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Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) on Monday celebrated the opening of the DoubleTree by Hilton Bogotá – Parque 93, its first hotel in Colombia. Located in Bogotás Chico neighborhood, the 132-room full-service hotel is in one of Bogotá’s upscale areas featuring businesses,...

During the third quarter of 2015, Colombia’s Avianca Holdings S.A. (NYSE: AVH, BVC: PFAVH) announced operating revenues amounting to US$1.12 billion and a net income of US$102.1 million, an increase of US$ 68.9 million over 3Q 2014. As such, net margin was 9.1%, 6.4% above the...

Daniel Bluman of Colombia opened international show jumping competition with a win in the $20,000 International Jumper Power and Speed on Tuesday, November 10, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in downtown Toronto, Canada. Show jumping...

This week, Corferias, Bogotá’s flagship convention facility, is host to TecnoMultimedia InfoComm Colombia; Colombia’s combined electronics and multimedia trade show. The event combines academic courses from InfoComm International along with the CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design...

Wyndham Hotel Group has launched this month the Wyndham Rewards loyalty program at an event taking place in the Hotel Wyndham Art, near Bogotá’s El Dorado International Airport. The event, which featured Colombian PGA golfer Camilo Villegas, revealed the Wyndham rewards program...

The 5th National Championship of Coffee Tasters (V Campeonato Nacional de Catadores) will be held in the ExpoEspeciales Café de Colombia taking place in Bogotá’s Corferias Convention Center from October 15-18. The event is held to select the coffee taster that demonstrates speed,...

Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) has announced the signing of two franchise agreements to convert two Cosmos hotels in Bogotá into DoubleTree by Hilton properties, bringing the brand into Colombia for the first time. DoubleTree by Hilton Bogotá Parque 93 and DoubleTree by Hilton...

Colombia’s civil aviation authority has released Circular 002, published in Official Diary #49.624 that sets out the regulations for operating drones, known formally as Aeronaves Pilotadas a Distancia (Airships Piloted from a Distance) within Colombian airspace. Primary...

According to ANATO, the Colombian Association of Travel Agencies and Tourism, the US continues to be the top international travel destination for Colombians, a position it has held for almost a decade. The most popular travel packages are trips to Orlando and New York Cit...

Up until now, International visitors, and Colombians in certain circumstances, have had to go to a counter and get a tax exemption stamp known as an “exento” when departing Colombia. This exempts them from a modest departure tax, but creates an unnecessary hassle, and another...