In the last Annual Assembly of the Hotel and Tourism Association of Colombia, which celebrated its 58th edition, the representatives of the board of directors were elected. Juan Carlos Osorio was re-elected as president of the Board in the national context.One of the biggest challenges that Osorio will have to face will be to combat the illegal practice of hotel services, as well as to monitor and accompany the investment made in the country in terms of hotel infrastructure and face the goals that are raised under the context of the Free Trade Agreements that Colombia executes with other countries.
Juan Carlos Osorio, who served as Chairman of the Board from 2005 to 2007, is a business administrator from the University of Medellín and holds a diploma in Public Management from the Cooperative University of Colombia.
He was also president of the Colombian Association of Universities (ASCUN) in the Antioquia-Chocó region, in the same way he served as project director of the academic program Development to the Community Municipality of Medellín and was a member of the National Tourism Council.
The board of directors of COTELCO was formed as follows:
- Juan Carlos Osorio, Manager of the Sol Caribe Hotel (San Andrés)
- José Hernando Bayona, Embassy Suites Hotel (Bogotá)
- Mario Muvdi, Hotel Smart Suite Royal (Barranquilla)
- José Vicente Carrillo, Hotel Tayrona Rodadero (Santa Marta)
- Jorge Alberto Durán, Hotel Almirante (Cartagena)
- Gloria Amparo Zuluaga, Hotel Vacacional Lagosol (Girardot)
- Jorge Millán, Estelar Paipa Hotel (Paipa)
- German Farfán, Hostería Matamundo (Neiva)
- Alfredo Camacho, Hotel Don Lolo (Villavicencio)
- Iván Rodríguez, Hotel Luxor (Cúcuta)
- Juan Carlos Hernández, Hotel Visus (Pereira)
- Manuel Sabogal, Hacienda Combia (Armenia)
- Luz Amparo Barrera, Hotel La Triada (Bucaramanga)
- Juan Pablo Echeverri, Guest House Hacienda Venecia (Manizales)
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