Tourism

• Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 19:16 UTC

  Cruise industry adopts passenger bill of rights

  

  Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced this week that its Board of Directors approved the adoption of a “Cruise Industry Passenger Bill of Rights” detailing CLIA members' commitment to the safety, comfort and care of guests in a number of important areas.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 00:14 UTC

  Carnival cruises profits suffering from a bad spell of vessels’ incidents

  

  Shares in cruise company Carnival have fallen more than 7% after it issued a profit warning its second in just three months. Carnival, which operates ships under brands such as P&O and Costa Cruises, said full year revenues, which were expected to be flat, would now fall 2-3%.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 00:35 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ tourism industry keeps growing despite a drop in cruise visitors

  

  The Falkland Islands International Tourism Statistics Report released to the public this week records that 2012 was the second highest year on record in terms of overnight visitors travelling for leisure. There were 7,791 overnight tourists (as opposed to day trip cruise tourists) arrivals in the Falkland Islands in 2012, of which 1,937 could be classed as leisure visitors. Overall, tourist arrivals have grown at an average annual rate of 7% per annum over the period 2000-2012.

• Monday, May 20th 2013 - 07:03 UTC

  Uruguay satisfied with the latest cruise season, but there could be difficulties ahead

  

  The Uruguayan 2012/13 cruise season experienced a 10% increase in the number of calls to the ports of Montevideo and Punta del Este totalling 240 and approximately 400.000 visitors between passengers and crew members.

• Monday, May 20th 2013 - 05:00 UTC

  Lan privileged passengers but will review investments and expects ‘common sense’ from Argentine officials

  

  Lan Chile admitted the company had to yield to the demands from the Argentine company Intercargo, which monopolizes ground services in all the country’s air terminals, so that they could resume normal traffic in Argentina. It also said that it was not leaving Argentine but would review future investments and expects more common sense from local authorities.

• Monday, May 20th 2013 - 04:55 UTC

  Lan back in the air in Argentina after yielding to ground services boycott

  

  Chilean company Lan Airlines said on Saturday it was “gradually resuming” domestic and international flights in Argentina that it had suspended on Friday due to a conflict with state-run Intercargo company. Intercargo said it had re-established the service to Lan after the airline agreed to cancel a debt.

• Saturday, May 18th 2013 - 03:30 UTC

  Argentina forces cancellation of all Lan flights by suspending ground services

  

  LAN Chile halted on Friday all its flights in Argentina until Saturday morning after the state company Intercargo which provides ground support for the airline, unilaterally decided to cancel the service despite court orders to the contrary.

• Saturday, May 18th 2013 - 03:04 UTC

  Chile confirms its commitment to the cruise industry at the Convention in Valaparaiso

  

  Chilean officials, led by Felix de Vicente Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, joined senior cruise line executives, port and destination leaders, tour operators, travel agents and suppliers for a robust Seatrade Latin America Cruise Convention in Valparaiso, Chile.

• Friday, May 17th 2013 - 00:19 UTC

  IAATO Search and Rescue workshop in Punta Arenas underlines importance of good communications

  

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) and the Chilean Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) provided on Thursday details on a joint Search and Rescue Workshop conducted last month in Punta Arenas, Chile.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 05:59 UTC

  Chile launches ambitious tourism campaign at World Travel Market in Sao Paulo

  

  A new international campaign to promote Chile as a tourism destination was launched by the Under Secretariat for Tourism, the institution responsible for the promotion of Chile in overseas markets. The campaign was presented in parallel in Sao Paulo as part of the events at World Travel Market (WTM) Latin America.