Tag: Punta del Este

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 03:16 UTC

  Cruise company cautions ports must prepare for ships with over 5.400 passengers

  

  Royal Caribbean announced that during the coming tourist season several of its ships will make 27 stops between Montevideo and Punta del Este in Uruguay. The announcement was made by Michael Ronan, Royal Caribbean's Vice President of Government Relations, Caribbean, Latin America & Asia, in a meeting with different Uruguayan authorities held in Montevideo.

• Saturday, August 7th 2010 - 00:49 UTC

  New tax and banking bill ‘scares’ investors warns Uruguayan business community

  

  The Uruguayan government announced intention of making banking secret accounts “more flexible” and expanding income tax to overseas holdings and assets have delayed investment decisions and accelerated the sale of real estate in Uruguay by foreigners, particularly Argentines, warned the Uruguayan Chamber of Tourism.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 06:05 UTC

  What happens if Chilean maritime costs force cruises to cancel the Pacific leg?

  

  A Uruguayan cruise industry expert has brought up an interesting debate about the whole business for South America if Chilean port and auxiliary services costs remain so high that they end convincing some of the cruise companies to drop the traditional Pacific and Chilean leg of the tours.

• Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 08:25 UTC

  Exclusive premium farms’ project in Uruguay wins British Architects award

  

  KallosTurin Architects have won an international award from the Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA, for the design and construction of two farm houses in an environmental friendly residential development in one of Uruguay’s most fashionable resorts.

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 08:15 UTC

  Annual Antarctic Treaty Conference Opens Monday in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay is hosting two Antarctic Treaty meetings which will officially be opened Monday May 3 in Punta del Este by Foreign Affairs minister Luís Almagro. Uruguayan authorities expect an attendance of over 350 foreign officials at the Thirty three Antarctic Treaty Consultative and the Thirteenth Committee on Environmental Protection meetings.