Bogotá Leads with Bestcities Alliance for Conventions and Summits

As a member of the 12 BestCities Global Alliance, Bogotá is host to the third BestCities Global Forum taking place between December 9 and 12 at the Ágora International Convention Center.

Release time : 2018-12-27 15:32:13

source : the city paper

As a member of the 12 BestCities Global Alliance, Bogotá is host to the third BestCities Global Forum taking place between December 9 and 12 at the Ágora International Convention Center. The Alliance promotes its members as world-class destinations to hold large-scale events, from industry symposiums and conventions to international summits.

The forum will gather 60 decision makers of the convention industry. For Bogotá, it is a chance to attract potential clients, and keep positioning itself as a city that has the necessary infrastructure to successfully carry out large events.

It also gives the city the opportunity to show first hand how it manages security, quality in services, level of professionalism of its workforce, transportation infrastructure, culture and leisure activities.

This relatively new industry can activate up to 13 sectors of the economy at once, leaving in its wake valuable cash resources for the affiliated cities. While the holiday tourist spends an average of US$100 per day, a person participating in a convention leaves up to US$700 per day and stays an average of four nights in a hotel.

In the three years since it joined the BestCities Alliance, Bogotá, the only Latin American city in the group, has received $370,000 million pesos in revenue by hosting events, such as One Young World Summit, World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates and Global TCI Network. The capital also leads in Latin America with 52 large-scale events hosted in 2017.

The Power of People is the central theme of the forum. As the hashtag #ThePowerOfPeople suggests, world experts will discuss how individuals can become powerful agents of change, independently of how favorable their circumstances might be. And Bogotá, with its own set of complexities, but a very appealing city, faces its set of challenges.

However, the friendliness, enthusiasm and warmth of residents make the difference in the perception visitors have of the capital