Tampa's Cuba flights see room for growth Tbo.com TAMPA — Among 73 international flights and 8,995 passengers who landed at nine airports in Cuba on Wednesday were two flights from Tampa International Airport carrying 106 visitors and 10 from Miami International Airport with 941 more passengers. |
A clever campaign Nogales International Which made it the perfect time for the Arizona Office of Tourism to unveil its new “Warm up in AZ” campaign in the area, featuring TV, newspaper and online ads, as well as a giant billboard of a bikini-clad woman lounging poolside. ... I understand the ... |
Photos of the day from around the world: January 10 New York Daily News An actor wears a carnival mask of the Dominican Republic during a media preview of the world's largest public trade fair for tourism and leisure in Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 10, 2014. The fair runs from Jan. 11 through 19. |
Trapped Airline Cash in Venezuela Surges 27% to $3.3 Billion (1) Businessweek Valued at the official exchange rate of 6.3 bolivars per dollar, the amount of cash airlines have in Venezuela has risen 27 percent from $2.6 billion in November, Jason Sinclair, an IATA spokesman, said yesterday. Companies including Brazil's Gol ... |
Cuba, Guest Country at Gastronomy and Tourism Fair in Galicia Radio Cadena Agramonet Cuba's participation as a guest country at Xantar, the international gastronomy and tourism fair in Galicia, is arousing a great deal of public and business interest, authorities from that Spanish autonomous community stated today. The presence of ... |
Jewish Daily Forward | Alan Gross Hopes Rise as US Official Praises Talks With Cuba Jewish Daily Forward Havana — A U.S. State Department official in Cuba for migration talks praised on Friday the tone of current relations between the United States and Cuba, and visited jailed U.S. contractor Alan Gross during a three-day trip to the Communist-run island ... US official praises new tone with Cuba, visits jailed contractor Cuba, US meet on migration in latest sign of thawing ties US-Cuba Migration Talks in Havana; coming changes? |
eTurboNews | WTM Latin America 2014 Introduces Dedicated Technology Region eTurboNews World Travel Market Latin America 2014, which takes place from April 23 – 25 at the Transamerica Expo Center in São Paulo, is introducing a dedicated Travel Technology Region to the exhibition floor for the first time. The region will include some of ... WTM LATIN AMERICA 2014 UNVEILS NEW SHOW CONTENT DEDICATED TECHNOLOGY REGION TO BE INTRODUCED AT WTM LATIN ... |
Consolidation of Tourism Between Countries of MERCOSUR Prensa Latina After finishing the meeting of Tourism Ministers of that subregional alliance, celebrated in this capital, the host stressed the reach of Venezuela in this sector in the development of the bloc in economical, social, and cultural terms. In statements ... |
Calgary Herald | US official praises new tone with Cuba, visits jailed contractor Reuters U.S. official in Cuba for migration talks. * Praises Cuba travel liberalization. By Marc Frank. HAVANA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. State Department official in Cuba for migration talks praised on Friday the tone of current relations between the United ... Cuba, US meet on migration in latest sign of thawing ties |
Washington Post | Boat seizures over $70 permits present another black eye for Mexican tourism Yahoo News Canada (blog) Despite concerns about the bloody drug war and periodic reports of tourists being murdered, Mexico remains a very popular destination for sun-seeking Canadians. Now the Mexican government is giving snowbirds something else to worry about. Mexico impounds boats, angering US boaters US, Canadian boaters left in limbo in Mexico |
Tico Times | US Embassy: Pot legalization back home won't change Latin America drug policy Tico Times Not to kill your buzz, but it doesn't look like recent recreational marijuana legalization in some U.S. states will have an immediate impact on drug policy in Latin America. On Jan. 2, the United States Embassy in San José posted a story to its blog ... Latin America Green News: Chile leads in solar-thermal, Costa Rica lags on ... Roundup: Costa Rica hospitals, Mexico City roadworks, Coahuila social ... |
Trapped Airline Cash in Venezuela Surges 27% to $3.3 Billion San Francisco Chronicle (Updates with tourism minister comment in fifth paragraph). Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- International airlines operating in Venezuela have $3.3 billion trapped in the South American country because of currency controls, the International Air Transport ... |
Cuba, US Hold Migration Talks in Havana ABC News Havana reiterated its stance that to ensure legal and orderly migration, the U.S. must do away with the Cuban Adjustment Act, which makes Cubans eligible for permanent residency after being in the States for one year, and the "wet-foot, dry-foot ... |
Quake off Cuba shudders folks from Keys to Orlando Sun-Sentinel A rare but moderate earthquake off the Cuban coast shook buildings and rattled residents from the Keys to Orlando on Thursday afternoon. The 5.1 magnitude quake occurred just before 4 p.m. in the ocean about 24 miles north of the Cuban city of ... |
Latin America low cost carrier freakonomics is a distribution headache Tnooz One very distinct and rather curious aspect of the Latin American online travel market is there for all to see, but few comment on. NB: This is an analysis by Steve Sherlock, an entrepreneur in residence with the Chilean Government's Startup Chile program. |
Washington Post | Robert A. Pastor, Latin America specialist in diplomacy and academia, dies at 66 Washington Post Robert A. Pastor, a Latin America specialist who was a top U.S. negotiator of the 1977 Panama Canal treaties, and who through scholarship and diplomacy sought to strengthen U.S. relations with countries to the south, died Jan. 8 at his home in Washington. Robert Pastor, former ex-official, Latin American specialist dies at age 66 |
Cuba, US hold migration talks in Havana Washington Post Havana reiterated its stance that to ensure legal and orderly migration, the U.S. must do away with the Cuban Adjustment Act, which makes Cubans eligible for permanent residency after being in the States for one year, and the “wet-foot, dry-foot ... |
US, Canadian boaters left in limbo in Mexico after raid by tax officials 680 News ... leaving Mexico, and say officials have not told them how they could remedy the situation. Foreign pleasure boat owners call this a heavy-handed crackdown over a minor permit, and they say it threatens a tourism sector Mexico has long sought to promote. |
Moderate earthquake is felt in Florida and Cuba Sun-Sentinel The effects were also felt in Cuba. Medium-rise buildings in Havana had reports of swaying. The quake was reportedly felt by workers in two six-floor buildings in Havana that were temporarily evacuated. It appeared to last about 30 seconds. No damage ... |
Exhibition World | WTM LATIN AMERICA 2014 UNVEILS NEW SHOW CONTENT Exhibition World The new region for the second edition of the event follows on from the success travel technology has had at WTM Latin America's sister event WTM in London. "I am delighted to be able to launch a new Travel Technology region to the exhibition floor ... WTM Latin America 2014 Introduces Dedicated Technology Region |
Robert Pastor, former ex-official, Latin American specialist dies at age 66 Fox News Associated Press. WASHINGTON – American University says Robert A. Pastor, professor at the School of International Service and a former U.S. government national security adviser for Latin America, has died after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 66. |
Princeton native involved in licensing travel to Cuba Princeton Union Eagle Princeton High School graduate Jeff Braunger says he has no interest in traveling to Cuba, one of the last Communist strongholds, but also a country where many would like to visit for its warm climate, sandy beaches, music, dancing and foods. Braunger ... |
