Tourism
Baja launches drive to rehabilitate image
San Diego Union-Tribune - The state of Baja California has joined forces with its five municipalities in a $500,000 public relations effort aimed at changing Americans’ negative perceptions about the region and winning back the confidence of U.S. tourists.
www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/sep/01/baja-california-launches-image-rehab-campaign/
Mexicana employees rallying, seeking end to crisis
El Universal - Mexicana Airlines ground workers, flight attendants and pilots as well as those working for Link and Click, rallied yesterday in Terminal 1 at the Mexico City airport to demand an early solution to the airline's suspension. Flight attendants agreed to cut benefits by 25 percent.
www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/706181.html
Aeromexico is "100 percent healthy," says official
El Financiero - Aeromexico is 100 percent healthy and will take the opportunity to expand in the aviation market after Mexicana Airlines' suspension of service, José Luis Barraza González, Aeromexico's board president, said, adding the airline has much closer ties with its unions.
www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFinanciero/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm
Virgin offers free flight to Mexico with tacos
New York Times - Loopt users who check in to taco trucks or airports in San Francisco and Los Angeles next Tuesday can get two flights to Mexico for the price of one, courtesy of Virgin America. The promotion is the latest example of big companies using location-based apps for marketing.
bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/have-a-free-flight-to-mexico-with-your-taco/
Asur sees passenger traffic increase 8.9%
Market Watch - Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, or Asur, said its total passenger traffic for August increased by 8.9 percent compared to August 2009. Domestic passengers increased 2.5 percent, while international passengers grew by 15.1 percent.
GAP says injunction suspended shareholder meeting
Market Watch - Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, or GAP, which has been involved in an internal management dispute, announced that a Mexican civil court has informed it of the existence of a preliminary injunction that suspends the company's shareholders meeting.
Luxury hotel to open in San Miguel Allende
Los Angeles Times - An ultra-luxury hotel resort, the Rosewood San Miguel de Allende, is set to open in the historic city in central Mexico early next year. Reservations are being accepted for stays beginning Feb. 1. Under a grand-opening package, rates begin at $295 per night.
travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/mexico-rosewood-hote-7454/
Virgin expands service to Mexico resorts
Huffington Post - Virgin America has announced that it is expanding its service to Cabo San Lucas and Cancun, with non-stop flights from San Francisco and Los Angeles starting in December. Airline representatives are driving taco trucks around Los Angeles and San FrancisoThe to tout a fare sale.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/31/virgin-america-mexico_n_700687.html
Mexicana stoppage costs $420 million in tourism
El Universal - Mexicana's work stoppage has causes losses of $420 million to Mexico's tourism industry and is impacted the plans of 2.6 million who planned to visit Mexico between September and December, the National Tourism Confederation said.
Cancun bar firebombing could hurt tourism
New York Daily News - Eight people - most of them women - were killed in the firebombing of a bar in the tourist mecca of Cancun. The bar, Castillo de Mar, was several miles from the tourist area, however, such violence in Cancun could badly hurt Mexico's tourist industry.
