AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoWorld Cup food & drink pressure: Fans are pushing into stadiums and fan zones, but reports from the U.S. show sticker shock and concession price backlash—including cases where Kansas City restaurants added automatic gratuities and later rolled them back after customer anger. Caribbean tourism & dining: Puerto Rico is leaning into luxury, experience-led travel, with occupancy gains and a stronger younger high-income visitor mix, while Jamaica’s tourism ministry is moving ahead with upgraded public beaches that will add revenue centers like restaurants and shops. Latin American culinary branding: Venezuela’s Marca País and the national restaurant chamber agreed on a gastronomic certification/seal to promote arepa and other identity dishes and boost tourism. Amazon supply chain risk: Growing global demand for ayahuasca is raising concerns about pressure on key Amazon plants and Indigenous knowledge systems as commercialization outpaces safeguards.
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