The start of 2011 saw a completed Grand Caribe Belize Resort and Condominiums. Located two miles north of San Pedro in Ambergris, the resort with all its amenities is now in full swing. With 35 full-time employees and 100-percent occupancy during the Christmas season its first year, the young resort is successfully making a name …
Costa Rica has been selected as the destination for the 2011 WITIA Educational to be held from October 16–22. The annual gathering unites WITIA members hailing from six continents for networking opportunities, the annual general meeting of the Alliance, and enriching cultural experiences expertly crafted by this year’s WITIA host member, George Duffy, owner of …
Located in the quaint town of San Juan Del Sur, Pelican Eyes Resort, a leading resort in Nicaragua, has joined the LMG portfolio. Nicaragua is one of Central America’s fastest growing “emerging” markets. The destination offers a vast variety of activities, which includes visiting colonial towns, sand boarding on the Volcano, fabulous surfing, horseback riding on remote …
On December 21, 2012, the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar will complete a 5,125-year cycle. There are various interpretations of this transition; 2012 may mark the beginning of a new era, the end of the world or a similar catastrophe. The modern Maya, on the whole, haven’t attached much significance to the date and the …
When The Who sang “I Hope I Die Before I Get Old,” they obviously weren’t thinking about spending time in a tropical paradise with their kids and grandkids. There’s no better way to bring postwar progeny and their families closer together, according to the two traveling baby-boomer founders of The Lodge at Chaa Creek in …
One might not expect to savor sushi rolls, makimono and temaki while watching the sun set over the gulf, but guests at Hyatt Regency Trinidad, one of the region’s premier business and meetings hotels, can do just that. The hotel’s sushi bar serves up the island’s best Japanese cuisine. “We attract a varied local and …
Malliouhana’s Relax a Little Longer Package which offers two nights free for bookings of five nights in an Ocean View Double has been expanded to include complimentary Continental breakfast daily, free WiFi, a welcome bottle of wine and 15-percent spa savings on any selected treatments. The rate for the seven nights including the two complimentary …
My Exclusive Journeys is offering a Peru trip in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Machu Picchu’s discovery in 1911 by American explorer Hiram Bingham. A Centennial Festival will be broadcast worldwide July 7. Some 500 million are expected to view the opening ceremony via satellite, where Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa will speak. Among …
In this, the centennial anniversary year of the discovery of Machu Picchu, travelers will be drawn to Peru to see and celebrate this captivating archeological wonder whose mystery has enchanted many since its discovery in 1911. In the heart of the ancient Inca and Spanish Colonial capital of Cusco, the 22-room Sonesta Posadas del Inca …
Most people know of Charles Darwin as the man who “put Galápagos on the map.” But not everyone knows the curious circumstances that brought him to these islands. His ship, HMS Beagle, had been sent to South America on important business, and its brief stop in the Galapagos Islands on the homeward-bound journey happened almost …