
| Orient-Express
purchased plots in Buzios |
| Orient-Express
Hotels Ltd. bought a plot of 185,000
m2, in front of the sea, in Azeda,
Buzios, on which it will build
a 40 suites resort boutique, along
with a development of 17 villas.
The company expects that, once
the necessary permits are obtained,
the construction will take 20
months. |
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| Swiss Transatlantic
Corp purchases 51% of LAB |
| With the acquisition
of 50.3% of LAB, Swiss Transatlantic
invests in a critical moment for
the refloating of the company,
after the governmental authorization
for the restarting of its operations.
The amount of the investment sums
up to US$ 80 million for the re-launching
of LAB. |
| LAB will sell
tickets directly |
| While LAB does
not obtain the authorization from
IATA to sell its tickets through
travel agencies, it will be able
to sell them directly in the airport
or in its offices. The Travel
and Tourism Agencies Association
informed that obtaining the IATA’s
permit is a process that will
take some months. |
| Air Comet in an
alliance with Aerosur |
| Air Comet will
have direct flights from Madrid
to Santa Cruz, in a new stage
of its alliance with Aerosur,
the executive of both companies
informed. The president of Aerosur
announced the commercialization
capacities of Aerosur in South
America will be used and that
Aerosur will take advantage from
the capacity of Air Comet in Europe
to directly fly to London, Paris
and Rome. |
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| Machu Picchu favorite
in the final stage of the 7 New
World Wonders contest |
| According to the
second last ranking from the organizers
of the 7 New World Wonders contest,
the citadel of Machu Picchu is
a firm favorite in the final stage
since it is situated among the
ten most voted monuments. |
| Capac Ñan
Route will be promoted in Peru
and Ecuador |
| Capac Ñan
Route, which starts in Cajamarca
and passes by Loja and Cuenca,
will be promoted in Peru and Ecuador
as a part of the actions to strengthen
binational tourism. Besides this
project, the infrastructure of
the roads going from Tumbes to
Guayaquil, from Piura to Loja
and from Jaen to Loja will be
improved. Likewise, there will
be trips by boat on the Puyango
River and tourist cruises on the
Nauta River, which starts in Ecuador
and ends in Iquitos. |
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| Spirit Airlines
request permission |
| Spirit Arilines
requested the Department of
Transport of the United States
the authorization to request
to the Civil Aeronautical Office
authorization to operate. If
the American airline is accepted,
it could consolidate itself
in Colombia, at the end of this
year. The company will open
routes to Lima (June 27); to
San Pedro Sula (July 20) and
Managua (August 2). |
| Antillean Airline
inaugurates flights from Bogota
to Curacao |
| Dutch Antilles
Express, from Dutch Antilles,
inaugurated its flights from
Curazao to Bogota, route which
it will attend twice per week.
The flights were established
by means of a bilateral agreement
and also because they will offer
connections to Aruba, Bonaire
and Saint Martin from Curacao.
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| Avianca and
Mexicana de Aviacion extend
their shared code |
| Avianca and
Mexicana de Aviacion extended
their code sharing agreement,
offering more destinations,
starting from June 1st, within
Mexico and Colombia. Likewise,
among the benefits travelers
from Avianca and Mexicana will
obtain are: less time for connections,
elimination of several check-in
processes and improvement of
the luggage handling. |
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| Continental Airlines
increased flight frequency |
| Continental Airlines
increased its flight frequency
from Houston to Panama City, indicating
that the frequency of the second
flight from Panama to Houston
will register an increase of four
to six days. |
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| US$ 40 million
invested for the construction
of Terminal B in the airport of
Monterrey |
| The Airport Group
of the Central North started the
construction of Terminal B of
the airport of the city of Monterrey,
the second economical center of
Mexico, with an investment of
US$ 40 million. |
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| First Maxim Hotels
will be opened in October |
| Elliott Group,
a Canadian company, announced
its alliance with Dennis Publishing
Inc., owner of the Maxim Lifestyle
brand, for the launching of two
luxury hotels in Dominican Republic:
“Maxim Bungalows”.
The properties, which are aimed
at sophisticated visitors, lovers
of luxury and with high revenues,
will be located in the Cofresi
beach, Puerto Plata, in the northern
Coast, and the Juan Dolio beach,
in the southeastern coast. |
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| AirComet starts
regular flights to Havana |
| Starting from
June 27th, AirComet will start
regular flights to Havana departing
from Madrid. Initially, it will
have three weekly flights - Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, although
the target is to fly daily. |
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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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