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“THOSE AT THE SHOW WERE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT FALKLAND ISLANDS TOURISM, WHICH WAS ENCOURAGING AND WILL HOPEFULLY GENERATE BUSINESS FOR US"
JENNY LUXTON, MANAGER, FALKLAND ISLANDS HOLIDAYS
SHOW REVIEW 11
LATIN AMERICA NEWS & VIEWS Round up...
PANAMA: Panama (
visitpanama.com) this year hopes to raise its profi le as a tourist destination as it celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal. With good air links via the Caribbean, the destination promotes itself as a safe, cheap and top eco- destination with rainforest/jungle adventures that can be combined with the lively vibrancy of Panama City. New for 2014 is the 50-room American Trade Hotel.
NICARAGUA: A new airport has opened on the island of Ometepe in Nicaragua, following an investment of US$12 million. It will make it easier for tourists to visit Nicaragua’s famous volcanoes, Madera and Concepcion.
Haiti has ambitious plans for operators
HAITI’S new UK tourism marketing chief in the UK has set himself the goal of inspiring at least 10 tour operators to feature the destination by the end of the year.
Jean-Marc Flambert insists
confidence in the product and its tourism development is riding high on the island and now he wants to inspire the UK market with his own enthusiasm and
excitement about tourism
opportunities to the destination. Infrastructure has been
vastly
improved since the earthquake in 2010 with big hotel brands that include Best Western, Occidental and NH Hotels, all fully-operational on the island and Marriot and Hilton opening at the end of 2014 and next year respectively. Some 600,000 travellers already visit
the island while on a cruise but Flambert believes building exposure through operators will encourage UK travellers to explore Haiti’s culture, good resorts and historic sights in more detail.
experiencehaiti.org
Avianca adds Bogota from Terminal 2 AVIANCA moved its operations to
Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 in early July and commenced operating four direct weekly flights to Bogota.
The new non-stop service makes Avianca the only airline flying direct to the Colombian capital from the UK and flight times are timed to connect with onward flights
to Peru,
Ecuador and other destinations within Latin America. Initially
the
service is being operated using the
www.sellinglonghaul.com
COLOMBIA: Iberia (
iberia.com) will increase fl ights into Bogota in August, from seven to nine a week, rising to 10 a week in September. Metropolitan Touring’s (metropolitan-
touring.com) yacht Isabela II has come out refreshed and renovated after her period in dry dock. The Viceroy Hotel Group (
viceroyhotelsandresorts.com) plans to open a new hotel in Cartagena’s Old Town in Colombia in 2016.
airline’s Airbus A330 but from September new progressively
787s will be introduced onto the
route. By March or April next year all flights will be operated by the new
avianca.com aircraft.
COSTA RICA: The mysterious stone spheres in the Osa Peninsula, in southern Costa Rica, have been granted World Heritage recognition by UNESCO.
(Visitcostarica. com)
PATAGONIA: Cruise operator Marpatag has added an upscale ship offering luxury cruises to the glaciers of Patagonia. The two-night cruise departs from La Calafate, with transfers offered from Santa Cruz. The ship offers 21 cabins with itineraries into remote and romantic regions of the lakes and glacier parks (Oct-April). (
patagonia-cruises.com.ar)
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