María del Carmen de Zamora Reparaz, who has held the position of deputy minister of tourism at the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Tourism in Peru since 2014, was on Friday recognised with the title of South America’s Leading Travel Personality by the World Travel Awards. Here Breaking Travel News traces her remarkable career.

Situated on the Greenwich Peninsula, next to one of the most successful entertainment venues in Europe, one might expect the InterContinental London - The O2 to be dedicated to solely to pleasure. But, visiting in June this year, just a few months after the grand opening, it quickly becomes apparent the hotel has been designed with business travellers in mind. Here Breaking Travel News editor Chris O’Toole takes a tour.

The Emirates Aircraft Appearance Centre, the world’s largest aircraft painting facility owned by an airline, has completely stripped and repainted 33 aircraft last year, or 13 per cent of the Emirates fleet, reports Phil Blizzard in Dubai. During the year, Emirates gave a fresh coat of paint to three Airbus A380s and 22 Boeing 777s, in addition to eight aircraft that were retired as a part of the airline’s strategy to operate a young, modern, and efficient aircraft fleet.

Whether a person is looking for somewhere to go on their next vacation or they’d like to find somewhere new to live, New York is going to be an excellent option. There’s so much to do in the city, planning a trip to New York may seem difficult if a person doesn’t give themselves plenty of time to see all of the sites. In fact, this is one reason people choose to live in New York for a least a while instead of vacationing in New York. They want to be able to experience all of New York.

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The president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, and the minister of tourism, Gustavo Santos, have presented the Tourism National Plan for the next four years. The plan foresees to increase up to 50 per cent the arrival of international tourists to Argentina until 2020, reaching nine millions of foreign tourists a year. Here Breaking Travel News sits down with Santos to see how Argentina intends to bring this vision to life.