The Greater Los Angeles Visitors & Convention...

The Greater Los Angeles Visitors & Convention Bureau’s new Visitors Information Center officially opens Monday in the Los Angeles Hilton Hotel & Office Building at 695 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles.

A film on Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore will highlight a lecture program sponsored by the Bon Voyage Travel Club at 7:45 p.m. Friday in the Community Room, 9696 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. Admission $5. For more information, call (213) 476-4869.

“South America--From the Amazon Jungle to Machu Picchu,” a lecture and slide show, will be presented by Mort Loveman next Sunday at 1:30 p.m. “South of the Cloud--Magical Southwestern China,” also slides and a lecture, will be presented by Tovya Wager at 4 p.m. Admission is $5 each. Both will be at the Maps to Anywhere Travel Bookstore. For reservations, phone (213) 660-2101.

Air Canada will expand its smoke-free flights Sept. 3 to all of its North American routes, including trips linking Los Angeles and San Francisco with eastern and western Canada. Air Canada flies nonstop to Toronto/Montreal in the east and Calgary/Edmonton in the west.

Travel writing and photography seminars for beginners, including information on marketing and free-lancing, will be given by Charlene Faris Sept. 10-11 and Oct. 1-2 in Los Angeles. For registration and locations, call (818) 341-7241.

The annual San Diego In-the-Water Boat Show will be held Oct. 12-16 in the new Mission Bay Marina. For more information, contact the show’s producer, Duncan McIntosh Co., at (714) 673-9360.