LATA Members Newsletter – September 2026
UPCOMING EVENTS Autumn Networking Drinks Following the very warm summer drinks evening we held last in July, our next informal networking evening will be on 9 September. Please bring any of your colleagues with you, especially those who don’t usually attend LATA events. As always, the first drink is on … View details
Flooding in Peru – Member Updates
There have been various reports online and on social channels about flooding and landslides across Peru, notably in Lima, Arequipa and on the Inca Trail, which has been reported as being closed until Saturday. Reuters has reported THIS. We have contacted LATA members in Peru and these are the updates … View details
LATA Members Newsletter – August 2026
UPCOMING EVENTS LATA Meet the Media & Media Awards 2026 The LATA Media Awards are an annual event, celebrating inspiring and creative Latin American stories, recognising innovation and excellence from across the British travel media landscape. The event will retain the networking format from previous years, including wonderful canapés and … View details
Watch Again: LATA Webinar with PromPeru – Discover Peru’s Wild Side
LATA Webinar: Discover Peru’s Wild Side This webinar, led by PromPeru’s London Director Aldo Parodi, showcased Peru’s “wild side” beyond Machu Picchu. Jose Pilares of CREES presented Manu National Park — a biodiverse Andes-to-Amazon corridor — highlighting conservation-led regenerative tourism, tech-enhanced wildlife experiences, and family/experiential-learning trip formats. Giovanna Villacorta of … View details
Watch Again: Hotter Holidays Workshop with The Safer Tourism Foundation
Hotter Holidays Thank you to all the LATA members who joined our recent workshop with Kathy Atkinson from The Safer Tourism Foundation. Kathy covered rising global temperatures and heat waves, how heat affects destinations unevenly (urban heat islands, coastal vs. rural vs. mountain), and the physiology of heat stress noting … View details
Watch again: LATA Workshop with The Long Run
The Story Travels: Communicating Impact Across the Value Chain Thank you to all the LATA members who joined our recent workshop with The Long Run, hosted by Megan and Rosie, which focused on impact storytelling for sustainable tourism. Megan introduced the concept of a story arc framework. Rather than front-loading sustainability … View details
You may have seen the news stories in recent months about power banks on aircraft either catching fire in overhead lockers or causing flights to be diverted because they were packed incorrectly, and this is something we are becoming increasingly concerned by. Travel Weekly ran a story last month about a campaign that the UK’s Civil … View details
LATA Media Awards – The Shortlist
We are delighted to confirm the shortlist for the LATA Media Awards 2026, which will take place at Gaucho Piccadilly on Tuesday 22 September to recognise innovation and excellence across the British travel media landscape and reward content that promotes travel to and around Latin America. Prior to the awards ceremony, LATA will … View details
LATA Members Newsletter – July 2026
UPCOMING EVENTS LATA Summer Networking Social To avoid clashes with football matches and other industry events, we have rescheduled our Summer Networking drinks to Wednesday 8 July. We will be upstairs at The Phoenix Pub as usual from 6.30pm. We’ve loved meeting your wider teams so do encourage more people … View details
6-Minute Snapshot – New members