London Supply began the expansion works of the Argentine Maldives International Airport in Ushuaia. The works are linked to an investment plan of approximately 20 million pesos, with an estimated work duration period of 14 months.

VRG, which operates Varig, announced an interline agreement with Delta Airlines, valid as from this month for all the routes operated by the airlines.

The Rey Don Felipe Hotel, whose construction incurred in a US$ 4 million investment, has just been inaugurated. For the beginning of next year, the company will have added to its emblematic Gran Hotel Termas of Chillan and the Isabel Riquelme and Pirimahuida hotels, others in Punta Arenas and San Pedro of Atacama.

A new book, “Inca Trails”, tells the story of an expedition from Lake Titicaca to Peru’s Cordillera Vilcabamba, to trace the rise and fall of the Incas. The book, that will be published in two weeks, takes readers on a wondrous journey through the remote, rugged and beautiful wilderness of the Bolivian and Peruvian Andes, and tells the gripping, poignant story of the rise and fall of the Incas. On 27 November 2007, there will be a special, one-day-only pre-publication offer where by anyone who orders a copy of “Inca Trails” on that day will also receive a massive bundle of high quality, writing and self-growth bonus gifts worth over US$ 8,000! The purpose of the offer is to publicize the book launch and raise funds for much-needed solar energy projects in remote Andean settlements passed through during the expedition. http://www.Inca-Trails.org/prepuboffer.htm

Inkaterra will inaugurate the boutique hotel La Casona in the city of Cuzco at the end of December. In a large colonial XVI Century house originally constructed on what was the Palace of the Inca Tupac Amaru. The 11 exclusive suites will offer the most modern comfort, as, for example: iPods, plasma TV, DVD, chimney, among others. It will offer a porter service and trip planner as well as a private chauffeur-driven car and guide for excursions in and around Cuzco.

Aires no longer wants to be regional in order to closely follow its competitor, Avianca in routes to Fort Lauderdale and New York. The public audience took place in CEA, Aviation and Avianca requested authorization to fly once daily between Bogota and Washington-Bogota and to also enter the Orlando market with a daily flight, from Bogota. It also expects the authorization to increase frequencies in the Bogota-New York-Bogota routes with a daily flight, Bogota-Los Angeles-Bogota with two flights. Aires will request seven daily frequencies on the routes: Bogota-New York-Bogota, Cali-Fort Lauderdale-Cali, Barranquilla-Fort Lauderdale-Barranquilla and Cartagena-Fort Lauderdale-Cartagena, these last ones under the open sky program.

According to the latest information given by the Oficina de Visitantes y Convenciones (OCV) (Office of Conventions and Visitors), the airline analyses its return to Cancun for 2009, after many years of absence.

The 2007-2008 cruiser season officially began in the Dominican Republic with the arrival in Santo Domingo of the Braemar Cruiser with 1 800 passengers, that were received to the rhythm of merengue by the Folklore Group of the Ministry of Tourism. They expect to receive 70 000 cruise passengers this season.

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