President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos invited Inkaterra founder and chairman José Koechlin to present an integrated tourism plan at the 4^th CEO Summit of the Pacific Alliance on June 29 in Cali, Colombia – within the XII Pacific Alliance Summit attended by the heads of state of Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico. Mr. Koechlin proposed a bird-based tourism strategy for sustainable development, promoting the declaration of local reserves for endemic species conservation, as well as a safe migratory route across the aforementioned countries.

Inkaterra’s pioneering ecotourism model acknowledges the economic value of biodiversity, as conservation is profitable to local communities. The company’s ongoing projects include a sustainable landscape corridor in the Amazon rainforest of Madre de Dios, as to mitigate the effects of illegal mining through ecotourism.

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VIRTUOSO® “BEST OF THE BEST” AWARDS NOMINATE INKATERRA MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO HOTEL

Celebrating its 25^th Anniversary in 2017, international luxury travel network Virtuoso® has unveiled the list of nominees to the prestigious Best of the Best Awards. Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel stands out as the only Peruvian property among contenders. Running for the Sustainable Tourism Leadership Category, the Inkaterra property in the Andean cloud forest is well-known for managing the Andean Bear Conservation Center in hotel grounds, as well as the world’s largest native orchid collection with 372 species.

Inkaterra’s commitment to turn Machu Picchu Pueblo into a global model of sustainability is confirmed by a strategic alliance with AJE Group. The partnership has solved a waste management crisis warned by UNESCO with the donation of a waste-compacting machine, and it is currently developing a biodiesel production plant to avoid oil spills in the Vilcanota River. Winners will be revealed during Virtuoso Travel Week’s Hotels & Resorts Dinner taking place August 16 at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

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CNN AND THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH REVIEW INKATERRA GUIDES FIELD STATION

CNN and The Sunday Telegraph have featured Inkaterra Guides Field Station upon its opening to guests in June 26. CNN highlights Inkaterra’s third lodge in the Amazon in its list ‘Green vacations: 10 sustainable places that don’t cost the Earth’. “The rainforest retreat leads conservation projects overseen by the not-for-profit Inkaterra Asociación (ITA) including the study of flora and fauna,” says Chris Dwyer. While an extensive chronicle by The Sunday Telegraph’s travel writer Andrew Purvis defines his stay as “the closest you’ll get to becoming David Attenborough.”

NEW ESSAY ON ROCK ART IN MACHU PICCHU MENTIONS SAMPLES FOUND AT INKATERRA

The latest issue of international journal Rock Art Research (Volume 34, Number 1) includes a new article on Machu Picchu quilcas or rock art, including those found at Inkaterra hotel grounds. Penned by Fernando Astete, Director of the Machu Picchu Archaeological Park, in collaboration with Gori-Tumi Echevarría López and José Bastante Abuhadba, the purpose of the research is “to establish the first cultural articulation of these man-made manifestations (…) Based on a survey and analytical observations the authors evaluate the technical and formal nature of this evidence, its state of preservation and propose a relative chronology.”

INKATERRA HACIENDA URUBAMBA IN EL COMERCIO ‘LUXURY HOTELS IN PERU’ LIST

Heading El Comercio’s Top 10 Peruvian luxury hotels, Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba is praised for its interior design envisioned by Denise Koechlin, which “manages to express the spirit of the highlands in its suites and halls.” A contemporary hacienda-style hotel in-between Cusco and Machu Picchu, Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba was recipient of Tatler’s 2015 Best Authentic Experience Award and was also acknowledged by both Travel+Leisure and Condé Nast as one of the world’s best new hotels. The property is also member of Virtuoso, Traveller Made, and National Geographic Unique Lodges.

INKATERRA’S MISS TEXAS ESCORTED CABO BLANCO’S REGATTA OF THE CENTURY

More than 30 artisanal watercrafts from Cabo Blanco, El Ñuro, Lobitos and other beaches of Northern Peru set sails at the Regatta of the Century, celebrated on June 29 during St. Peter and St. Paul’s holiday. Committed to the declaration of artisanal fishing as Living Cultural Landscape, NGO Inkaterra Asociación was among sponsors of the event. Alfred Glassel and Ernest Hemingway’s iconic Miss Texas – restored by Inkaterra in 2013 – escorted the raft sailboats, a symbol of Cabo Blanco’s ancestral heritage to raise awareness on the conservation of the Peruvian Tropical Sea.

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