We are pleased to announce that the city of Bogotá (Colombia) will host the
5th International Nightlife Congress and the
4th Golden Moon Awards on
November 14th together with
Colombia’s ExpoBar Fair. Last week in Ibiza, the President of the
International Nightlife Association (INA),
José Luis Benítez and the President of the Nightlife Association of Colombia (
ASOBARES),
Camilo Ospina agreed to collaborate. As you may know, the
INA holds an annual international congress and awards ceremony and has decided to celebrate this year’s edition jointly with the
5th edition of the
ExpoBar Fair.
ExpoBar is Colombia’s most important nighttime entertainment event with more than 3.000 attendees including representatives of the industry, staff, authorities and sponsors.In the aforementioned meeting between the two representatives, the entry of
ASOBARES Colombia (Colombian Nightlife Association) into the
International Nightlife Association was also agreed on, strengthening the international association. Currently, the
INA has worldwide representation in 8 countries (United States, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Mexico and Colombia) and the upcoming incorporations of Japan and India, adding up to over 13,000 establishments. On behalf of the
International Nightlife Association, we would like to welcome
ASOBARES Colombia as a new active member and thank you for your willingness and hospitality in allowing the
INA to jointly celebrate our international events at its annual Fair.The
5th International Nightlife Congress will deal with key issues such as safety, noise pollution, music tourism, quality and excellence, all with internationally renowned speakers, who are in turn guests of Expobar, the host of all events. The main subject of the
International Congress will be the
"Triple Excellence in Nightlife", a triple quality distinction granted by the
INA to those venues & clubs that meet a series of requirements in terms of safety, acoustics and quality of service after a meticulous inspection. It should be noted that
Bogotá, host capital of our next event, has issued the
"Sello Seguro", a standard public certification issued by the City for venues that meet established requirements and will be up for debate in our
International Congress.During the evening of
November 14th , the
International Nightlife Association will release the list of the
“World’s 100 Best Clubs 2018” followed by the official event closure of
Expobar hosted by
ASOBARES and tourism authorities of
Bogotá. The Colombian capital will be the hub of the nightlife industry by officially unveiling the prestigious list of the most important nightclubs in the world, including the
“World's Best Club 2018”, a position currently held by Ushuaïa Ibiza. As of today, as candidates enter this prestigious list there is a total of
195 clubs from 33 different countries.
Nominations are currently open until August 30th. For the moment,
the United States has 34 nominee clubs, Spain 26, Italy 15, the UK 14 and Brazil with 7 candidates respectively. These are the countries that presently bring the most candidates together in their respective territories to clinch the Golden Moon Award for "
The World's Best Club".
These 195 venues nominates to date from countries as varied as Arab, Singapore, Sweden, Czech Republic, Russia, Malta, Japan, Argentina, and recently Colombia among others.The voting method for the list is made up of
70% of the vote from a professional jury (composed of a group of professionals linked to the world of the nightlife and managers of beverage brands, executives from the world of tourism and members of the Association)
while 30% is popular through social networks which will start voting on September 14
th,
a vote that will remain open until November 4th, that is, up to 10 days before of the event in
Bogotá, Colombia.The listing in this prestigious list has the addition of the musical programmes of the premises during the year, multiple aspects as the number of clients, the security measures, the VIP services offered, online bookings, operational good practices, received recognitions, acoustic quality and commitment to the
United Nations Objectives such as respect for the environment, gender equality and working conditions.According to
Joaquim Boadas de Quintana,
Secretary General of the
International Nightlife Association,
"... through this event, we want to promote and motivate nightlife venues from all over the world to compete with each other and obtain a rank in this prestigious list and maybe even lead it, investing in excellence in all aspects, facilities, services and security measures that makes them more competitive, attractive and safe, which in turn will result in benefits for users and will improve the reputation and prestige of the sector, which is our ultimate goal ".We are pleased to attach a picture last week’s event in Ibiza with the
President of the
International Nightlife Association Mr. José Luis Benítez (right), the President of the Association of Bars of Colombia,
ASOBARES,
Mr. Camilo Ospina (left), in the entry of
ASOBARES into the
International Nightlife Association as agreed as well as the joint celebration for this year of
Expobar and the
International Nightlife Congress and the
Golden Moon Awards.For more information, call (+34) 902.099.500 or (+34) 670.703.370.
