As part of the Otro Boleto (Another Ticket) promotional campaign, the Posadas Group, one of the leading hotel chains in Latin America, is giving away round-trip plane tickets among customers of all major Mexican airlines, company officials announced.
The surfacing of at least 300 pirate travel agencies in Mexico is putting just another spoke in local tour operators’ wheel that have already seen their gains dwindle following airlines’ decision to cut down on ticket sale commissions from 10 to 1 percent.
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Some 25 Caribbean educators will be exposed to effective methods of designing on-line courses during a week-long workshop organized by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) on May 17-21.
The workshop on Instructional Design Processes for On-Line Learning targets Caribbean tertiary institutions which offer tourism/hospitality programs at the associate degree level. It is administered through the Caribbean Tourism Human Resource Council (CTHRC).
The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) and the nation’s Chamber of Tourism held a workshop of presentations and consultations on a project on Nicaragua’s Travel Trails.
A press release issued by INTUR’s Publicity Department notes the event was aimed at sharing results and the progress made in the execution of the four stages of the program: Local Organization; Tourism Resources Inventory Update; Trail Dynamics, Training and Assistance, and Promotion and Marketing.
Spanish airline Iberia is weighing the possibilities of starting flights to Panama with Airbus 304 aircraft beginning next October, said Gloria Clavel, the company’s general manager in that Central American country.
Mrs. Clavel made clear Iberia is getting set to advertise Panama as a travel destination in the European market in an effort to guarantee sellout flights to that nation.