Plano Aquarela 2020
By eTN Staff Writer
BRASILIA, Brazil - Major global sporting events provide unique tourism opportunities for host destinations.
Galapagos
By Hugh O'Shaughnessy and Sarah Clark
A fierce rearguard action is being fought to prevent the Galapagos – the world's most renowned wildlife site – being damaged by development.
Brazil
The October 2009 decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to award the 2016 games to Rio de Janeiro is the latest positive development for the Brazilian tourism industry, which is ...
AeroGal
Ecuadorans have earned their wings.
Tourists Detained in Sao Paolo
SAO PAULO - Three French tourists arrested in Brazil after an altercation on board a plane "are not doing very well" in poor detention conditions, a consular official said on Thursday.
Interline Agreement Upgraded
By eTN Staff Writer
Brazil's GOL Airlines and American Airlines are enhancing their alliance by finalizing a codeshare agreement to place American's AA code on GOL's growing network of flights within Brazil.
Chile
By John Bordsen
Q. Flights from the States go to Santiago, which is in the middle of the long, thin country. What's there to do when you get off the plane?
Aircastle Receives New Airbus
By eTN Staff Writer
The flag carrier of Colombia and one of the largest airlines in Latin America, Aircastle Limited, announced today that one of its subsidiaries has taken delivery of a new Airbus A330-200 aircraft ...
Former Miss Argentina Dies After Cosmetic Surgery Complication
By Kae Davis
Medical tourism has seen a huge jump over the past decade, and is projected to be a US$100 billion global industry by 2010, according to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
Christmas Brazilian Style
RIO DE JANEIRO - The traditional inauguration of the largest floating Christmas tree in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records - 85-meters-tall (equivalent to a 28-story building) - ...
Azul Linhas Aereas SA
By Alastair Stewart
SAO PAULO - Brazilian low-cost, low-fare airline Azul Linhas Aereas SA will transport 50% more passengers in 2010 than in the current year, continuing its swift expansion, Chief Executive David ...
Lan Airlines
By James Attwood and Alex Emery
Lan Airlines SA, Latin America’s biggest airline by market value, plans to list shares in Peru as the region’s issuers and exchanges seek to increase trading volume and lure foreign investors. ...
Chilean Tourism
By Gida Homad-Hamam
In an attempt to survive the economic crisis and the depreciating US dollar, Chile’s tourism industry has amplified national travel promotions targeting local and foreign vacationers.
Avianca S.A.
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's largest airline, Avianca, plans to replace Fokker jets with new airplanes of 100 seats or less, Chief Executive Fabio Villegas said.
Quince Mil
By LUCIEN CHAUVIN
A sure way to get people riled up in Quince Mil, a sweltering outpost in Peru's southern jungle, is to ask about the origin of the town's uncommon name.
Argentine tourism
Equestrian breeding centres line up one after another along the highway into Pilar, a smart satellite town an hour from Buenos Aires. In polo circles, the stretch is simply known as the Golden ...
Expands International Electronic Distribution Capacity
By eTN Staff Writer
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA announced the adoption of Travelport's Interline E-ticket Interchange, a technological platform which facilitates the control and operational functioning of its ...
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA
By Laura Price
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, Brazil’s second-biggest airline, is raising fares for the first time in a year as the national economy shows signs of recovery, Chief Executive Officer ...
Instant Fame
By Alan Clendenning
Fresh from an appearance on one of Brazil's most popular TV shows, the young woman whose short, pink dress got her kicked out of college is enjoying her newfound fame, yet has her eye on getting ...
LAN Airlines SA
By Nathan Gill and James Attwood
Lan Airlines SA, Latin America’s biggest air carrier by market value, is “window shopping” for mergers and acquisitions as its Latin American passenger traffic recovers, Chief Operating ...
Brazil
By Fabiola Moura
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and Jumeirah Group plan to open their first hotels in Brazil as rising incomes in Latin America’s largest economy and the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic games ...
Argentina
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's tax revenue could return to double-digit growth in November, the head of the country's tax agency said on Wednesday.
Argentina
By Matthew Cowley
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's government Tuesday authorized rate increases for domestic airline tickets, saying it was protecting the financial viability of carriers.
Developing Biomass Fuel Sources
By eTN Staff Writer
Latin America's GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), which unites airlines and technology providers in a joint drive to accelerate the ...
What Has Happened to Pablo Escobar's Country
By travelupdate.com.pe
COLOMBIA
AeroRepublica is member of IATA
Brazil-Israel Tourism Agreement
Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov, accompanying President Shimon Peres on a state visit to Brazil, has signed a tourism agreement in hopes of encouraging Brazilian and South American travel to ...
Peru
By dpa
Trujillo, Peru - "Life will punish those who react too late" is a quote by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that could easily apply to archaeologists in Peru.
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA
By Heloiza Canassa
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, Brazil’s second-biggest airline, posted a profit of 77.9 million reais ($45.8 million) as a stronger Brazilian currency helped shave expenses.
Land Of A Thousand Faces
By eTN Staff Writer
After hosting one of the most successful Global Travel & Tourism Summits ever, breaking records in both participation (1,448 delegates) and media coverage (close to 1,700 articles, broadcasts, ...
TAM Linhas Aereas SA
RIO DE JANEIRO — TAM Airlines says one of its jets took off from New York's JFK airport but was forced to return 20 minutes into the flight because of a mechanical problem.
