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Aeromexico reports March 2017 traffic results

Global Editor- April 6, 2017 0

Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V. today reported March 2017 operational results. • Grupo Aeromexico transported 1 million 680 thousand passengers in March; a 6.0% year-on-year ... Read More

Canada benefits from Mexico tourism whilst USA suffers

Global Editor- March 30, 2017 0

Mexicans are forsaking visits to the United States, many in favour of Canada where their money goes further and visa requirements have been scrapped, according ... Read More

Le Blanc Spa Resort debuts its second property in Los Cabos

Global Editor- March 29, 2017 0

Palace Resorts – the company that sets the standard in five-star, all-inclusive resort accommodations – is pleased to announce the highly anticipated debut of luxurious, ... Read More

Mr. Trump: We need Mexico. Tequila!

Elinor Garely - eTN Tourism Executives editor in chief- March 25, 2017 1

The year was 2000, and bartenders were desperate. The announcements heralded a serious crisis in Mexico: the world supply of tequila was about to disappear. ... Read More

BTS: US-NAFTA freight totaled $88.0 billion in January 2017

Global Editor- March 23, 2017 0

US-NAFTA freight totaled $88.0 billion in current dollars as all five major transportation modes carried more freight by value with North American Free Trade Agreement ... Read More

Mexican low-cost airline Volaris expands more to Ontario

Chief Assignment Editor- March 15, 2017 0

Low-cost carrier, Volaris, is a Mexican airline based in Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, with its main base at Tijuana International Airport. Volaris has ... Read More

Delta set to increase ownership stake in Grupo Aeroméxico to 49 percent

Global Editor- March 13, 2017 0

Delta Air Lines today announced the successful completion of its cash tender offer that commenced on Feb. 13, 2017 through the Mexican Stock Exchange to ... Read More

Alaska Airlines to serve Mexico City from San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego

Global Editor- March 2, 2017 0

The US Department of Transportation has tentatively awarded Alaska Airlines coveted slots at Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport from San Francisco, Los Angeles and ... Read More

BTS: Total value of North American freight down 3.4 percent in 2016

Global Editor- March 2, 2017 0

Four out of five major transportation modes – truck, pipeline, vessel and air – carried less U.S. freight and with North American Free Trade Agreement ... Read More

Mexico Tourism announces 35 million international tourists visited last year

Chief Assignment Editor- February 28, 2017 0

Tourism spending by international visitors in Mexico grew at an even fast rate than the increased number of international visitors to the country compared year ... Read More

Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board announces Down Puerto Vallarta 2017

Global Editor- February 28, 2017 0

Puerto Vallarta’s majestic Sierra Madre, blue Bay of Banderas and iconic Malecon will provide the perfect background of mountain-meets-sea for the first edition of the ... Read More

Puerto Vallarta Tourism gets ready for another record year

Global Editor- February 28, 2017 0

The Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board has announced that preliminary occupancy rates for the destination’s hotels show a 4% increase in tourism arrivals as compared to ... Read More

Hyatt Ziva Cancun: First Hyatt in Mexico certified Green Globe

Chief Assignment Editor- February 23, 2017 0

Green Globe is proud to welcome Hyatt Ziva Cancun to its collection of certified resorts in Mexico. Hyatt Ziva Cancun is the first Hyatt property ... Read More

BTS: North American freight numbers up

Global Editor- February 23, 2017 0

US-NAFTA freight totaled $87.1 billion in current dollars as three out of five major transportation modes carried more freight by value with North American Free ... Read More

ASUR 4Q16 passenger traffic up 11.91%

Global Editor- February 22, 2017 0

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V., the first privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancún Airport and eight other airports in southeast ... Read More

Aeromexico announces service to Guadalajara from San Jose, California

Global Editor- February 22, 2017 0

Mineta San José International Airport’s (SJC) airline and passenger growth continues with Aeromexico’s announcement today of nonstop service between San José and Guadalajara (GDL) to ... Read More

Aeromexico’s Board of Directors issues opinion on Delta Air Lines’ tender offer

Global Editor- February 21, 2017 0

Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V. reports that its Board of Directors held a meeting, and after receiving the opinion of its Audit Committee and the ... Read More

Hyatt Ziva Cancun: First Hyatt in Mexico certified Green Globe

Chief Assignment Editor- February 16, 2017 0

Green Globe is proud to welcome Hyatt Ziva Cancun to its collection of certified resorts in Mexico. Hyatt Ziva Cancun is the first Hyatt property ... Read More

Aeromexico reports January 2017 traffic results

Global Editor- February 7, 2017 0

Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V. today reported January 2017 operational results. • Grupo Aeromexico transported 1 million 638 thousand passengers in January; a 7.5% year-on-year ... Read More

One Million New Seats On International Direct Flights To Mexico In 2017

eturbonews- January 30, 2017 0

The Mexico Tourism Board announced today that Mexico's global air connectivity continues to grow at a record pace, with airlines around the world adding new ... Read More

North American freight numbers up 3.3 percent

Global Editor- January 19, 2017 0

US-NAFTA freight totaled $91.1 billion in current dollars as all five major transportation modes carried more freight by value with North American Free Trade Agreement ... Read More

First non-charter Nordic-Mexico flight launches in November

Global Editor- January 18, 2017 0

The Mexico Tourism Board announced the first direct nonstop flight from Helsinki to Puerto Vallarta between November 19, 2017 and March 18, 2018. The upcoming ... Read More

UNWTO Secretary General candidacy: Long list gets longer with Gloria Guevara adding her name

Chief Assignment Editor- January 18, 2017 0

Gloria Guevara is in the process submitting papers to add her name to the long and ever-growing list of candidates to become the next UNWTO ... Read More

Deadly Cancun Gay nightclub shooting condemned by International Nightlife Association

eturbonews- January 16, 2017 0

Every gay tourist in Mexico sees the Blue Parrot Club as a must place to go. It's packed every night of th week, and was ... Read More

International Nightlife Association condemns BPM Festival shooting

Global Editor- January 16, 2017 0

On behalf of the International Nightlife Association we strongly condemn the BPM Festival shooting occurred at Blue Parrot club in Cancun (Mexico). At the same ... Read More

1,762,000 passengers: Aeromexico reports December 2016 traffic results

Global Editor- January 9, 2017 0

Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V. today reported December 2016 operational results. • Grupo Aeromexico transported 1 million 762 thousand passengers in December, a 6.6% year-on-year ... Read More

UNWTO Secretary General and the role Africa plays

Juergen Steinmetz- January 8, 2017 0

The race is on for the next UNWTO Secretary General. Candidates are heading to Madrid during the upcoming FITUR to introduce themselves.  Specifically in Africa, ... Read More

US diplomat shot in Mexico

Global Editor- January 7, 2017 0

US consular official has been shot and injured in western Mexico. Mexican authorities have launched a manhunt for the attacker, a gunman whose motives have ... Read More

ASUR: Total passenger traffic for December 2016 up 13.9 percent

Global Editor- January 3, 2017 0

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V., the first privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and eight other airports in southeast ... Read More

Puerto Vallarta Tourism: 2015 meant increase in visitors

eturbonews- December 26, 2016 0

The Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board is proud to report that 2016 has continued the destination’s annual increase of visitors with Puerto Vallarta hotels reporting a ... Read More