Having taken the title of South America’s Leading Destination for the past four years at the World Travel Awards, Ecuadorian capital Quito is on a role. Here Breaking Travel News chats to Veronica Sevilla, the newly appointed general manager of Quito Tourism, about what it is that separates the city from its competitors in South America and how her own personal ambitions for the new position.

Construction has begun on a new Convention Centre in the heart Andean capital of Quito, due to be completed in the second half of 2018. The aim of the Metropolitan Convention Centre is to position the city as a leading destination for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions both on a regional and an international level.

A new milestone in connectivity has been reached in Ecuador, with the inaugural flight of low-cost airline Wingo on the Quito-Bogota route. There was a celebratory atmosphere at Mariscal Sucre Airport before the first passengers boarded the new flight, which will join both capital cities with four weekly flights on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Breaking Travel News talks to Patricio Gaybor, General Director, Quito Tourism at World Travel Market 2016. Quito Tourism has led winners at the World Travel Awards Latin America Gala Ceremony 2016, taking the title of Latin America’s Leading Destination for the fourth consecutive year. Here we find out more.

From October 17th-20th Quito, the capital of Ecuador, will welcome more than 30,000 people at the Habitat III conference, the global summit of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. The event is celebrated every 20 years and will be the first summit ever to be held in a Latin American city.

For the third year running, Mariscal Sucre International Airport has been recognised by the World Travel Awards as South America’s Leading Airport. At a gala ceremony at Swissôtel Lima in Perú, Andrew O’Brian, president, Corporación Quipor, accepted the trophy.