Hotel oversupply in Medellín. More tourists does not mean more reservations.
Let's make one thing clear: Medellín is not empty. Nor has it ceased to be attractive. Tourists continue to arrive, and the figures confirm this. More...
Alejandro Gonzalez UribeDecember 22, 2025
Rate war: This happens when Medellín becomes flooded with hotels and Airbnbs without any control.
Medellín continues to grow, but the market has changed Hotels in Medellín are not complaining about a lack of tourists. Due to...
Alejandro Gonzalez UribeSeptember 11, 2025
Tourism in Colombia: the paradox of a record without help from the national government
While the Ministry of Commerce celebrates record tourism revenues—more than 3.2 million non-resident visitors and a projected US$11.3 billion...
Alejandro Gonzalez UribeAugust 27, 2025
The art of investing in hotels without losing sleep: 10 recommendations from a trader
You invest better when you understand what you're getting into. And the hotel industry, despite appearances, is not just about location, design, and...
Alejandro Gonzalez UribeAugust 4, 2025
Is an Airbnb in Medellín better business than a hotel?... Just like smuggling is "better business" than complying with the law.
You probably saw the news in El Colombiano that Medellín has just entered the global top of cities with the most properties listed on Airbnb....
Alejandro Gonzalez UribeJuly 24, 2025
End of illegal Airbnb? How the new national regulation for tourist housing in Colombia will work
Four words sum it up: coexistence, responsibility, fairness, and control. Colombia cannot continue to tolerate tourism without clear rules. This bill...
Alejandro Gonzalez UribeJuly 9, 2025
Medellín has no shortage of tourists. It has a surplus of improvisation.
The tourism market in Medellín continues to grow. Between 2020 and 2022, we experienced an unprecedented boom, and although the pace has slowed down,...
Alejandro Gonzalez UribeJune 10, 2025
Which hotel operator to choose in Colombia if you are an investor?
Many investors see an attractive opportunity in the Colombian hotel industry: growing tourism, real estate assets with appreciation potential and a sustained demand...
Alejandro Gonzalez UribeJune 5, 2025
Colombia's first Gym-hotel is already under construction in Medellín: this is what Action Living will look like
This weekend, Wilder Zapata - founder of Action Black gyms - sent me an article that was published in El Colombiano,...
Alejandro Gonzalez UribeJune 3, 2025
Decree 0572 of 2025: The scare that was not for hotels, but for other accommodations.
Yesterday I had a hard time sleeping. At nine o'clock at night I saw how an important part of my contacts started to send me news...
Alejandro Gonzalez UribeMay 30, 2025
