Tourism

• Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 09:33 UTC

  Gibraltar: Major disaster in port

  

  An oil storage tank exploded in the port of Gibraltar Tuesday afternoon around 3.30pm, just metres from where a cruise ship Independence of the Seas was berthed. Two people who were carrying out welding work on the tank were injured in the blast. One of them, a 40-year old Spanish national from La Linea, suffered serious, extensive and life threatening burns.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 09:02 UTC

  LAN will seek another partner to expand globally if merger with Brazil’s TAM falls

  

  Chile's LAN Airlines will seek another partner or explore other options to expand internationally if a local antitrust tribunal rules against a planned merger with Brazil's TAM, according to an interview published by leading daily El Mercurio.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 22:49 UTC

  Gibraltar takes self determination case to Spain’s toughest audience

  

  Gibraltar Government has taken the argument for Gibraltar and its finance centre to the toughest audience in Spain - the ABC newspaper readers.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 22:44 UTC

  Falklands stamp release features the unique but endangered Southern sea lion

  

  The Southern sea lion (Otaria flavescens) features in the latest Falkland Islands stamp release, which became available for sale this week.

• Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 08:02 UTC

  Mercosur tourism ministers address ‘border crossings” and overseas promotion

  

  Mercosur tourism ministers agreed to facilitate border crossings for citizens from country members and to draft a homogeneous system for keeping the industry’s statistics, during their XI meeting held in Asuncion, Paraguay.

• Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:48 UTC

  Weak sterling more significant than VAT for UK inbound tourists, says WTM Vision

  

  Overseas visitors to the UK will not be deterred by high VAT, providing sterling remains weak against key inbound currencies, reveals a report released this week at the World Travel Market (WTM) Vision Conference-London.

• Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:35 UTC

  Cooperation agreement to develop sustainable tourism in the Americas

  

  The United Nations World Tourism Organization, UNWTO and the Organization of American States, OAS, have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at developing sustainable tourism policies and enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the tourism sector in the Americas.

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 22:07 UTC

  Air France flight 447 stalled and in three and a half minutes crashed into the Atlantic

  

  The Air France jet which crashed into the Atlantic en route from Rio in 2009 stalled and fell in three and a half minutes, French investigators report. The air accident investigations bureau (BEA) found the crew had struggled with contradictory speed readings just before the plane crashed.

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 08:48 UTC

  Real estate operations in Punta del Este reached 2.25 billion USD in 12 months

  

  Real estate operations in Uruguay’s hottest resort and leisure farms’ area totalled 2.55 billion US dollars in the twelve months to April 2011, equivalent to daily deals involving 7 million USD.

• Friday, May 20th 2011 - 10:24 UTC

  Uruguayan airline Pluna planning to open new domestic routes in Chile

  

  For years LAN Chile has dominated the Chilean airways, but recent reports suggest Uruguayan based airline Pluna is hoping to open up new domestic flights within Chile, increasing the competition already offered by Sky airlines and PAL airlines.