Editorial

Stronger U.S. Dollar: Opportunities for Colombia Business, Real Estate

Medellin Herald August 13, 2015

The surge in the value of the U.S. dollar against the Colombia peso — up nearly 70% year-on-year, to roughly COP3,000 per US$1 — has meant a big boost in profits for established, large-scale Colombian exporters in sectors including coffee, cut flowers and other industries.

Congresses & Conferences

Conference, Business Tourism Booming in Medellin

Medellin Herald August 13, 2015

In a presentation to the recent ExpoEventos conference at Plaza Mayor, Diana Milena Arango – the former director of the Medellin Convention and Visitors Bureau (MCVB) – touted huge growth in business/conference/congress tourism in Medellin.  Such business tourism now ranks among the biggest generators of employment growth in metro Medellin, as business tourists spend

Congresses & Conferences

Medellin’s Business Tourism Sector goes under Microscope in New Study

Medellin Herald August 13, 2015

A new study published by Medellin’s “Ruta N” technology innovation center analyzes trends, opportunities and areas for improvement for Medellin’s booming business-conference tourism sector. The study tapped experts from University of Medellin, the Medellin Chamber of Commerce (CCM) business-tourism cluster, the Medellin Convention and Visitors Bureau (MCVB), local

Congresses & Conferences

Expo Agrofuturo 2015: Big Jump in International Visitors

Medellin Herald August 13, 2015

The annual “Expo Agrofuturo” 2015 conference and trade show at Medellin’s giant Plaza Mayor conference center in mid-August showed some 17,000 visitors how advanced technology and innovation can help farmers and ranchers boost profitability. According to the show organizers, some 360 exhibitors showed their wares over the 13,000 square meters of trade-show space.

Editorial

Welcome to Medellin Herald

Medellin Herald August 10, 2015

If you’re coming to Medellin (and the surrounding Antioquia department) for business, for a conference, for investment, for events, for family-and-friends visits, for ecotourism, for studying, for medical procedures, for real estate — and for living here full- or part-time — then Medellin Herald can help you focus on what’s new and what’s most

Letters to Editor

Welcome to Medellin Herald

Medellin Herald August 10, 2015

If you’re coming to Medellin (and the surrounding Antioquia department) for business, for a conference, for investment, for events, for family-and-friends visits, for ecotourism, for studying, for medical procedures, for real estate — and for living here full- or part-time — then Medellin Herald can help you focus on what’s

Volunteering

Volunteering SAO

Medellin Herald August 1, 2015

Do you have time available and want to contribute to a green cause that benefits birds, nature and society? ¡This is your chance! Do you have time available and want to contribute to a green cause that benefits birds, nature and society? ¡This is your chance! “Heroes of Birds” Volunteer Program launched since 2014 by […]

Tourism

Medellin Foreign Visitor Count Jumps 26% Year-on-Year; Events, Congresses Growing

Medellin Herald February 12, 2015

A new report from Colombian government promotion agency Procolombia reveals that foreign tourist arrivals to Medellin from January through September 2015 jumped 26% year-on-year, totaling 187,959 visitors. The USA continues to be the number-one source of visitors to Colombia, totaling 319,518 from January through September 2015, up 15% year-on-year, according to

General News

Antioquia’s ‘Pacifico 1’ Highway Reaches Financial Close; Construction Starts

Medellin Herald June 10, 2010

The Corficolombiana-Iridium “Covipacifico” consortium announced June 9 that they’ve reached financial close on the crucial “Pacifico 1” divided-highway project linking Medellin’s southern suburbs (Ancon Sur) to the Cauca River at Bolombolo – and connecting to new “fourth generation” (4G) highways all the way to the Pacific port of Buenaventura. The long-awaited financial

Companies

EPM 9-Months 2018 Net Profits Rise 12% Despite Hidroituango Problems

Medellin Herald November 1, 0218

Medellin-based multinational power and utilities giant EPM announced October 31 that its nine-months 2018 net profits rose 12% year-on-year, to COP$1.7 trillion (US$528 million), while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) also rose 12%, to COP$3.9 trillion (US$1.2 billion). So far this year, EPM has spent COP$251 billion (US$78 million)