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Peru present at International World Travel Market 2023 in London | News | ANDINA

reported that the country successfully participated once again in the International Tourism Fair, World Travel Market 2023.

The World Travel Market is the world’s leading travel industry event for networking with professionals and conducting business.

This leading event for the travel industry took place from November 6 to 8 in the city of London, United Kingdom.

The Peruvian delegation was present with a 300m2 booth strategically located in the Americas Pavilion and had the participation of 30 Peruvian companies as co-exhibitors. 

The participating companies included Amazon Explorama, Andean Adventures, Aqua Expeditions, Aranwa Hotels, Braidy Wonders, D’elise Hotel, Domiruth, HHP Hotel (Hoteles Hacienda), Holiday Inn Lima Miraflores, IberoStar Selection Miraflores, Inca Rail, Inca Route, Kichwa, Latin American Trips, and Libertador Hoteles.

In addition, the list contained Lima Tours, Mava Travel, Nassf Travel, Peru a Travel, Peru Jamuy Travel, Peru Quality Tours, Perurail, Peruvian Sacred, Peruvian Soul, Pure Peru, Setours, South American Tours, South American Travels (SATS), Sungate Tours, and Viracocha.

LATAM Airlines also had a space at PromPeru’s booth, where it promoted the start of its direct flights between Lima and London from December 1 of this year. There will be 5 frequencies per week, one for each day. 

Thanks to this direct flight, British travelers will have the opportunity to discover Peru in a more accessible way than ever.

PromPeru, through the Tourism Directorate and the Commercial Office in London, aimed to promote Peruvian tourism at WTM with a focus on sustainability and culture. 

It was also essential to gather data from professionals and information about new industry trends.

As part of the activities, a Media Event was organized on the evening of November 6, attended by the press, all Peru’s co-exhibitors, and VIP clients. 

During the event days, there were presentations of Peruvian folk dances. Moreover, the

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‘Milton’s Suitcase Adventure’: New children’s book is a collaboration of a friendship born in La Jolla

Keeping a friendship going after one moves away might prove difficult for some, but a couple of former co-workers at UC San Diego in La Jolla have maintained a connection through creativity.

“Milton’s Suitcase Adventure,” a children’s book written by Diane Distefano and illustrated by Manny Pantoja, is about a dog “who likes to sleep a lot, and his penchant for sleeping gets him into an adventure he hadn’t expected,” Distefano said. He falls asleep in a suitcase and wakes up in Paris.

Though that is initially “jarring and upsetting,” Milton learns through “resilience and being flexible and trying new things that it’s OK,” Distefano said. “He gets so confident in that new city [and] gets himself into a predicament near the end and is able to find his way out with the tools he’s learned.”

The book, published May 16, is meant to be “fun and instructive,” Distefano said.

The main character is based on Distefano’s real-life Milton, a 15-year-old mix who she said is “a wonderful dog” who loves to walk at La Jolla Shores.

Pantoja was inspired to draw Milton surfing in the book.

“I want children to really enjoy this adventure with Milton,” Distefano said. “A very young child would get the joy out of the story and the silliness of it and the illustrations … whereas an older child will kind of get some of those subtle, teachable moments, [like] it’s OK to try new things.”

Distefano and Pantoja met at UCSD. Distefano works in the campus communications and marketing department and Pantoja worked as a marketing intern while completing his visual arts degree at the university.

“Diane and I worked together,” he said, “and we clicked.”

The two became good friends, Distefano said, and remain connected even though Pantoja lives in Fresno, Los

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