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0.63 - Argentina 3.16 - Bolivia
7.21 - Brasil 1.66 - Chile 474.82
- Colombia 1,660.00 - México
10.20- Paraguay 40,40- Perú
2.840 - Uruguay 19.50- Venezuela
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| Another increase
of 18% authorized for air transportation
costs |
| A little more
than a month after the last adjustment
granted to improve local companies’
incomes, the government decided
to authorize another increase
of 18%, on average, for air transportation
fees. |
LAN adds frequencies
to Rio Negro in July and August |
| LAN announced
that in winter it will add frequencies
on the route to San Carlos de
Bariloche, operating up to seven
daily flights from the Jorge Newbery
Airport. |
Air Comet will fly five times
a week to Madrid
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As of September
15th, Air Comet will offer five
weekly flights – from
Monday to Friday- between Buenos
Aires and Madrid, planning to
reach one daily flight towards
the end of December. |
| Aerolineas Argentinas
cancels flights due to ash |
| Aerolineas Argentinas
suspended Austral’s departures
of from the Bariloche and Esquel
airports due to the ash plume
of the Chilean crater. |
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| Iberia about
to return |
| Iberia may be
about to resume operating out
of Paraguay, since the negotiations
with Dinac are at such an advanced
stage, said the assistant director
of international operations in
the plenary framework of the Foro
de Conectividad (Connectivity
Forum), adding that Iberia would
be expanding one of the services
which it offers from a point in
South America in Paraguay. |
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Beginning in July, TAM will
operate new air route with Cuba
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As of July
a new air route will be opened
between Sao Paulo and Havana
through an operation led by
the tour operator Sanchat Tour
and TAM, in collaboration with
Havanatur. |
| Luxury train began
operations |
| Great Brasil Express,
the first luxury train in the
country, began operations this
week on the route from Rio de
Janeiro to Iguazu Falls. The package
includes air, ground and railway
transport, as well as accommodation
and meals. The service will be
offered until the end of the year
with set departures. |
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Website launched to market touristic
offer |
Tursivino.com
was created with the goal of
being the first platform for
the touristic commercialization
of national wine, and is 100%
oriented towards wine tourism.
The site offers the option to
reserve and purchase touristic
visits to Chilean vineyards
online at the same value as
if they had contracted them
directly with the winery, from
anywhere in the world. |
| Ski resorts count
on good season after first snowfalls |
| Ski resorts dismissed
the possibility that the season
would begin late this year, since
the amount of fallen snow will
be sufficient for skiers. |
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LAB – AS sign agreement
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LAB and AS
signed a strategic alliance
to optimize management, reduce
costs and offer a better and
more accessible service to customers,
announced the presidents of
LAN and AS. |
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European business sector demand
would encourage entry of new
airlines |
| The increase
in the demand from the European
business sector for direct flights
to Peru could encourage the
entry of new airlines into the
country, LAP stated. The pressure
asserted by German, English
and French businesspeople on
the airlines to establish direct
flights with Peru could result
in a greater amount of direct
connections between the these
countries. |
| Expansion
of passenger terminal at Jorge
Chavez airport will be inaugurated
in November |
| In the first half
of November, LAP will inaugurate
the expansion of the passenger
terminal in the Jorge Chavez International
Airport with an investment of
US$ 42 million. |
| Star Peru suspends
flights definitively to Chiclayo
and Trujillo |
| Star Peru informed
that as part of the reforms and
improvements being carried out
by the airline, it definitively
suspended flights to Chiclayo
and Trujillo. It also announced
that it began flights to Cajamarca.
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| Hotel Monasterio
of Cusco among the most luxurious
of South America |
| For the second
consecutive year, the hotel Monasterio
of Cusco was placed second among
the most luxurious hotels in South
America, according to the ranking
drawn up by the quarterly travel
magazine, Ultratravel. |
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Minister of Tourism inaugurates
first stage of the Santa Barbara
Touristic Corridor |
The minister
of Tourism inaugurated the First
Stage of the Santa Barbara Touristic
Corridor project which includes
touristic attractions from three
regions of the province of Azuay:
Gualaceo, Sigsig and Chordeleg. |
| US$ 570 thousand
investment to rehabilitate Quito-Duran
train |
| The Ministry of
Tourism will contribute US$ 570,000
this year for the rehabilitation
of the Ecuadorian Railway Network
on the Quito-Duran route. Among
its priorities, the government
established the rehabilitation
of the Ecuadorian Railway Network
as a necessity, thus intensifying
the works on the Quito-Latacunga
leg, which will be inaugurated
on June 25th. |
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Easyfly to have hub in Medellin
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| In six months
of operations, the company has
opened seven routes from Bogota,
with destinations to Arauca,
Armenia, Ibague, Neiva, Yopal,
Cartago and Barrancabermejia.
Easyfly would open routes from
Medellin to Apartado, Monteria,
Pereira, Bucaramanga and Barrancabermeja. |
| Country seeks
to consolidate medical tourism
as one of its most appealing products |
| The Colombian
government will work intensively
to strengthen and promote medical
tourism. Colombia will put all
its efforts towards gaining patients
from all over the world, so that
they can visit the country and
take advantage of the competitive
advantages of the health sector:
esthetic, ophthalmologic and dental
medicine. |
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| Negotiating more
flights to Liberia |
| The Instituto
Costarricense de Turismo (Costa
Rican Tourism institute, ICT)
is negotiating the arrival of
more direct flights from Europe
to the Daniel Oduber Airport in
Liberia, Guanacaste. The Minister
of Tourism confirmed that for
this purpose, he is in talks with
the main airlines of the European
markets (Germany, Spain, England
and France), for the country.
Only First Choice airline flies
directly from London to Liberia
once a week. |
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Nikki Beach will invest US$
200 million in hotel for celebrities
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The international
hotel chain Nikki Beach will
invest US$ 200 million in the
construction of a hotel “for
celebrities” on the island
of Roatan, in the Honduran Caribbean.
The hotel “will not only
be five-star, but also luxurious
for celebrities.” |
| Aeromexico to
fly to Tegucigalpa |
| Aeromexico will
expand its services to Tegucigalpa.
Its figures reveal that 42% of
passengers that board planes at
the Ramon Villeda Morales airport
in San Ramon Sula (Honduras) are
from the capital. |
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Revisions will be intensified
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| As of Friday,
international passengers arriving
in the country by air from Central
and South America, but who take
connecting flights to reach
their final destination in Mexico
or abroad, will have to submit
their hand luggage and documentation
to an additional revision to
the one undergone at the airport
of origin. |
| New routes opened
from airport |
| The director general
of Alma de Mexico airlines announced
that as of June 2nd, the company
will begin flights to Aguascalientes,
Bajio, Puebla and Torreon from
the Toluca airport. In July, another
six will be added to Ciudad Victoria
and Manzanillo, among others.. |
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Wedding segment increases by
12% |
Each year,
Sol Melia Cuba welcomes more
couples who wish to make their
wedding a romantic experience
at a passionate destination.
In 2007, the Spanish company’s
hotels and resorts held 1,070
weddings in this country, which
represented an increase of 12%
in comparison to the previous
year, whereas the income associated
with this service increased
by 10.8%. |
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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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