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0.64 - Argentina 3.17 - Bolivia
7.24 - Brasil 1.66 - Chile 467.05
- Colombia 1,660.00 - México
10.18 - Paraguay 4,040- Perú
2770 - Uruguay 19.60- Venezuela
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| Tam
strengthens scheduling from Buenos
Aires in winter |
| This
winter, the airline will add seven
new frequencies per week, linking
Buenos Aires with different points
of Brasil. From June 19th to August
10th, it will add departures from
Ezeiza to Recife, Porto Seguro,
Salvador, Sao Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro. |
| Andes
Lineas Aereas to arrive at Esquel |
| Thanks
to an agreement signed between
the government of the province
of Chubut and Andes Lineas Aereas,
as of June 29th Esquel will be
integrated in the aero commercial
route whose current destination
is Puerto Madryn. Andes will carry
out two weekly flights on the
Buenos Aires- Puerto Madryn -Esquel-
Buenos Aires route. |
First boutique hotel will be
opened in Rosario
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On
December 10th, with the opening
of the Savoy, Rosario will have
the first prototype boutique
hotel, with the renovation of
the former San Lorenzo and San
Martin building and a large
part of its furniture. |
| Hilton
will open new hotel in Bariloche |
| Imocom
will make an investment of more
than US$ 120 million in a hotel
which will be managed by Hilton
and will have 210 rooms. The Hilton
Bariloche – Patagonia will
be located within the “Circuito
Chico” with a shore on the
Moreno Este Lake. |
| Blue
Tree Hotels will open third hotel |
| Blue
Tree Hotels announced that before
the end of the year, it would
set the opening of its third establishment
in Argentina. It informed of plans
to open a hotel in Buenos Aires,
which will be added to the one
operating in the Recoleta and
Bariloche neighborhood. |
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Tam
will begin flights between Rio-Miami
in September |
The
president of Tam informed that
the flight between Rio de Janeiro
and Miami would begin in September. |
| Delta
Air Lines flights to Sao Paulo
– Atlanta |
| Since
Monday the 5th, Delta Air Lines
has been operating the Sao Paulo-Atlanta-Sao
Paulo route in two of its seven
weekly frequencies. |
OceanAir will cease flying to
twelve destinations |
OceanAir
will cease flying to 12 national
destinations, concentrating
its operations in 25 destinations
with the aim of accelerating
the uniformization of its fleet.
OceanAir will no longer operate
in Vitoria da Conquista, Macae,
Uberaba, Sao Jose dos Campos,
Juazeiro do Norte, Joao Pessoa,
Natal, Aracatuba, Iguazu Falls,
Goiania, Palmas and Cascavel. |
Varig
cancels flights to Spain after
5 months of operations |
Varig’s
final flight between Madrid
and Sao Paulo departed on May
12th after the company decided
to cancel this route, which
began operating in the Barajas
airport in December. |
| Korean
Air to operate again in the country |
| After
a meeting held in Brasilia between
the president of Embratur and
the manager of Business Development
and Marketing of Korean Air for
Latin America, the return of the
airline to Brasil was confirmed.
