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Thirteen cruise vessels visit South Georgia during January
Thirteen cruise ships visited this month South Georgia, according to the SG Newsletter. This included a vessel new to SG, the 112 passenger “Plancius”. However one vessel, l “Clelia II” had to cancel her visit after striking rocks with her propeller at Petermann Island in the Antarctic Peninsula.
February 13, 2010 at 2:37 am | click here to view more
Chile’s tourism industry fears long term effects of quake and aftershocks
The tourism industry in Chile has been hit difficult as travellers cancel trips to the disaster-struck country. Since the 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Saturday, Andes Hostel in Santiago has received five to six cancellations per day, an employee told the Santiago Times.
March 4, 2010 at 3:32 pm | click here to view more
Santiago airport reopens domestic terminal and activity should reach 50%
Passenger traffic at Santiago de Chile’s main airport should reach 50% of normal activity on Thursday following the increase in commercial airlines flight numbers and the reopening of the domestic air terminal, reports the Chilean Civil Aeronautic Agency.
March 3, 2010 at 11:31 pm | click here to view more
Lan resumes 15% of flights; priority bringing to Santiago stranded passengers
Beginning Tuesday Lan Airlines resumes flying a skeleton national and international schedule out of a tent at the Santiago airport, according to a short notice from the Chilean flag carrier company.
March 1, 2010 at 11:29 pm | click here to view more
Giant waves ram cruise in Mediterranean killing two
Two people have been killed and six injured as giant waves slammed into a cruise boat in the Mediterranean, the boat's owners have said. The 8 metres high rogue waves hit the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty off the north-east coast of Spain.
March 3, 2010 at 11:13 pm | click here to view more
Docking in windy weather Costa cruise slams into Egypt pier killing three
A Costa Cruises boat crashed into a pier early Friday as it was docking at the Red Sea port of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, killing three crew members and injuring several passengers. The accident occurred amid stormy windy weather across Egypt.
February 27, 2010 at 3:13 am | click here to view more
New Carrasco terminal among the “most beautiful airports in the world”
The new Uruguayan air terminal in Carrasco, inaugurated last November, has been included among fifteen of “the most beautiful airports in the world” according to the January edition of travel magazine “Travel+Leisure”.
February 8, 2010 at 12:02 am | click here to view more
Rio’s Carnival takes off: “I order everyone to have fun”
Rio do Janeiro's four-day Carnival officially kicks off Saturday with a long list of celebrities in town to watch the main event, which this year is dominated by a row over a seven-year-old girl joining the ranks of the sexy adult samba queens.
February 13, 2010 at 2:57 am | click here to view more
An estimated 3.000 passengers waiting in Punta Arenas to fly back to Santiago
Almost 3.000 people remained stranded Monday in Magallanes region, extreme south Chile, since Saturday’ devastating quake forced the temporary closure of Santiago’s main air terminal, according to reports in Punta Arenas.
March 2, 2010 at 2:45 pm | click here to view more
Cruise along Brazilian coast suffers alleged massive food poisoning
Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas was liberated and allowed to continue with the cruise after Brazilian sanitary officials imposed a 24 hours quarantine following a massive outbreak of what is believed to be food poisoning.
March 4, 2010 at 4:10 pm | click here to view more