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0.73 - Argentina 3.19 - Bolivia
7.71 - Brasil 1.86 - Chile 509.23
- Colombia 1,820 - México
10.70 Paraguay 4,960 - Perú
3.064 - Uruguay 22.70 - Venezuela
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| LAN has more flights
to Patagonia |
Starting from
October, LAN will begin to fly
to the cities of El Calafate
and Ushuaia. These routes will
be covered during the summer
season with four weekly frequencies.
The airline will also begin
to fly between Ushuaia and Santiago
de Chile, with a stopover in
Punta Arenas. |
| Aerolineas resumes
Cordoba-Rio route |
| As from December
16th, Aerolineas Argentinas will
resume its direct flights between
Cordoba and Rio de Janeiro which
had been discontinued in March,
2005. The weekly route will be
covered by a Boeing 737/500. |
| Cruiser season
began in Ushuaia |
| During the summer
season, Ushuaia will receive large
capacity cruisers such as Norwegian
Dream (with a capacity for 1.748
passengers and 614 crew members),
the Infinity ship (with a capacity
for 1.950 passengers and 1.001
crew members), the Panamanian
flag ship The Topaz, also known
as Peaceboat (with 1.600 passengers
and 550 crew members) and the
Artemio cruiser (with 1.120 passengers
and 537 crew members). |
| 2nd MICE Argentina |
| MICE Argentina
will be carried out on September
7th and 8th in Buenos Aires. It
will be exclusively aimed at Corporate
Trips in general and Incentive
Trips in particular, as well as
at the general demand that the
companies present concerning their
events. Hosted Buyers programs
will also be implemented. www.miceargentina.com.ar |
| First St. Regis
of South America inaugurated in
Puerto Madero |
| The Starwood group
informed that the first hotel
of its St. Regis chain will be
inaugurated in Puerto Madero in
2010. This hotel will have 160
rooms and will be managed by Starwood,
although First South American
Investments -a Greek investment
group-, will be in charge of the
investment. |
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| American Airlines
increases frequencies to Montevideo |
| American Airlines
will add two new flights to
its frequencies between the
United States and Uruguay, as
informed by airline sources.
With these two new frequencies,
there will be five weekly flights
between the two countries. |
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| TAM will fly to
Montevideo as from November 2nd. |
| As from November
5th, TAM will fly daily to Montevideo,
Uruguay, departing from the
Guarulhos International Airport
in San Paulo, with Carrasco
International Airport as destination. |
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| Daily flights
to Cuba |
| In the city
of Santiago, the representatives
of the tourism sector and civil
aviation presented Cuba as a
tourist destination and announced
the beginning of direct flights
with Cubana de Aviacion as from
2008. |
| Luxury hotel will
be constructed in Cabo de Hornos |
| Apsa Ventura is
working on a tourist project that
includes a five-star hotel which
implies an investment of US. $
5.8 million and the construction
of a port in Cabo de Hornos. |
| Call for bids
for luxury tourist train between
Santiago and Puerto Montt |
| The State Railway
Company called for bids for the
“Tourist Train”, a
service that would operate starting
from the next year between Santiago
and Puerto Montt. This service
is aimed at the transport of high-income
tourists, mainly European, who
would pay more than US$ 3.000
to travel through the most attractive
regions of Chile by train. |
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| Investments in
Nasca |
| Mincetur announced
the investments that will be
carried out in Nasca during
the 2007-2013 period through
the Copesco Plan. These investments
are valued in more than S/.
14 million. |
| International
hotel chains invest US $ 300 million |
| PromPeru announced
that several international hotel
chains -Intercontinental Radisson
or Hyatt among them- will invest
US$ 300 million (€ 212 million)
in the next 2 years, for the inauguration
of 40 four or five-star hotels. |
| 66 large hotel
projects will be developed |
| The Peru Hotels
Society stated that, during the
next three years, diverse national
and foreign companies will develop
66 large hotel projects in Lima
and the provinces. Among these
companies there are Pestana, from
Portugal, and Aman Group, from
Singapour. This latter company
wants to construct a boutique
hotel in the Sacred Valley of
Cuzco. |
| Night flights
to Cusco will begin in mid 2008 |
| In the middle
of 2008, the airport of Cusco
would change its current service
hours (from 6 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.)
and would also start to operate
in the evening, which could increase
in up to 40% the current number
of passengers, which is around
one million. |
| Airport of Cusco
will be expanded to improve service |
| In order to provide
a better service to national and
international passengers, the
international boarding area of
the Alejandro Velasco Astete airport
will be expanded. The works will
conclude in 120 days. |
| Entry to the Paracas
Reserve will be reopened on October
21st |
| The opening of
the tourist circuit in the Paracas
National Reserve has been programmed
for October 12th. |
| Traffic and air
flights will be restricted for
census |
| The 2007 National
Census, programmed for October
21st, will be carried out under
a series of restrictions. Public
transport and private vehicles,
as well as inter-provincial buses,
aircrafts or ships, in national
and private itineraries, will
not be able to circulate between
08.00 and 18.00 hours. According
to the INEI, except for the international
flights, all domestic flights
will be suspended, as well as
the entry and exit of people and
vehicles. |
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| Establishment
of air routes with Brasil under
analysis |
| The presidents
of Ecuador and Brasil discussed
the establishment of connecting
routes with several airlines,
such as Ocean Air and Tame which
would connect Quito, Manta and
Guayaquil with Manaus. The negotiation
also includes new routes of
Copa between both countries,
via Panama. |
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| TAM begins operations |
| The Caracas-Brasil
route (with stopovers in Manaus,
Guarulhos and Rio) was put into
operation. The route between
both countries will have a daily
frequency. |
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| Counts on the
Channel to increase tourism |
| The deputy
general manager of Tourism announced
that the construction of a third
lock system and the duty free
area of Colon, which will strengthen
its international position as
a tourist shopping destination,
will be completed in nine years.
Nordstrom and Royal Caribbean
also announced the opening of
a cruise ship headquarters. |
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| Feria de Valencia
will invest US$ 250 million in
business and convention center
complex |
At the end
of 2008, the Spanish group Feria
de Valencia will begin the construction
of a business and convention
center complex with an investment
of US$ 250 million. It will
be one of the largest complexes
in Latin America. |
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| Expects to receive
50.000 tourists on 91 cruisers |
At least 50.000
tourists will arrive in Guatemala
on 91 cruisers that are expected
for the 2007-2008 season which
begins in October. |
| Cubana de Aviacion
will carry out direct flights
to Havana |
| Cubana de Aviacion’s
office in Guatemala announced
that, as from October 11th, there
will be direct flights to Havana,
with a weekly frequency every
Thursday. |
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| San Pedro Sula
Airport will be open 24 hours |
InterAirports
informed that the Villeda Morales
Airport, of San Pedro Sula,
will be open 24 hours a day
due to the arrival of at least
three new airlines in the country
and an increase in the number
of users. |
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| Offer for Aeromexico
authorized |
The Federal
Commission on Competition authorized
the sale of the Aeromexico shares
to the Modelo Group and the
Banamex Group. The latter’s
proposal reached US$ 151 million.
Other interested participants
raised their bids and reached
US$ 160 million. The Mexicana
de Aviacion group would be the
third interested party. |
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| Puno:
Titikaka Lake |
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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
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