As from last Wednesday, Aerolineas Argentinas operates in the new South Terminal Concourse J of the Miami International Airport.

The Taiwan government plans to construct a hotel complex in Punta del Este with a US$ 40 million investment. This complex would be aimed at the accommodation of Taiwanese high income retired citizens.

As from November 9th to the 11th, the Association of Travel Agencies (ASATUR), with the support of the National Secretariat of Tourism (SENATUR) and the Investment and Export Network (REDIEX), will once again bring together the tourist professionals and businessmen in the FITPAR 2007 in Asuncion. This event is aimed at continuing with the efforts to position itself within the calendar and circuit of the world tourism shows.

The codeshare agreement between TAM and LAN Airlines is in force as from Monday. This will increase the flights options in South America for both airlines, allowing the passengers of LAN to fly to 12 Brazilian cities, such as Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Florianapolis, Brasilia, Recife, Manaus and Porto Seguro. Likewise, the passengers of TAM can do the same to the Chilean cities operated by LAN.

Aviareps Airline Management Group is responsible for Kenya Airways in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Peru and Venezuela as from this month. In Chile, Aviareps has a commercial agreement with Strategic Aviation Planning, SAP Chile S.A, which will work directly with its headquarters for Latin America based in Miami, Florida.

BoA will begin its operations in the first quarter of 2008, with an initial investment of US$ 15 million. It will offer fares below those which are on the market. The National Director of Air Transport pointed out that the national airline will enter the market in the same conditions in which the private airlines operate.

The Congress Budget Commission approved a supplementary credit project, which comes to over S/.18 million for the execution and development of tourist projects in different parts of the country.

The 5th Inca Route tourist initiative, programmed for July 2008, will bring together dozens of young people who will travel through sites from ancient civilizations. The initiative will depart from Ecuador and will get in the Peruvian Amazon region, and will also visit Machupicchu.

The American company is interested in traveling from Charlotte to Bogota. The airline will compete with Jet Blue for the authorization from the US Department of Transportation to operate 21 routes to the country, in accordance with an agreement between the two countries.

As from February 2008, Spirit Airlines will operate a direct flight between Panama City and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The route between Panama and Fort Lauderdale was temporarily operated by US Airways in 2005, but it was suspended that same year.

The director of the First Choice Chain pointed out that the hoteliers have their eye on the business tourism area which is “still unexploited” in Mexico.

DAE, Curacao’s domestic airline, began to operate direct flights between Curacao and the Dominican Republic. DAE will carry out two weekly flights during the low season and four in the high season, which will be served by a Fokker 100 with a seating capacity for 100 passengers.

3,800 masl, where land and water get close to the blue sky and its cotton-white clouds and starry nights, you can see landscapes of undulating hills, wide valleys and snowcapped ranges – there is Puno and its Titicaca Lake, South America’s inner sea – its cultures and traditions divided in aymaras and quechuas who live off the lake, use its resources and farm its surroundings. This dynamic land – water with resources usable by modern and ancient man, is located at the shores around the lake and its islands. READ MORE