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After a successful and profitable first year as merged entity, Avianca- TACA seeks to continue improving operation efficiencies and capturing synergies. As one of the largest airline groups in Latin America, the alliance generated revenues of USD3.1 billion and transported approximately 18 million passengers in 2010. In 2012, when the integration process will be complete, Avianca-TACA will also likely generate more than the initial USD200 million projected for total annual synergies as it is continuing to identify additional new synergies working its way through the integration process.

Colombia continues to become an international destination for congresses and conventions as it gains ranking position with the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Since 2006, Colombia climbed on the chart from number 50 to 34 last year.

As a part of its commitment in preserving the environment and biodiversity, PROCOLOMBIA has encouraged staff members, business partners, and clients to join ConTREEbute, the organization that seeks to offset a person’s carbon footprint by planting trees to purify the air.

For over 30 years, it has maintained a Quality Management System which fulfills the requirements of standard ISO 9001. The company continues to implement high quality solutions according to international standards, allowing it compete at an international level. As part of the Saint-Gobain group, Fiberglass Colombia S.A. produces a variety of construction and high-quality material with the highest safety standards as certified by Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

A setting for the projection and growth of the construction, architecture, and design sectors of the Andean, Central American and Caribbean regions, this specialized international fair serves as a platform for exhibitors, buyers, and visitors to generate important contacts and learn the latest on sustainability and innovation.

This is the first of such Agreements with a developed country, where consumers can get goods and services from domestic producers at preferential conditions. The new FTA, originally approved in 2010, also marks Colombia’s first free trade agreement in North America.

For two days government officials, port authorities and tour operators from Colombia, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama gathered in a specialized forum to address particular issues pertaining to the cruise industry. The goal of the event was to exchange information and cultivate valuable business relationships, with focus on this rapidly emerging market within Central America.

The international quality of Colombian audiovisual productions has generated interest among Spanish producers and others from different countries, who have set their sights on Colombia to develop joint projects.

This is the case of Spanish producers like Notrofilm and Globomedia, who have chosen Colombia to record their productions like Karabudjan and El Corazón del Oceano, which just started to be filmed in Santa Marta.

As a great opportunity to show the world all the wealth of the Coffee Triangle. This was the overall rating given by over 150 people including tourism entrepreneurs and regional authorities, on the internet portal www.triangulodelcafe.travel during the official launching of the website this Wednesday in Pereira.

“A page like this will enable us to reach many more people and put this destination on the world-tour map", said Jorge Mario Acosta, marketing coordinator for Parque Panaca.