A group of Argentine and U.S. investors will soon open in the San Telmo neighborhood –right in the heart of Buenos Aires- the first hotel entirely devoted to tango fans.

The project rescued a splendid art-nouveau mansion built in the early 1900s. General-manager Hector Villalba said “the Dandy Royal Mansion has now turned into a snug five-star mansion.”

Each and every one of its fifteen rooms –they combine old-timed esthetics and modern conveniences- is named after a renowned tango composer and performer such as D´Arienzo, Canaro, Pugliese and the Piazzolla suite.

Tikal Jets, a Guatemalan private airline, has just inaugurated a new route to Mexico’s Cancun with plans in the crosshairs to fly on to Monterrey and Havana.

A source from the Central American nation’s company disclosed the route will include a couple of weekly flights every Thursday and Sunday.

Tikal Jets is currently arranging permits and giving the finishing touches to the Monterrey and Havana extensions, both due up in coming weeks.

The chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Obie Wilchcombe, expressed his unconditional support for Jean Holder, CTO’s secretary general, following “an unwarranted attack” on Mr. Holder by the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA).

Panama-based Copa Airlines is adding more Boeing 737-700 aircraft to its fleet to tally 16 of those planes in coming months and turn the carrier into one of the region´s most advanced airlines, the company’s deputy marketing director Jorge Garcia pointed out. In his opinion, Copa’s front office is determined to keep its direct flights with 30 cities in 20 countries.

Brazil is since now getting set for the 2007 Pan American Games by commencing groundbreaking works on the spot where the Sport Village will be located.

The villa supposed to make athletes feel as snug as bugs in a rug will be built in a 423,000-square-meter area in Barra de Tijuca, a residential zone some 50 miles from downtown Rio de Janeiro where almost two thirds of sport competitions are expected to take place.

The Americas Regional Representation of the World Tourism Organization is planning to launch an interesting publication –the first of its kind ever- exclusively devoted to rural tourism in the region.