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Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, the most recent addition to the Inkaterra portfolio, has been selected to receive the 2016 Condé Nast Traveler HOT LIST Award. This prestigious accolade honors the world’s top 60 properties that have opened their doors in the last twelve months, and is featured in the May issue of Condé Nast Traveler. The magazine’s staff and contributors have vetted over a hundred recently opened hotels and resorts, and they have carefully selected the ones that stand out the most.
A contemporary hacienda-style hotel in-between Cusco and Machu Picchu, Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba features panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and harvest fields in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, immersing guests in open space, serenity and relaxing solitude. The property was recipient of Tatler’s 2015 Best Authentic Experience Award and was also acknowledged by Travel+Leisure’s IT List 2016 as one of the world’s best new hotels.
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Inkaterra Founder & CEO José Koechlin Re-elected Chairman of Peruvian Hotel Society
Associate members of Peruvian Hotel Society (SHP) confirmed José Koechlin as chairman of the national hotel guild for the period 2016-2018, position he has held for the past thirteen years. During the SHP assembly, the new board of directors announced an upcoming meeting with Peru’s presidential candidates to present an action plan for the development of the hospitality industry in Peru, including initiatives to reduce bureaucratic processes and to attract new investment.
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World Birding Rally Featured in New Book on Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable Tourism: Driving Green Investment and Shared Prosperity in Developing Countries features a case study on Inkaterra’s World Birding Rally and how the event raises awareness of the value of biodiversity in Peru. The new publication co-authored by Federico Vignati, Don Hawkins and Bruce Prideaux, explores unique opportunities offered by sustainable tourism to marginalized communities living along the most biodiverse and rich natural areas. Now available on Amazon.
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Inkaterra Celebrates Earth Day in the Amazon Rainforest
Celebrated in 192 countries since being established in April 22nd 1970 by peace activist John McConnell, Earth Day helps raising awareness on environmental care. Committed to the value of biodiversity since 1975, Inkaterra took part of the event with a guided visit to Inkaterra Reserva Amazónica for students of Dos de Mayo School (Puerto Maldonado).
Educational activities were held to explain how Inkaterra and ecotourism mitigate the effects of climate change through scientific research and conservation initiatives. Students were invited to plant trees as part of a reforestation program, before enjoying an excursion to the Inkaterra Canopy Walkway at 100ft above the ground, which allows the study of wildlife in the rainforest canopy.
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Lepanthes miraculum: Orchid Species Registered in the Machu Picchu Cloud Forest
Scientific journal Lankesteriana published a new addition to the Peruvian orchid flora. Lepanthes miraculum (Orchidaceae), an epiphytic found in the cloud forest between Cochabamba and Villa Tunari, Bolivia, was recently reported from Machu Picchu in Southern Peru.
The new finding is credited to Inkaterra Asociación researcher Benjamín Collantes, Julio G. Ochoa (Parque Arqueológico Nacional de Machupicchu, Dirección Regional de Cultura – Cusco), Carlos Martel (Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm), and specialist Lisa Theorle. Illustrations, figures, notes on Peruvian specimens and an updated description are presented in the publication.
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The Rolling Stones’ Photographer Brian Rasic Visits Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba
Artist Brian Rasic has been The Rolling Stones’ photographer for each of their tours since 1983. Celebrating the band’s first concert in Peru during the Latin America Olé Tour, Brian visited Lima and Cusco to present his photo exhibition ‘The Rolling Stones’, co-sponsored by Inkaterra.
Back in the UK after his stay at Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba and Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, Brian took a break from his work with Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer to talk with us about his fascinating experience portraying Rock N Roll icons, from David Bowie to Led Zeppelin. Click here to read the interview.
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Sport Fishing Magazine: Cabo Blanco, “The Greatest Big-Game Fishing the World Has Ever Known”
A passionate chronicle by Doug Olander with a fascinating photo archive brings back to life Cabo Blanco’s golden age, when the Northern coast of Peru became the world-known sport fishing mecca. The hidden fishing cove was a cult destination in the 1930s, visited only by a few adventurous anglers. Until August 1953, when the game fishing community set eyes on Cabo Blanco after Louisiana oilman Alfred Glassell, Jr. landed the all-tackle world record – a 1560lb black marlin – on board the Miss Texas. “While 1953 was the year of the colossus in black marlin fishing, 1954 would be Cabo Blanco’s banner year for sheer numbers of granders, with 16 fish between 1,005 and 1,500-plus pounds taken,” says Olander.
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