• From November 1 to 4 comes the Bogotá Vacation and MICE Roundtable - RVMBO 2022, the main meeting for business, tourism and meetings in the city.

• More than 100 attendees, including buyers and sellers, will meet to make more than 500 business appointments with national and international businessmen.

• Businessmen from Mexico, Brazil, Panama, Chile, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru and Costa Rica will get a first-hand look at Bogota's tourism offer through the Fam Trips, from November 1 to 3.

Bogota, November 2, 2022. From November 1 to 4, Bogota will host the main meeting for business, tourism and meetings in the city. The Bogota Vacation and MICE Roundtable - RVMBO 2022, will take place at the Bogota Chamber of Commerce Salitre and Chapinero headquarters in the capital.

The District Institute of Tourism - IDT-, the Bogota Chamber of Commerce - CCB, the Greater Bogota Convention Bureau and Invest in Bogota, with the support of ANATO Central Chapter, Cotelco Bogota Chapter and allies such as Volaris, Easy Fly, the JW Marriot and Hilton 74 hotels, join forces to bring to the city this event that will mark the RVMBO towards the strengthening and economic development of the tourism sector, and the positioning of the Colombian capital at national and international level.

RVMBO 2022 is expected to be the perfect scenario for attendees, including sellers and buyers, to make more than 500 business appointments with national and international businessmen from Mexico, Brazil, Panama, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru and Costa Rica.

"One of the sectors most affected by the pandemic was tourism, therefore, public and private entities have joined forces to create synergies and support the reactivation process, especially the generation of sales and income for entrepreneurs in the value chain and related industries. These efforts have been consolidating through different business rounds; for this year, we wanted to give it the name RVMBO where the vacation and MICE segment meet in one place, with the aim of creating alliances and generating business opportunities at national and international level, thus empowering our entrepreneurs to promote Bogota as a tourist destination and competitive events", explained Andrés Clavijo Rangel, director of the IDT.

For his part, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Vice President of Competitiveness of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce said: "The Bogota Vacation and MICE Business Roundtable - RVMBO 2022, is a joint effort where we join capacities and resources for the benefit of tourism entrepreneurs in Bogota and the Region. This event is fundamental within the economic reactivation strategy of the tourism sector that we have been promoting from the Bogota Chamber of Commerce through the Tourism Cluster. We hope it will be a very productive space where many business opportunities will be generated for entrepreneurs".

Isabella Muñoz, Executive Director of Invest in Bogota expressed that "we are committed to attracting world-class meetings and events, facilitating relevant international investment, thus contributing to the socio-economic development, competitiveness and quality of life of the Bogota Region. This is how RVMBO 2022, is carried out to advance in the purposes of positioning our destination as one of the preferred destinations for doing business in Latin America".

For her part, Paola Andrea Piza Cossio, Manager of the Bogota Convention Bureau, added: "we have been working closely with the local institutional ecosystem and entrepreneurs in the sector in order to attract and attract more events for the Bogota Region. We thank the international buyers for having accepted our invitation to RVMBO 2022 and we welcome them to the Star Capital".

From November 1 to 3, businessmen will live different experiences through fam trips designed to enjoy and learn first hand about the gastronomic, cultural, rural and other tourism offerings for tourists, visitors and residents.

As part of this Business Roundtable, there will also be an academic agenda with speakers who will address topics of interest to entrepreneurs in the sector. In www.idt.gov.co/rvmbo2022 is available the information of each of the panelists, their profiles and the steps to register in RVMBO.

The Bogota Meetings and Vacation Tourism Business Roundtable is an unmissable event to learn about the services offered by the city as a destination for business and tourism and to support our sector.