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 …
On the flank of Ecuador’s Mojanda mountain range, overlooking often-snowcapped Cotacachi, is Las Palmeras Inn, sister hotel of Hacienda Cusin, and its new guest cottage, Casa Acacia. Casa Acacia’s four, double guest rooms, each with bathrooms, can be used as two, inter-linked, double-bedroom family suites. All four rooms have kiva-style, log-burning fireplaces and views of …
Goway Travel, specialist wholesaler for long-haul destinations, has announced a new promotion that offers free airfare to the Galapagos Islands. According to Don Forster, Product Manager for Goway’s Latin America Division, “2010 was another big year for the Galapagos and Goway, and 2011 has begun just as strongly, if not stronger. The ongoing awareness of …