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0.75 - Argentina 3.12 - Bolivia
7.89- Brasil 2.09 - Chile 536.02
- Colombia 2,050 - México
10.95 Paraguay 5,030 - Perú
3.18 - Uruguay 23.65 - Venezuela
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| TAM will unite
Cordoba and Sao Paulo |
| Starting from
March 29th, daily flights will
unite Cordoba and Sao Paulo.,
The initial flights will use Fokker
100 aircrafts, with a capacity
for 108 passengers. The flights
will have a stopover at the airport
of Ciudad del Este, in Paraguay
to comply with bilateral norms. |
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Alliance between airlines |
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LAN
adds a new daily flight to
Mendoza |
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Aerolineas Argentinas and Avianca
entered into a complementation
agreement. Among other benefits,
the agreement will allow passengers
arriving at any of the three
weekly flights of Aerolineas
Argentinas to Bogota to gain
access to combinations operated
by Avianca. |
LAN Argentina
added a new frequency between
the Metropolitan Airpark and
the city of Mendoza. This incorporation
will allow to cover the growing
demand. |
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| Remodeling works
at Guarani Hotel in progress |
| The final stage
of the remodeling of Guarani Hotel,
the tourist icon of Asuncion,
has started. Works may finish
in December. |
| A cruise to enjoy
the country |
| The Paraguay Cruise
offers river trips at least once
a month. With a first-class service,
these trips allow passengers to
enjoy nature and good gastronomy
in an amazing environment. Passengers
have the option to carry out activities
from dawn as well as to enjoy
live shows and entertainment for
the whole family all day long.
A great option to get to know
the country. |
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| Motels in Rio
will be modified for Pan-American
Games |
| Rio de Janeiro’s
motels could provide accommodation
for tourists during the Pan-American
Games which will be celebrated
from March 13th to March 26th
in this city. The hotel network
of Rio has 54% of its capacity
already booked, therefore “adapting
motels” is being analyzed
in order to receive tourists. |
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| Aerolineas del
Sur and Aerolineas Argentinas
will start code-sharing |
| Starting from
May 1st, Aerolineas del Sur and
Aerolineas Argentinas will start
code-sharing for the Buenos Aires
- Santiago de Chile - Buenos Aires
route. The goal of this agreement
is to increase such route to six
daily frequencies and to nine
daily frequencies in the near
future. |
| Air Comet started
flights from Madrid to Santiago
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| Air Comet started
flights from Madrid to Santiago
after the General Direction of
Civil Aeronautics of Chile granted
the Technical Operational Authorization
to the airline. |
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| Machu Picchu consolidates
among the most voted attractions
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| Machu Picchu
consolidates as one of the most
voted seven monuments in the 7
New Wonders of the World contest,
the promoter of the campaign declared.
According to the last ranking
results, out of the 21 finalists
the Inca citadel is among the
seven firsts attractions |
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Avianca and
Air China entered into an agreement
to make air connections |
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Avianca
offers direct flights to Chile |
| Avianca
and Air China entered into an
agreement to make air connections
between China and South America.
The goal is to serve the increasing
demand of tourists from the Asian
country who travel abroad. |
Avianca offers
four frequencies of direct weekly
flights for the Bogota-Santiago
de Chile-Bogota route. This way,
the airline provides a unique
product which unites Colombia’s
capital city and Spain’s
capital city. |
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| Copa Airlines
modernizes its call center |
| Copa Airlines
extended and substantially modernized
its call center. The 0-800-826-7200
hotline now works 24 hours, 365
days per year, and calls are free
from anywhere in Venezuela. |
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| Importance of
agreement between Taca and Livingston
remarked |
| The Minister
of Tourism remarked the importance
of the recent agreement entered
into by Taca and Livingstone for
the development of the sector.
The agreement will be effective
on May 20th with a weekly flight
between Milan and San Salvador. |
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| Holiday Inn will
open another hotel |
| With an investment
of US$ 17 millions, InterContinental
will build the first Holiday Inn
Express hotel, which will be inaugurated
in June 2008. The 14-story hotel
will have 104 rooms. |
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| Air Dominicana
will add a wide body aircraft
in October 2008 |
| After announcing
that Air Dominicana will start
to operate in April 2008, the
Secretary of Tourism declared
that in October of the same year
the company will also add a wide
body 767 aircraft. The airline
is expected to start operations
with a 737-800 aircraft, and in
June, it will add another aircraft
of the same type. Both aircrafts
will be brand new, ready for leasing
or renting. |
| Bahia Principe
acquires Club Santa Ana Beach |
| The hotel chain
Bahia Principe acquired the antique
Club Santa Ana Beach hotel, located
in La Romana. The facility will
be marketed starting from November
1st of this year as Gran Bahia
Principe La Romana. It will have
288 junior suites and 400 superior
standard rooms. With this new
acquisition, the group adds up
10 hotels in this country. |
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| Government will
call for tenders to construct
the airport of the Mayan Riviera |
| The Mexican government
will call for tenders to construct
and operate a second airport in
the Mayan Riviera, in the coast
of the Caribbean, the deputy secretary
of Transportations declared. The
airport would be located in the
Caribbean resort of Playa del
Carmen, at the south of Cancun.
The call for tenders is expected
to be performed this year. |
| Tourists will
not be able to stay at the top
of Teotihuacan anymore |
| In order to prevent
the deterioration of the pyramid
of Teotihuacan, Mexican authorities
will not allow visitors to stay
for a long time at the top of
the building. The director of
the archeological zone pointed
out that there will be a walking
area on the top which will prevent
people from staying for a long
time, as it will speed up their
visit. With this system, people
coming behind will put pressure
on those who are already on the
top. |
| Mexicana will
inaugurate flights between Culiacan
and Los Angeles in April |
| Mexicana de Aviacion
announced the inauguration of
a flight between Culiacan (Sinaloa)
and Los Angeles (California).
The new operations will be carried
out on Mondays and Fridays starting
form April. |
| Intercontinental
will open six hotels |
| In the next 10
months, InterContinental Hotels
Group plans to implement six new
hotels in Mexico under a franchise,
which will imply an investment
from third parties of approximately
US$65 millions. The Senior Vice-President
and General Director of IHG stated
that the hotels will be one Holiday
Inn in Agua Prieta, Tuxpan and
Puebla, two Holiday Inn Express
in Santa Catarina Monterrey and
Pachuca, and one Presidente InterContinental
in Puebla. |
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VENE
ZUELA Los Roques |
| Los
Roques is
an archipelago of Venezuela, located
in the Caribbean, at 168 Km (100
miles) north of La Guaira, Caracas´
port. For its beauty and ecological
importance it was declared national
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