Author: Mariana Balanescu South America

Chile. Hilton Garden Inn has been reported this week on the opening of its first hotel in this Andean nation, the Hilton Garden Inn Santiago Airport, which also debuts the brand in South America and places reinforces the Hilton Worldwide expansion in the region. The establishment of 144 rooms, including restaurant, pool, Jacuzzi and Spa and Fitness center and 4,500 square feet of meeting space.[ad#ad-468]

“We are excited to add Hilton Garden Inn Santiago Airport to our collection,” said Tom Potter, vice president of Hilton Worldwide South America. “It demonstrates our commitment to introduce new brands into new destinations and continue to grow our portfolio across Latin America.”

Following the principles of mid price brand that combines value and high quality, the Hilton Garden Inn Santiago Airport is strategically located in the ENEA Business Park, an urban development project that integrates a number of industries, offices, hotels, areas of entertainment and transportation routes.At about nine miles from downtown Santiago, and two International Airport, hopes to become a good choice for both business travelers and leisure travelers coming to the Chilean capital.
The 144 rooms feature the Garden Sleep System, which allows guests the firmness and softness of the bed, ergonomic chair, high-definition LCD TV, alarm clock with MP3 connectivity, work space and corner of the mini fridge and hospitality coffee machine.

In addition to full service catering, including room service and a 24 hour sale that includes fast food, drinks and snacks, the hotel has an indoor pool, whirlpool, spa with sauna and dressing rooms, fitness center and kits of exercises that can be used by guests at the facility or brought to their rooms for yoga, pilates and other routines.
Area of 4,500 square feet of meeting includes a large lounge and seven meeting rooms, complete with Wi-Fi and 24-hour business center. The hotel also offers parking and 24-hour airport shuttle.

Hilton Worldwide is expadiendo in Latin America, and currently has developments in places like Bariloche, Iguazú, Ushuaia and Zarate, Argentina, Bogotá, Colombia, Panama City, Panama, Lima, Peru, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, and several Mexico City, including the federal capital, Merida, Los Cabos and Queretaro.

The 2011-2012 season of Princess Cruises South America will feature the Star Princess. boat very familiar in this area as it was operating in past seasons. [ad#ad-468]

The itinerary offered is the familiar route Bioceánica, which is a trip that skirts the south of South America where it browses the two oceans (Atlantic and Pacific). This route offers several attractions in its path as the visit to the Falkland Islands, sailing around Cape Horn or see the beautiful scenery offered by the Chilean fjords.

Each year the shipping company introduced minor changes in the schedule for the 2011-2012 season there are variances from past seasons.

The route starts from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, covering the Brazilian coast down to Montevideo. Then comes the port of Buenos Aires, the port where a good number of passengers embarking. The journey continues south, sailing the Atlantic Ocean, visiting the Falkland Islands, Cape Horn, Ushuaia, Punta Arenas, Chilean Fjords and then get to Valparaiso where your journey will start there again identical to reverse Rio de Janeiro.

In all, five cruisers, three of Rio de Janeiro to Valparaiso and two reverse, being both cruises of 14 days. For Buenos Aires cruise, the itinerary has the option of loading / unloading at the port of that city.

The departure dates are:

Cruise Rio de Janeiro to Valparaiso: 12/24/2011, 01/21/2012, 22/02/2012

Cruise Valparaiso to Rio de Janeiro: 07/01/2012, 04/02/2012

Tuesday, JULY 19, 2011 13:49

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) (1) is holding its 63 th annual meeting in the islands of the Channel. This year 61 nations participating in the meeting, among them Argentina, as part of the Latin American bloc.

The discussions of this meeting will focus on the proposal by Argentina and Brazil to create a sanctuary to protect whales in the South Atlantic, this means an area prohibiting hunting and promote research and non-lethal use of whales as watching tourism.

“Greenpeace is critical to the progress towards adoption Sanctuary, as the tenth anniversary of its presentation and, since then, as Japan tried to stop this extortion by the countries members of the commission,” said Milko Schvartzman, representative Greenpeace Latin American on the island of Jersey.

The proposal of the Buenos Aires (GBA), as known to the alliance between Argentina and Brazil, has the support of a majority of representatives, but the shackles of the whaling nations could prevent you from getting 75% of the votes required to build the sanctuary. The decision to take a vote on Wednesday will be taken at the last minute, after evaluating the development of previous meetings, as well as agreements on strategic issues.

“Japan not only preys on marine resources in international waters, but also fails to Latin American countries to protect whales, to take conservation measures in their own regions,” analyzes Schvartzman.
Also, as a result of these irregularities, the United Kingdom presented a proposal raising public access to documents issued by the commission to turn the IWC into a more transparent organization.

“The CBI has a criminal record of corruption, lack of transparency and confidence, resulting from the lobby of a small group of countries whalers. Without going any further, last year Japan hotel and expenses paid to the Chairman of the CBI, who had to resign after evidence of this extortion, “said Schvartzman.

For its part, Denmark, Norway and Iceland are strongly opposed to NGOs and scientific representatives of civil society, have minimal rights of expression in the debate.

Instead, “the Latin American bloc is clearly the most active conservation force in the IWC: Colombia and the Dominican Republic recently joined the Commission and demonstrate their strong belief and to defend the whales and the rights of expression of civil society,” Schvartzman concluded.

Notes
The IWC was created in 1946 by a group of countries, mostly whalers. Its mission was to regulate hunting, since this activity was decimated whale populations. Over time additional members and many countries before they stopped hunting whales, they became important conservation and development activities of whale watching tourism. Currently has 89 members. Argentina was one of 12 founders.

The Latin American bloc in Jersey is comprised of: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic and Uruguay.