Lima, Peru | Friday 04 July 2008 21:36 | | US$ - S/. 2.89
Approximately 200 tourists were stranded at Alejandro Velasco Astete Airport in Cusco this morning after LAN Peru canceled two flights that had been scheduled to fly to Lima.
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts - a hotel chain with establishments in ten U.S. states and forty hotels in countries such as Canada, Mexico and England among others - has announced the construction of a $264 million luxury hotel on La Florida beach in northern Peru.
Libertador Peru Hotel Chain said Thursday it plans a soft opening of its 30 million dollar Urubamba Luxury Collection hotel, located in the Inca Sacred Valley, on March 1, 2009, as part of a franchise agreement with US hotel chain Starwood Hotels & Worldwide Resorts.
This agreement represents a total investment of 160 million dollars, which icludes the remodelation of the Libertador Cusco Hotel, located in the capital of this department, and the construction of other two hotels in Urubamba (Cusco) and San Isidro (Lima).
According to the Libertador Hotel commercial manager, Dietrich Bauer von Der Wense, the project is currently in the construction stage which includes new public areas inside the hotel.
“This hotel will have 128 rooms and more than 1,400 m2 for corporate meetings and other activities”, he told Andina news agency.
He said the soft opening will take two or three months, depending on demand, but the official opening can take place in July 2009.
This 30 million dollar project tackles luxury tourists, who can spend 350 dollars daily.
Starwood Hotels & Worldwide Resorts owns and manages hotel and resort franchises such as Saint Regis, Luxury Collection, Westin, Le Meridien, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, Aloft and Element.
News source: ANDINA
Hotel chain Acqua Hotel Resort Spa announced today they will invest more than 10 million dollars in the construction of a five star hotel located in the valley of Urubamba, about 80 km from Cusco city.
Foreigners who entered Peru as tourists and wish to change their migratory status to workers must compulsory apply for an authorization to sign any labor contract at the General Immigration Bureau and Naturalization (DIGEMIN), the representative of this institution Juan Álvarez Manrique stated Thursday.
Over 500,000 foreign tourists visited Peru in the first three months of this year, reported Pablo López de Romaña, the Andean country's vice minister of tourism.
In an effort to provide local and foreign tourists with a unique opportunity to learn more about the Inca religious ceremonies, this year’s Inti Raymi Festival at the Sacsayhuaman Fortress in Cusco will be translated into French, English and Spanish.
Peru jumped 16 places to 86th in the second annual Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008, published by the World Economic Forum, said today the associate director and senior economist of the institution, Irene Mia.
For the second consecutive year, Hotel Monasterio in Cusco ranks among the five most luxurious hotels in South America, according to Ultratravel magazine, part of the Daily Telegraph group in the United States.
Casa Andina hotel chain will open a three-star hotel in the northern city of Trujillo (La Libertad) in the first quarter of 2009, announced today the company's marketing manager, Hernán Carranza. It is worth noting that last February, Casa Andina general manager, Juan Stoessel, mentioned that the company was evaluating investment projects in different cities of northern Peru including Trujillo, Chiclayo (Lambayeque) and Piura. (ANDINA - click here to read complete article)
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