South America

The “hotel within a hotel” concept can be a bit confusing sometimes. That’s especially true when you’ve booked the Luxury Collection Park Tower in Buenos Aires and your taxi pu…

The International Air Transport Association has announced a downgrade of its 2019 outlook for the global air transport industry to a $28 billion profit.The figure is down from the $35.5 billion foreca…

With its picturesque mountaintop setting and eye-catching architecture, the 15th-century Inca site called Machu Picchu is on the bucket list for travelers from around the world. And yet, as famous as …

The International Air Transport Association has announced global passenger traffic results for April showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose by 4.3 per cent compared to April l…

The Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa (Barsa) has appointed a new Board of Directors, at an annual general meeting held on May 24.Nine members were elected, to ensure delivery of the or…

The year was 2012 and I needed the mental equivalent of an adrenaline shot. I had been working a lot of hours in my home office in the USA and taking walks in the same neighborhood every day. The plac…

Since June 2018, when state advertising in private media was banned, the Mincetur (Peruvian Tourism Board) has stopped investing in processes to promote the Peru brand internationally. As a result, Mi…

For its debut in Latin America, Nobu Hotels has selected the white shores of west Mexico.Nobu Hotel Los Cabos is luxury Japanese Beach Chic at its most enticing – a stylish aesthetic of contempo…

A bill that would allow foreign airlines to fly domestically within Brazil is awaiting the signature of President Jair Bolsonaro.The measure, passed by Brazil’s House and Senate last week, build…

During my recent visit to Acapulco to cover Tianguis, Mexico’s big tourism conference, to write news reports for TravelAge West, I stayed at the Princess Mundo Imperial, an imposing resort set i…