El Volcán Arenal (segundo mayor volcán del mundo en actividad), en Costa Rica, brinda al turista el espectáculo de su resplandor rojizo durante la noche, por sus constantes erupciones.
The EXCELENCIAS AWARDS were created 13 years ago by the Excelencias Group in a bid to foster excellence in different spheres related to the travel industry, gastronomy and culture in Iberian America.
The Excelencias Awards have become a benchmark in the fields of tourism and gastronomy in Iberian America. Once again, they will be delivered within the framework of the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday January 17, 2018, at 5 p.m.
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The Swiss Alpine resort of Zermatt airlifted guests by helicopter on Tuesday after heavy snow and a power cut stranded thousands of visitors.
An estimated 13,000 people were stuck in Zermatt after snow closed mountain lifts, ski runs, walking paths and train services to the village.
With the onset of the wintery weather, avalanche danger in the rugged region of Wallis that includes Zermatt near the Italian border is now rated as "very great", the highest level, according to the Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research.
Wyndham Hotel Group has announced the signing of the largest hotel development in the trendy Brickell district of Miami to its managed hotel portfolio: a new 445-room, dual-branded hotel leveraging a first-time combination of the Wyndham Grand and TRYP by Wyndham brands.
The hotel is expected to open in late 2019.
The ‘two brands, one destination’ is a new and growing trend, with close to 400 dual-branded hotels open or under construction in the U.S. Kukulski says that number is projected to grow at a rapid pace over the next several years.
Following a strong summer, the travel trend to Majorca remains unbroken, even during the current winter period.
Already the months of January to March are drawing many travelers from Germany towards the Balearic Islands in anticipation of spring-like temperatures.
Additionally, increasing numbers of Germans own a holiday home on the Spanish island and commute frequently.
Eurowings is responding to high demand and short supply with the increased use of wide-body aircraft to Palma de Majorca.
The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association is encouraging tour operators to attend its Caribbean Marketplace which is being held in January in Puerto Rico as the destination has declared itself officially open for tourism.
In a statement issued by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, the official governing body of the tourism industry, it declares that its over three months since Hurricane Maria and that more than 100 hotels are now in full operation.
The South Padre Island, Texas, city council has approved a proposal by SPI Cruise Group a partnership of cruise port design, maritime operations and marketing professionals to create a plan to develop the destination into an attractive port of call on western Caribbean cruise itineraries.
With increasing emphasis on tourism sustainability and concerns of over-tourism in some eastern and southern Caribbean ports of call, cruise lines are seeking alternative destinations with existing tourism infrastructure to add to their cruise itineraries.
U.S. tourism to Cuba grew nearly threefold in 2017 over the previous year, mainly due to relaxation of travel ban, a Cuban official said Saturday.
Cuba registered a total of 1,173,428 U.S. arrivals last year, a 191-percent increase over 2016, tweeted Josefina Vidal, general director of the United States division of Cuba's Foreign Ministry.
The figure includes both U.S. citizens, whose arrival saw a 217.4-percent increase, and Cubans residing in the United States, which grew 137.8 percent year-over-year.
Dear Members:
On behalf of our Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), let me wish all of you a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year. Above all, I hope for our Caribbean region to be blessed with mild weather patterns throughout the new year.
The Maldives has announced an 18.7 percent increase in UK visitor arrivals during November 2017, when compared with the same month in 2016.
In total, 9,579 UK visitors travelled to the Maldives during November 2017, compared with 8,073 in November 2016.
Furthermore, UK visitors represented 7.9 percent of all visitors to the Maldives in November 2017, with a total of 94,258 UK visitors travelling to the Maldives in the first 11 months of 2017, a 1.1 percent year-on-year increase.
LATAM Airlines Peru has inaugurated its non-stop flight between Lima and San José, Costa Rica, serving the Central American country for the first time.
LATAM will operate three weekly flights between the two cities with Airbus A319 aircraft on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.
From March, LATAM will operate an additional frequency on Saturday with four weekly flights in total.
Flight LA2408 will depart Lima at 13:05, arriving in San José at 15:55, with a flight time of three hours, 50 minutes.
Only three months after the devastation of Hurricane Maria, Dominica is showing signs of recovery and the revival of its nature.
To highlight this, the Discover Dominica Authority has launched a social media and digital awareness campaign targeted at Dominica’s key markets of the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany and the Caribbean.
The campaign highlights the attributes of the Nature Island that resonate with the true adventurer, the health and wellness fanatic, the underwater lover and of course the individual enchanted by the people and communities of Dominica.
El Volcán Arenal (segundo mayor volcán del mundo en actividad), en Costa Rica, brinda al turista el espectáculo de su resplandor rojizo durante la noche, por sus constantes erupciones.
