Business Briefs

BODOG GOES ESPANOL
Bodog Entertainment, one of the country’s leaders in internet entertainment announced this week a new service for Hispanic customers including one completely in Spanish. Calvin Ayre, Bodog founder, said the company hasplans to put up an internet game site totally in Spanish. He said, “we are very pleased to expand our services to the Latino community in the United States.” The new service will be based in Costa Rica for the first five years.

TOYOTA RECOGNIZED
The Hispanic Public Relations Association revealed this week that U.S. Toyota Motor Sales was voted corporation of the year. The distinction will be recognized at the groups annual dinner in Los Angeles on October 3. HPRA made the award based on the Japanese based company’s demonstrated contribution to the growing Hispanic market. This includes their support of family literacy, scholarships, internships, capacity building and Hispanic business development.

PANAMA AERO-MEXICO AGREEMENT
Copa Airlines of Panama has signed a new sharing agreement with AeroMexico. Initially, Copa will have flights into 17 Mexican destinations: Acapulco, Aguascalientes, Leon/Bajio, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Culiacan, Cancun, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Merida, Monterey, Maxatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Tijuana, Villahermosa and Ixtapa Zihuatenejo.


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