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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...

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a major port equipment order from long-standing customer Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura S.A. (SPRBun) as they gear up for growth at their operations in Terminal Especializado de Contenedores de Buenaventura S.A. (TECSA) in...

APM Terminals and Colombian-based port and terminal operating company, Compañia de Puertos Asociados S.A. (Compas S.A.) have signed a joint venture agreement to jointly manage and operate Compas S.A.’s existing multi purpose Cartagena Terminal. APM Terminals and Compas S.A. will...

Copa Airlines (NYSE: CPA), has held onto its position as the top airline in on-time performance and flight completion in Colombia during first half of 2015, according to aviation research and data collection firm FlightStats. Copa completed the first six months of the year with...

According to an announcement made at the Global Business Travel Association Convention on Sunday,  Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is building two new Radisson Blu hotels in Colombia, making this the Radisson Blu brand’s first foray into Latin America, along with its renovation of...

Business travelers to Colombia in the coming weeks would be unwise not to make time for this year’s Feria de las Flores (Flower Fair) taking place in Medellin. Colombia is one of the world’s top flower producers, and Medellin’s Antioquia region is a flower production epicenter....