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0.74 - Argentina 3.10 - Bolivia
7.87 - Brasil 2.01 - Chile 518.63
- Colombia 1,850 - México
10.60 Paraguay 5,000 - Perú
3.16 - Uruguay 23.35 Venezuela
2,150 |
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| "Che’s
Route" introduced in rural
tourism expo |
| The Che Guevara’s
Route, a tourist journey that
will be carried out as a memorial
event to Ernesto "Che"
Guevara, was presented in the
Winter Tourism Expo, in la Rural
de Palermo’s facilities
in Buenos Aires, Cordoba Turismo
informed. The journey, which will
be carried out as a bike-tourism
circuit, consists of 3,797 kilometers
of Argentinean routes, to be traveled
from June 6th to 18th. |
| "The Whale’s
Vigil” can be seen on the
Internet |
| From May 25th
to 27th, the government of Chubut
will carry out the second “Vigil
for the Whales”, live TV
broadcasting that, via the Internet,
will allow the world to see, during
72 continuous hours, the arrival
of frank whales to the Valdes
Peninsula. You only have to access
a special website to see the video
of the cetaceous, since the site
will broadcast the corresponding
parameters. |
| Bocatango inaugurates
tango museum |
| The Cultural Museum
of Tango is now open from Monday
to Friday, from 10 to 17 hours,
in the port neighborhood of La
Boca, with free entrance during
the first two months. |
| More aircrafts
for Lan Argentina |
| Lan Argentina
plans to incorporate a new A 320
in July and another in October.
This latter would be used in the
domestic market. The arrival of
a B-767, which will be aimed at
operating in flights to Miami
and San Pablo, is also expected.
The company will only start its
flights to Madrid in mid 2008,
when they get two A 340 aircrafts. |
| Aerolineas will
fly to USA with a stopover in
Brasil |
| Aerolineas Argentinas
is expecting the arrival of its
new aircrafts, in the second half
of the year, in order to start
to fly from Buenos Aires, with
a stopover in Brasil, to Miami
and Europe. The operation to Miami
would imply, initially, five weekly
flights. |
| Varig will offer
seven daily flights from Buenos
Aires |
| Varig introduced
its new flight network between
Argentina and Brasil, which will
be in force starting from June
1st. Passengers will be able to
choose between seven daily flights.
The first flight, in the morning,
will to Sao Paulo with a stopover
in Rio. There will be also three
direct flights to Sao Paulo, two
to Rio de Janeiro and another
that will fly to Porto Alegre,
Curitiba and Rio. |
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| United
will unite Rio and Washington
without stopovers |
| Starting from
October, United Airlines will
operate a new non-stop flight
to Washington, now from Rio de
Janeiro. The flight will be available
until March 28th, 2008. |
| TAM / TACA announced
end of trade agreement |
| TACA informed
that the trade alliance entered
into with TAM will finish in ninety
days. Taca also declared that
this measure corresponds to the
need to keep the sustained growth
in the markets of different regions
in America. |
| Accor leaves from
Costa do Sauipe |
| Accor informed
that, starting from August 1st,
it will not manage anymore the
two hotels in Costa do Sauipe
under the brand Sofitel. |
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| Chullpares
in La Paz |
| Chullpares belonging
to the Aymara and Inca Cultures
were found in the archeological
site of Kulli Kulli and Condor
Amaya, within the Municipalities
of Sica Sica and Umala in the
province of Aroma, department
of La Paz. Weeks before, an interinstitutional
commission inspected the site
in order to intervene in the restoration,
conservation and value enhancement
of the site. |
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| Machu
Picchu is considered one of the
most spectacular places in the
world |
| Machu Picchu was
considered one of the 25 “most
spectacular places in the world”
by the prestigious tourism magazine
“Rough Rides”. Commemorating
its 25th anniversary, the magazine
published a list of the 25 most
extraordinary places in the planet,
among which the Inca citadel ranks
eighth place. |
| LAN Peru will
fly to Rio starting from September
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| According to the
sales manager of LAN in Rio de
Janeiro, the airline will start
to operate flights from Rio, via
Sao Paulo, to Lima in September.
The operations will be carried
out by Boeing 767-300 aircrafts. |
| TACA announced
end of trade agreement with TAM |
| TACA informed
that the trade alliance entered
into with TAM will finish in ninety
days. It also declared that this
measure corresponds to the need
to keep the sustained growth in
the markets of different regions
in America. |
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| Appeal
for legal protection might hamper
increase of air fee to Galapagos
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| The 21th Civil
Court is filing an appeal against
Tame and AeroGal in order to prevent
the increase by 24% in the air
fees to Galapagos recently arranged.
If within a 15-day period there
is no response to review the provision
that increases the cost of tickets
for settlers and domestic tourists,
a Provincial Assembly might be
established in the Islands in
order to adopt radical measures. |
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| Spirit
Airlines presented an application
to carry out flights to Bogota
and Barranquilla |
| Spirit Airlines
presented an application for the
opening of routes before the authorities
of the Department of Transports
in order to carry out daily flights
from Fort Lauderdale to Bogota
and Barranquilla. |
| Intercontinental
arrives to Cartagena |
| The construction
of San Martin Plaza Hotel will
be initiated soon and it will
be operated and managed by Intercontinental
Hotel Group, through Holiday Inn
Express Hotel & Suites Cartagena. |
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| Announced
creation of domestic airline |
| Dominican Republic
announced the creation of a domestic
airline, which will start its
operations in April 2008. Air
Dominicana will cover routes to
United States, Central America
and some European countries. |
| Construction of
"Las Iguanas Golf Course”
was initiated |
| The construction
of the tourist megaproject Cap
Cana started with the building
of “Las Iguanas Golf Course”,
the second of three fields designed
by Jack Nicklaus. With “Las
Iguanas Golf Course”, Cap
Cana moves into a privileged position
in the world of golf, since it
will become the only place in
the region that will have three
golf courses in a single tourist
complex. |
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| Latin
American Congress of Spa Resorts
2007 |
| From June 1st
to 3rd, the WTC will be the venue
of the Latin American Congress
of Spa Resorts 2007, as well as
of the Expo Spa 2007 that will
include the Medical Spa International
Congress. Mexico is the country
with the greatest number of spas
in the world. |
| Aeromexico with
new routes |
| After 17 years,
Aeromexico will take up again
the direct flights from Mexico
to the Nicaraguan capital. Flights
will start on June 4th with two
weekly operations and may increase
to five. Likewise, the airline
confirmed the introduction of
a direct flight between the City
of Mexico and San Pedro Sula,
starting from June 5th. The company
will start to operate the route
with three weekly flights. |
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| Extension
of the NH Parque Central will
be ready for winter |
| With the ongoing
extension, the current NH Parque
Central Hotel will be part of
a great hotel complex. Through
this extension, such facility
will be linked, by means of a
tunnel, to a new neighboring housing
complex. As a conjoint, this complex
will be named Hotel NH Parque
Central Torre. This extension,
which will be inaugurated next
winter, will have 149 rooms, from
which 8 are suites and 18 are
junior suites. |
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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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