Travel Tip – Juan Santamaría International Airport, Costa Rica ‘In Transit’
When you are traveling to new destinations it can be confusing as to the procedure for catching connecting flights. When ‘In Transit’ through Juan Santamaría International Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica most people go through immigration to collect their baggage if it hasn’t been checked all the way through to your final destination. There is [...]
CATM Antigua Guatemala – Great Success?
We recently returned from Antigua, Guatemala following the 7th CATM show, the second in Guatemala. INGUAT did themselves proud in organising a show that will be remembered for a long time by exhibitors and buyers. The event was held in the colonial town of Antigua, Guatemala and provided a majestic backdrop to a wonderful event. [...]
CATM Fast Approaching….
On the 14th October travel agents, journalists and tour operators from around the world will descend upon Guatemala City for the preliminary tours of Guatemala prior to CATM which is being held in La Antigua, Guatemala. This is the second time that Guatemala has hosted CATM, next year Panama, and it is hoped that this [...]
More Airline News, This Time South America
Brazilian airline TAM is to merge with Chilean rival LAN, the companies announced last week. This creates yet another ‘super carrier’ in the airline industry and one that is going to have a huge impact on travel throughout he Americas. The combined travel figures for TAM and LAN in 2009 were 45 million passengers! The [...]
Iberia Launches New Flights To Central America
From the beginning of October Iberia, the national carrier for Spain, introduced new flights to Central America. These new flights will fly to San Salvador and Panama direct from Madrid. Previously these flights went via Guatemala. Iberia now flies to four Central American countries including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama. The flights to [...]