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While Valentine’s Day has become a holiday celebrated in many countries around the world, attitudes about love and the way it gets expressed vary significantly among nationalities. While in Colombia, like much of Latin America, the Dia del Amor, celebrated the third...

Readers of Business Travel Magazine had the opportunity to vote for their favorite products and services, in line with their most efficient, productive and enjoyable travel experiences. The business travelers participating in Best in Business Travel Awards selected the best...

The Avianca Aeronautical Center is being built adjacent to the José María Córdova International Airport in Rionegro, Colombia, which is the international airport serving Medellín and the surrounding Antioquia department. This is in line with the size of its fleet, which currently...

The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, along with regional conglomerate Gilinski Group, today announced new management plans for two hotels in Bogota. Following extensive updates and renovations, the historic Hotel Casa Medina Bogota will re-open as the Four Seasons Hotel Casa...

Just north of the upscale Hacienda Santa Barbara shopping mall in Bogotá’s Usaquen area, a new Hampton Inn is under construction, at the corner of Ave. 7 and Calle 119. The new Hampton Inn, a Hilton Worldwide brand, is geared to serve Bogotá’s cosmopolitan north side,...

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)announced the opening of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Bogotá Zona Financiera. The new-build, 99-room hotel is a LEED Gold certified property and is located in Bogotá’s financial district at Carrera 7 N. 67-39. The hotel is part of...

Friday January 16th at 3:14 p.m., the first Boeing B787-8 of Avianca departed from the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá en route to New York with 236 passengers and 10 crew. On board this sophisticated aircraft, passengers of route AV 244 will enjoy a more comfortable...

In December 2014, and in just 13 days, Avianca received delivery of its first four Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This signals the end of the first phase of incorporation of the Dreamliners. The remaining aircraft will be incorporated into the fleet between 2015 and 2019....

UPDATE: Patty Alcivar returns to the boxing ring , Friday, March 13, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM in Westbury, NY – Tickets and information here. Gold medalist boxer, Patricia Alcivar was born in Barranquilla, Atlántico, but moved with her parents to the USA when she was...

Hilton Worldwide recently opened their 123 room Hilton Garden Inn Barranquilla in Colombia’s most important coastal city. The hotel marks the first of Hilton’s Garden Inn brand in Colombia and is indicative of Hilton’s expansion strategy for Colombia, and Latin America at larg...