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NEWS FROM UK MEMBERS Llama Travel Llama Travel is delighted to be awarded the joint winner of the 2019 Wanderlust Readers’ Awards in the Top Tour Operator category, for the second year running. We’d like to thank everyone who voted for us as well as those who’ve shown their support … View details

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has changed its travel advice to Nicaragua, no longer advising against all but essential travel to the country, and instead advising visitors to exercise a high degree of caution. In 2017, Nicaragua welcomed a 19% increase in international travellers, attracting visitors seeking an alluring … View details

Now that 2018 has drawn to a close, the Latin American Travel Association (LATA) looks ahead to what 2019 has in store. LATA members have revealed promising signs for travel growth throughout the year, particularly in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru. Throughout 2019, LATA members expect visitors to explore more … View details

NEWS FROM UK MEMBERS Just a Drop Just a Drop has completed a three year long project to provide a water supply for the community of Mullak’as-Misminay in Peru. The project was a multi-organisation collaboration and involved the excavation of a horizontal tunnel, dug into the hillside to reach water … View details

We are delighted to announce that Experience Latin America 2019 will take place from the 10th to 12th June. The 2019 event will see LATA taking the event to an exciting new venue, the world-famous home of Chelsea FC, Stamford Bridge. We’re very excited to be working with this fabulous … View details

NEWS FROM UK MEMBERS Just a Drop Just a Drop will celebrate its 20th anniversary and having reached 1.5 million people with safe water and sanitation at World Travel Market 2018. To mark the occasion, Just a Drop has partnered with Water-to-Go to sell Just a Drop-branded eco-friendly water bottles, … View details

On 23rd October 2018, LATA held a Sustainable Tourism Workshop. Speaker presentations can be downloaded here: Trudi Pearce (Responsible Tourism Consulting):      1) The principles of the LATA sustainability charter      2) Introduction to LATA’s working group of experts Click here to download Katie Hill (B Lab): Bringing alive the … View details

NEWS FROM UK MEMBERS   Wendy McNeill Representation – 1st Anniversary and new client Wendy is celebrating the end of her first year in business and grateful to everyone who’s helped make the year a success. She is thrilled to be starting her second year with the addition of Blumar … View details

Online voting for the LATA Committee Elections 2018 will be open between the 10th and 20th September. Each member organisation of LATA will have the opportunity to select up to nine candidiates from the list of nominees, to fill the nine committee vacancies. The candidates are: Bibiana Tellez-Garside – Geodyssey  … View details

NEWS FROM UK MEMBERS Avianca Airlines –  Avianca renews its domestic offer in Peru  Recently Avianca has restructured its offer of domestic flights in Peru which aims to provide more connection opportunities for visitors arriving in the country. The airline has implemented two new routes that connect Cusco with Arequipa … View details