In Panama, it is expected that the convention center that is being built in Amador and which will be completed by the end of the year will generate $18 million in its first twelve months of operation.

Construction of the amphitheater, being done the consortium CCA-Cocige, is almost 70% complete to date, and it is expected that it will be finished by the end of 2018. The administration of the convention center will be the responsibility of the American company SMG, which was selected last September by the National Council of Tourism.

Prensa.com reports that “…The American firm is waiting for the approval of the contract before marketing the amphitheater at Amador.“

Armando Rodríguez, president of the Panamanian Association of Hotels (Apatel), commented that “… it is important that the contract with the American company be approved as soon as possible, in order to start marketing the infrastructure, which will help to increase occupation of the hotel.“