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Mexico sets a record for foreign direct investment: Thursday’s mañanera recapped
Mexico News Daily
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August 22, 2025
Foreign investment and tourism were among the topics President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke about at her Thursday morning press conference. Here is a recap of the president’s Aug. 21 mañanera. Record FDI in first half of 2025 Sheinbaum presented data...
Officials in investigate switch failure in tourist train derailment
The Gleaner
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August 21, 2025
MEXICO CITY (AP): A car of the tourist-focused Maya Train that derailed in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula appears to have left the track because an automated switch tripped as the train was passing, officials said Wednesday. The accident Tuesday in...
Viva Aerobus announces new nonstop flights from Austin to Mexico City
CBS Austin - Texas
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AUSTIN, Texas — Viva Aerobus is set to launch a new nonstop flight service from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Mexico City's new airport, Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU), beginning November 20, 2025, the airline...
EXCLUSIVE! Here’s the First Thing Actor Henry Golding Does When He Vacations in a New City
Reader’s Digest
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August 21, 2025
Do you have an airplane “must-watch” movie? Is it Crazy Rich Asians? Yup, me too. (I just rewatched it on my way back from Mexico City, and it was not my first—or honestly, even fifth—viewing.) Turns out, everyone is tuning into this feel-good...
Adidas execs apologize for appropriating Mexican Indigenous shoe design
Deutsche Welle
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August 22, 2025
Adidas has issued a public apology to a small Indigenous town in Mexico's Oaxaca state for a shoe design criticized as cultural appropriation. Executives from the German sportswear manufacturer traveled to the town of Villa Hidalgo Yalalag to...
Bungendore makes good as top tourism town with massive community event
RiotACT
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August 22, 2025
Bungendore’s artisan gelato maker, Mellabella, will be at Bungendore Bites. Photo: Eunie Kim. Hot on the heels of its win as the Canberra region’s top tourism town, Bungendore is gearing up for its first full-day food and entertainment festival –...
Can you take a vape on a plane? Travel rules explained for Brits this summer
Chad
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August 22, 2025
Don’t let a simple mistake ruin your holiday this summer 😅 The Bank Holiday getaway is about to begin. If you are heading abroad, make sure you are familiar with the travel rules. But can you take your vape on the plane? Millions of people will be...
Shakira shows off her curves in metallic pink bikini during Mexican getaway
Page Six
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August 22, 2025
Her “Hips Don’t Lie.” Shakira flaunted her curvy figure in a metallic pink bikini while vacationing in Los Cabos, Mexico. The “Waka Waka” singer, 48, was photographed rolling around on a sandy beach Wednesday, rocking the shiny, eye-catching...
Meta Adds More AI-Powered Ad Options for Your Holiday Planning
Social Media Today
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August 21, 2025
Meta has outlined some new ad tools, primarily guided by its evolving AI targeting, which are designed to help marketers “sleigh” their sales goals this holiday season. I will also note that this is not my pun, Meta actually included this within...
10 Smart Travel Hacks for 2025: A Q&A with Christopher Parr
Pursuitist
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August 21, 2025
If you want to travel like a pro in 2025, there’s no better person to turn to than Christopher Parr, the award-winning travel journalist, contributor to CBS and USA Today, and Editor-in-Chief of Pursuitist. From flying in style to securing...
Michigan couple files lawsuit in Miami-Dade County against resort company after Mexican prison ordeal over timeshare dispute
WSVN 7 - Florida
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August 21, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan couple held for 32 days in a maximum-security Mexican prison without trial over a dispute with a luxury timeshare company has filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade County against the company and its chief executive. Paul and...
In Mexico, I skipped the beach for an unexpected destination: Baja’s wild and wonderful wine region
Toronto.com
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Ensenada may be the perfect coastal destination. If local lore is correct, the port city in Mexico’s Baja California peninsula is the birthplace of both the fish taco and the margarita. There are beaches, stark white and long, interrupted only by...
Contrasting Views on Cuba’s Tourism Industry
Havana Times
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August 21, 2025
Photo from the Havana Times Photo Contest in 2019, by Antonio Cabrera Rasgado By Circles Robinson HAVANA TIMES – Unable to recover to pre-Covid numbers of visitors, is the Cuban tourism industry now about to boom or continue a steady decline? Here...
Governor Abbott Congratulates Brownsville As Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community
Texas Border Business
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August 21, 2025
Governor Greg Abbott congratulated the City of Brownsville on being designated as a Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community by Travel Texas after completing the multi-step certification process. Image: @BTxRGV via facebookTexas Border Business...
Dominican Republic shines at IBTM Americas in Mexico City
Dominican Today
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Mexico City.- Tourism Minister David Collado led the Dominican Republic’s participation in the 16th IBTM Americas Fair, the leading MICE tourism event in the region, held in Mexico City. Joined by Dominican ambassador Juan Bolívar Díaz, Collado...
Affordable Eats: How humanity bonded a Mexican cook and an Italian mechanic
NJ.com - New Jersey
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August 21, 2025
This is a story about an affordable place to eat. It’s also a story about two people helping each other and caring for one another. Ultimately, this is a story about the humanity in all of us. I was getting my car repaired recently at M&C Auto...
Meet the ‘deportation’ social media influencer in Mexico who wishes she had no fans
Christian Science Monitor
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August 21, 2025
The day that Candice Marie Garcia Sanchez’s partner, Fidel, was detained in Salt Lake City as an undocumented immigrant, she realized life as they knew it in the United States was over. But almost a decade later, the binational couple has turned...
In Mexico A New Era Begins: The Interoceanic Corridor Is LIVE! -
MENAFN
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August 21, 2025
(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) History has awakened on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. For the first time in modern Mexico, a cargo ship docked in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca - marking the official launch of the Interoceanic Corridor. This isn't just a railway or...
How Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of Mayan forest (World)
Castanet Kamloops
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August 21, 2025
Sonia Pérez D. And María Verza, The Associated Press - Aug 21, 2025 / 7:48 am | Story: 567826 Photo: AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File FILE - Tourists climb a Mayan temple at the archeological site of Coba, in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Aug. 1,...
Michigan couple sues resort company after Mexican prison ordeal over timeshare dispute
Newsday - New York
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DETROIT — A Michigan couple held for 32 days in a maximum-security Mexican prison without trial over a dispute with a luxury timeshare company has filed a lawsuit against the company and its chief executive. Paul and Christy Akeo of Lansing allege...