Mariscal Sucre Airport in Quito has expanded its international VIP lounge. Visited by more than 12,000 passengers per month, the new facility was designed with the objective of creating an elegant and friendly environment inspired by travellers’ needs.

Andrew O’Brian, president and chief executive of Mariscal Sucre International Airport, has been recognised as Latin America’s Leading Travel Personality by the World Travel Awards here chats with Kaye Holland of Breaking Travel News about how it feels to have taken the prestigious honour.

Veronica Sevilla, general manager of the Quito Tourism Board, talks to Breaking Travel News about the organisation’s new strategy to position the city as a multifaceted destination, highlighting the recent increase in tourist arrivals to Ecuadorian capital.

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.