Club Run Away, a company owned by Oasis Hotels, is giving guests staying in its five-star resorts along the Mexican Caribbean the opportunity of moving from one facility to another with no caps on destinations or lodging.

The company runs the Oasis Cancun and Oasis Playa (also in Cancun), plus the Club Oasis Akumal and the Club Oasis Puerto Aventuras in the Mayan Riviera.

American Airlines scored a 73.7 percent increase in the number of operations in December, 6.1 percentage points more than the 67.2 percent it chalked up back in the same month of 2001, company sources said.

This same index as far as domestic routes are concerned was up to 72.4 percent after a bleak 66.8 the year before, while operations in international lines rose to 75.55 percent against an equally meager 68.4 percent back in December 2001.

Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) reported the country’s occupancy rate until November has been down by 2.8 percent –with a considerably smaller number of travelers coming from abroad- while hotel fares remained on the rise by 4.9 percent, the Cinco Dias (Five Days) newspaper informed.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flew 2.6 million passengers in November for a 3.25 percent increase compared to the same month the year before. In that same 30-day period, occupancy grew 3.3 percentage points up to 60 percent, the company revealed.

The company highlighted the need that any comparison be made taking account of the plummeting air traffic sustained after 9/11.

Caribic Cruises, with a capacity for 300 passengers, began covering the Dominican Republic-Cuba-Jamaica itinerary as of December 19. According to information furnished by a tour operator, the first trip covered the route from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (245 km north of Santo Domingo) to Santiago de Cuba, returning to Puerto Plata before heading for Jamaica.

LanEcuador, a part of the LanChile Group, will soon join OneWorld -the international airlines alliance- following a meeting recently held in Madrid between their front offices. In virtue of its participation in this world-class group, LanEcuador will provide passengers with major benefits, route connections and new destinations around the globe. In the same breath, LanEcuador’s travelers will be entitled to gather mileage and win prizes for flying on either airline, as well as having access to the airports’ VIP halls.