As of June 3rd, Korean Air will
link Sao Paulo and Los Angeles
three times per week. |
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LAN and TAM’s frequent
flyer program agreement |
Frequent
flyers of LAN and TAM will be
able to accumulate mileage and
points, respectively, and earn
rewards for the flights operated
by both companies. This is part
of an agreement reached last
year whose aim is to expand
the services offered to their
clients. LANPASS members will
accumulate mileage from their
flights with TAM and will be
able to earn rewards for flights
operated by that airline. |
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Copa increases daily flights
from Lima |
As
of August 11th, Copa Airlines
will have a fourth daily frequency
to Panama City. The airline
made this announcement as part
of an aggressive growth plan
using its Hub of the Americas
in Panama City as a connection
center with the rest of the
continent. |
| LAN
inaugurates Lima-Medellin route |
| Lan
inaugurated a new route between
Lima and Medellin, with a stopover
in Quito. |
Luxury
hotel will be constructed in
Pucallpa |
Inversiones
Turisticas de la Amazonia (Amazon
Tourism Investments) will build
“the largest and most
modern hotel of the Peruvian
Amazon” in Pucallpa. The
construction will require an
investment of US$ 12 million. |
Fares
for the Machu Picchu-Aguas Calientes
route will increase |
The
Conseltur Machu Picchu consortium
announced the increase of its
fares for the transportation
service from Machu Picchu Pueblo
(Aguas Calientes) to the Historical
Sanctuary of Machu Picchu and
vice versa, which will be put
into effect on June 1st. The
company indicated that the cost
per foreign adult for roundtrip
service will be US$ 14, while
the price per foreign child
will be US$ 7. |
Decameron
will begin construction of resort
in Punta Sal in August |
In
August, Decameron will begin
the construction of a resort
in Punta Sal (Tumbes). The Blue
Marlin business association
announced the US$ 65 million
investment this year in hotel
projects in different locations
throughout the country. |
Casa
Andina will open three-star
hotel next year |
The
Casa Andina hotel chain will
open a three-star hotel in Trujillo
(La Libertad) in the first quarter
of next year, informed its Marketing
manager. |
| The
News & Observer recommends
Peruvian beaches for surfing |
| The
United States newspaper “The
News & Observer” recommended
that surfers from abroad come
and surf the beaches of Peru,
and that they to try and find
the world champion Magoo de la
Rosa. |
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Avianca will inaugurate Cali-Medellin-Caracas
route |
| As
of yesterday, Avianca has been
operating the Cali-Medellin-Caracas
route. The connection will be
operated with four weekly frequencies.
The airline thus completes a
total of 43 Colombia-Venezuela-Colombia
frequencies per week and will
operate on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays. |
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Pestana inaugurated hotel in
Caracas |
Pestana
inaugurated its 11th establishment
in South America, the five-star
Pestana Caracas, which was added
to the nine hotels operating
in Brasil and the Pestana Buenos
Aires. |
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Domus Selecta incorporates its
first establishment |
| Domus
Selecta, the Hotusa Hotels’
“establishments with charm”
brand, incorporated its first
establishment in Cuba, the Hotel
Santa Isabel, an exclusive hotel
located in Old Havana. |
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Costa Maya begins recovery of
cruise ship dock |
The
general director of the Port
Authority of Quintana Roo (Apiqroo)
announced that the cruise ship
dock of Costa Maya, located
in Mahahual, could be operational
in September after having been
damaged by hurricane “Dean”
last August. |
Cancun
will refund VAT to foreign tourists |
As
of this summer, the state of
Quintana Roo will refund the
VAT to foreign tourists, thereby
hoping that the purchasing segment
will increase by 15%, announced
the general director of Premier
Tax Free. |
| Cancun
seeks to position itself as a
comprehensive tourism offer |
| Cancun
launched its international campaign
“Cancun, profoundly unique”,
and as part of this, a Caravan
to South America will be held.
Its goal is to position Cancun
as a comprehensive tourism offer
where segments such as culture,
adventure, nature, business and
conventions, gastronomy and spas
combine to make Cancun a premium
destination. |
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Celebrity Cruises will expand
trips offers to the Panama Canal |
Celebrity
Cruises will offer more trips
to the Panama Canal in the 2009-2010
season with 8 new offers of
13 and 16 nights. Cruise ships
will depart from the ports of
Fort Lauderdale, Miami, San
Diego, Seattle and Valparaiso,
in Chile, aboard the Celebrity
Infinity, Celebrity Constellation
and Celebrity Mercury ships.
The trips will also include
visits to several touristic
destinations of interest in
the Caribbean region, such as
Aruba, Colombia, Costa Rica
and Mexico. |
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| COLOMBIA
: Cartagena de Indias |
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Cartagena
of the West Indies is a colonial-style
city located at the northeastern
of Colombia, in the center of
the Caribbean shore line.With
easy access by plane, ship and
ground transportation, the city
is visited by thousands of tourists
every year, who find it as the
perfect place to rest or work.
This charming city has a variety
of hotel infrastructure, mostly
bilingual speaking (English
and Spanish). The official currency
is the Colombian peso which
varies according to the American
dollar.. Read
more…
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