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0.74 - Argentina 3.10 - Bolivia
7.94 - Brasil 2.02 - Chile 517.83
- Colombia 1,900 - México
10.65 Paraguay 5,020 - Perú
3.16 - Uruguay 23.30 Venezuela
2,150
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| Iguazu
Falls: more attractive than usual
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| The Iguazu Falls
are more attractive than usual
due to an increase in water flow
in the Iguazu River, becoming
an amazing show for tourists.
Likewise, the color of water has
changed due to eroded sediment. |
| Copa will fly
to Cordoba in August |
| Although in principle,
the start of operations of the
Panamanian airlines to Cordoba
was planned for December, there
are several versions that state
the arrival of the airline will
be brought forward on August 16th.
There would be four weekly frequencies
operated with Boeing 737/700 aircrafts. |
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| New
passenger terminal built in Carrasco
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| The International
Airport of Carrasco will build
a modern Passenger Terminal with
an investment of US$ 134 million.
Along with the new Terminal a
platform for aircrafts will be
built in order to embark and disembark
passengers through telescopic
aerobridges that will be directly
connected to the building. |
| American will
increase flights to Montevideo |
| The office of
American Airlines in Buenos Aires
confirmed that, starting from
July, the airline will have daily
flights between Montevideo and
Miami with three weekly direct
operations and four via Buenos
Aires. Likewise, starting in mid-November,
five operations will become non-stop
between Montevideo and Miami,
while the two remaining will be
carried out via Buenos Aires. |
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MITM Latin
America 2007
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| The VIII MITM Latin America,
Meetings and Incentive Trade Market, will
be held in Salvador de Bahia, at Pestana
Bahia hotel, from December 13th to 15th.
MITM Latin America is the first tourism
fair of the incentive and congress sector
in Latin America and, now that LACIME
will not bet held in Sao Paulo anymore,
the MITM will be again the only MICE fair
in Latin America. As it is an exhibition
that promotes the whole region, the MITM
changes venues yearly; although always
in a Latin American country. It has been
held in Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Ecuador
and now Brasil; the venue for 2008 will
be Peru. |
| Orient Express acquired
hotel located inside the National Park
of Iguaçu |
| The Hotel das Cataratas,
located inside the National Park of Iguaçu
and that was operated by Tropical Hotels
& Resorts of Brasil for 49 years,
will be managed by Orient Express for
a 20-year period, as a result of a bidding
process. Orient Express, which already
manages the Copacabana Palace in Brasil
will invest US$ 25 million for the remodeling
of facilities. |
| SuperClubs continues expanding
in Latin America |
| SuperClubs revealed its
plans for its new property in Sergipe,
in the Brasilian northeast. The Starfish
Santa Luzia will be located in the Santa
Luzia Island, with an easy access through
a bridge from the capital of the State,
Aracaju. It will be inaugurated by the
end of this year. |
| TAM will fly to Paris
starting from August |
| Starting from August 9th,
TAM will start weekly flights from Salvador
to Paris. This flight will be an extension
to the previous Sao Paulo - Paris flights. |
| GOL gives priority to
routes of Varig to Europe and Mexico |
| The resumption of operations
to Europe and Mexico will be the priority
of the new controller of Varig, which
discontinued last year a great number
of domestic and international routes due
to the bankruptcy process. GOL said that
it entered into an agreement to rent aircrafts
from Boeing which to perform these flights.
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| Air
France – KLM will fly everyday
to Paris |
| Air France–KLM
announced the implementation of
seven weekly direct flights from
Santiago to Paris, starting from
November. This is a result of
the recent growth of Air France–KLM,
which grew by 50% in 2006. |
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| Spirit
Airlines will fly to Lima from
June 27th |
| Spirit Airlines
informed that they will start
operations to Peru on June 27th,
and will cover the route Fort
Lauderdale (Florida)-Lima on a
daily basis. Previously, the airline
had announced its interest to
operate frequencies between Fort
Lauderdale and Chiclayo. |
| Hoteldo.com in
Cusco and Lima |
| In the last months,
the most important hotel distribution
network in Latin America, Hoteldo.com,
added hotels in Cusco (Los Apus
Hotel & Mirador, Picoaga Hotel,
Best Western Los Andes) and in
Lima (Garden Hotel, Hotel El Ducado,
Hostal Porta). |
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| Unesco
says Galapagos receives too much
tourism |
| The general director
of Unesco praised the decision
of President Correa to declare
Galapagos Island at risk. Moreover,
during a visit to Quito, he requested
prompt actions in order to face
some of the dangers that threaten
the fragile system of the island. |
| TAME increases
price of tickets to Galapagos
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| The increase in
flight tariffs to Galapagos has
come into force. This decision,
adopted by TAME after five years
of maintaining the price of passages
frozen, “is the result of
inflation and the rise of operating
costs, such as airport rates,
landing rights, lighting, aircraft
parking and spare parts, that
affect all the airlines of the
country”, the company declared
through a communiqué. |
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| Copa
Airlines will fly to Dominican
Republic and USA |
| Copa Airlines
recently announced the extension
of its flights from Panama and
its connection cities with routes
to Punta Cana and Washington,
starting from July 15. |
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| Travel
Mart |
| The 3rd EXPOTUR
will be held in Costa Rica from
May 27th to June. This is the
first Tourist Market of the region
which promotes, since 1984, the
tourist services and attractions
of Costa Rica and Central America.
Almost 260 travel vendors of the
region will gather at this event
in order to meet with representatives
from international wholesalers
from USA, Canada, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, Brasil and Argentina, among
others. |
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| Mexicana
de Aviacion flies to Panama |
| Mexicana de Aviacion
started to operate its new route
Mexico-Panama with a frequency
per week. |
| Aeromexico inaugurates
new route |
| Aeromexico, announced
that, on July 4th, it will inaugurate
the daily non-stop flight between
Seattle and Ciudad de Mexico.
This flight will have a direct
connection to Guadalajara. Carlos
de Uriarte, Sales and Market Vice
President of the USA and Canada
division, said that Aeromexico
will expand its service between
USA and México. |
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| Fourth
destination of Delta Air Lines
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| Dominican Republic
becomes the fourth most important
destination of Delta Air Lines,
with seven daily flights to the
airports ‘Las Americas Doctor
José Francisco Peña
Gomez’, ‘Punta Cana’,
‘Puerto Plata’ and
‘Santiago’. On June
7th, Delta will operate a direct
flight from Fort Lauderdale (Miami)
to Santo Domingo. |
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| XXVII
International Tourism Fair |
| The Keys of Cuba
are the main attractions of the
XXVII International Tourism Fair
of Cuba (FITCUBA2007), which will
be held from May 7th to 12th,
and will gather professionals
of the tourism sector and specialized
journalists from more than 60
countries. |
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HONDURAS Roatan Island |
| The
beautiful Caribbean island of
Roatan, in the Bay Islands of
Honduras, offers some of the world's
best scuba diving. The island
is surrounded by the world's second
largest coral reef, hugging most
of the shore. This provides calm,
clear beaches for swimming and
snorkeling, and many varieties
of sea life. Almost every hotel,
vacation rental, resort, and other
lodging is close enough to walk
to beaches, and Roatan's many
excellent dive operators assure
convenient access.
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