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Articles tagged “colombia”

Business Travel

A Superapp Betting on Corporate Travel During a Pandemic

Latin America's Rappi now offers business travel alongside things like takeaways, pet food and furniture. It doesn’t sound like a winning combination, but different parts of the world have different appetites for digitization.

A Superapp Betting on Corporate Travel During a Pandemic

Airline Weekly

Colombia’s Lifting of Flight Restrictions Underscores Complexities of Aviation in Latin America

Colombia’s Lifting of Flight Restrictions Underscores Complexities of Aviation in Latin America

Coronavirus

Why Latin America’s Travel Recovery Might Lag the World’s

The only upcoming trip for many Latin Americans will be returning to their workplaces. A feckless U.S. and reckless China have prevented the world from coordinating a response to the pandemic.

Why Latin America’s Travel Recovery Might Lag the World’s

Online Travel

New Funding Will Help Colombian Hotel Chain Ayenda Push Into Peru

Ayenda's Series A is notable for being led by Kaszek, a giant among Latin American venture firms. The industry will be watching to see if Ayenda can apply Oyo's model of bringing brand standards to budget hotels without running up Oyo's large losses.

New Funding Will Help Colombian Hotel Chain Ayenda Push Into Peru

Luxury

Bogotá’s Potential in Wellness Tourism Starts With an Amazonian Nut

The cacay nut is a perfect example of how tourists can directly benefit entire countries simply by buying products for their own wellness in cities like Bogotá that help support poorer regions throughout Colombia. Maybe someday being a tourist will become less about being a foreigner and more about being a better global citizen.

Bogotá’s Potential in Wellness Tourism Starts With an Amazonian Nut

Tourism

Medellin’s Tourism Challenge: Telling the Right Story of Its Violent Past

Medellin has gone through an incredible transformation over the past 30 years, but large issues still remain prevalent. As the city figures out the right story it wants to tell, its "fake it ‘til you make it" strategy somehow works — speaking to the resilience of many developing economies that are navigating histories of crime, corruption, and violence and still figuring out how to position themselves as destinations.

Medellin’s Tourism Challenge: Telling the Right Story of Its Violent Past

Media and PR

The World’s Best Travel Videos of 2015 Emphasize Place and Emotion

All of these videos do a good job of immersing the viewer in the travel experience, but what makes them stand out is how they connect with the viewer on an emotional level.

The World’s Best Travel Videos of 2015 Emphasize Place and Emotion

Business Travel

The Small Medellin Tour Operator That Knows the Importance of TripAdvisor

Tour operators in Colombia face some of the same problems as travel startups and small companies around the world: How do you get the word out? TripAdvisor is a huge influence on their prospective customers.

The Small Medellin Tour Operator That Knows the Importance of TripAdvisor

Tourism

Medellin’s Tourism Transformation Looks to Meetings and Conventions

Medellin doesn't have massive casinos or beachfront properties to attract conventioneers but it is a city on the move that is becoming a model and beacon of hope for cities throughout Latin America and developed countries, as well.

Medellin’s Tourism Transformation Looks to Meetings and Conventions

Tourism

Latin American Hotels Have a Supply and Demand Problem

Building lots of luxury properties can get people excited, even if the number of entrants don't make sense when viewed in aggregate.

Latin American Hotels Have a Supply and Demand Problem