Travel in Colombia up during holiday season
Tourism in Colombia during the 2011-2012 holiday season was up on last year, figures released by Colombia’s hotel association showed Tuesday. The Hotel and Tourism Association of Colombia, COTELCO, said…
Tourism in Colombia during the 2011-2012 holiday season was up on last year, figures released by Colombia’s hotel association showed Tuesday. The Hotel and Tourism Association of Colombia, COTELCO, said…
Cartagena’s mayoral office has announced a $1 million restoration of the town’s iconic bull ring, reported daily El Universal Monday. The restoration project for the 1973 structure, considered one of the…
Killer plants have gone on display in a new exhibition at a Colombian nature reserve. The exhibition, at the Bioparque La Reserva in Cota, a town near Bogota, will offer…
Up to 700 passengers are expected to be affected as flights between Bogota and Madrid are cancelled as part of Iberia’s pilot strike. The strike, scheduled for Monday and Wednesday,…
Hacienda Napoles, the former ranch of infamous Medellin drug lord Pablo Escobar, is to inaugurate an African-themed, six-star hotel by Easter this year. Hacienda Napoles representative Oberdan Martinez Orozco told…
Colombia’s historic coastal city of Cartagena has begun a police campaign to increase tourist safety, according to newspaper El Colombiano. Cartagena’s Metropolitan Police have announced the launch of a “Safe…
Colombia’s international tourism promotion agency has been awarded a prize recognizing its work in enhancing Colombia’s image in the U.S., according the Colombian presidential website. Proexport, a Colombian government agency…
Tourists in and around Medellin are invited to a night of dancing, raffles and free gifts at the Palmahira discotheque. The event called Viaja x Colombia or Travel around Colombia…
Cartagena kicks off 2012 with the prestigious Hay Festival of literature and arts, to be held in the city from January 26-29. The seventh edition of the annual festival celebrates…