UJ #3 - Peru: A luxury destination
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News<br />
A JW Marriott hotel<br />
was inaugurated<br />
in Cusco<br />
After a long restoration process, this<br />
North American chain inaugurated<br />
its new hotel in the city of Cusco<br />
this past November. The JW Marriott<br />
Cusco boasts oxygenated rooms, a<br />
300 square-meter spa, a heated<br />
pool, both a wood and a steam sauna<br />
and a jacuzzi. Despite it’s projection<br />
of over 50% occupancy, this <strong>luxury</strong><br />
hotel will have more competition in<br />
the coming years; predictions suggest<br />
that there will be an estimated<br />
250 million dollar surge in hotel<br />
investments in Cusco by 2016.<br />
Mistura by numbers<br />
Lima’s 2012 Mistura Gastronomic Fair, celebrated last September, has been<br />
deemed a total success. Located in Campo de Marte, the 11-day festival<br />
summoned more than 500,000 visitors many of whom enjoyed the chancho<br />
al palo (spit roasted pork), carapulcra (pork and potato stew), the anticuchos<br />
(beef-heart skewers), and cebiches, among other delights. According to<br />
Mistura’s Manager of Operations, Pedro Cordova, Mistura 2012 saw a 45%<br />
increase in consumption compared to 2011. Which were the most popular<br />
dishes? First place went to Makaton’s chancho al palo with a total of 31,628<br />
servings sold. Second place also went to the well-liked chancho al palo,<br />
however, this time it was Carlos Ramirez’s version – selling 29,815 servings. And<br />
in third place came Ramadita Warmy with her combination of chancho al palo<br />
with carapulcra, selling 22,301 servings.<br />
2013: the year of quinoa<br />
This year has been declared the ‘international year<br />
of quinoa’ (IYQ), recognizing the Andean towns<br />
that have maintained and protected this cereal as a<br />
food product for both generations past, and those<br />
to come. The IYQ was proposed by the Bolivian<br />
government and supported by Argentina, Azerbaijan,<br />
Ecuador, Georgia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay,<br />
<strong>Peru</strong> and Uruguay, along with the FAO, and approved<br />
by the United Nations Assembly in December 2011.<br />
With the current resurgence of <strong>Peru</strong>vian gastronomy<br />
– thanks primarily to fusion cuisine – quinoa is gaining<br />
more supporters each day.<br />
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