Program of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute recognizes respect for the social and natural environment. Today 144 companies have some degree certificate and nine of them with the highest ranking. Costa Rica was made head of sustainable tourism and not going to be easy to overtake. To this has an element that gives confidence in that area to the visitor: the Certificate...

With more than a million visitors annually, Costa Rica is now among the hottest vacation destinations in the world. Offering some of the most beautiful and exotic locations, this small Central American nation is filled with a rich history, stunning beaches, dense jungles, steaming volcanoes, roaring rivers, gushing waterfalls and fantastic national parks. An ecotourists...

Spanish Riu chain expects to inaugurate its first hotel here in November. The company expected to lift the completed building next month to prepare before opening. The building will have 701 rooms within a farm of 380 acres at Playa Matapalo in Sardinal, Carrillo, Guanacaste. The Spanish firm will invest $ 150 million in the project and uses only 5% of available land...

The province was the Cinderella of the building became a princess in the first quarter, when the rest of the country retreated activity. Andrés Shum, Cocorí hotel owner in Playa Bonita, perceives in the environment. “We had to make an investment, because the gap is large in Limon. So I started the study two years ago and gave us permission when the crisis began....

Jade Residences Condo Hotel & Beach Club, located in Manuel Antonio, began construction in March. The property is located approximately one mile away from the Manuel Antonio National Park and eight kilometers from Quepos. The hotel will have 240 residential designs within an environment of a four-star hotel, along with hospitality services. Jade is a trademark...

Sylene Campos shows a photograph of how the project will be Avenida Escazú. Explained with the help of her computer, details, and dates of initiation, potential clients, and architectural design and noted where the cinema is located, hotel, mall and other buildings. For her, it’s easy because it does often as Marketing Manager of Portafolio Inmobiliario SA (Pinmsa),...

Property will be opened in late 2010 under the brand Holiday Inn, conglomerate betting tourism executive at the hands of IHG. The Salvadorian group Agrisal will invest in Costa Rica about $15 million to build its first hotel outside of their country. Eduardo Quinones, director of the hotel division of Agrisal, reported La Nacion that the property will operate under the...

With the argument that the euro price is much better than before, Carlos Ricardo Benavides, Minister of Tourism, led to the hotel in Palma de Mallorca in Spain to invest in midst of economic crisis. To the minister, now also offers a good time to start new hotel projects in Costa Rica. Benavides met with businessmen Mallorcans at the Chamber of Commerce of the town, said...

The Spanish firm Barceló Hotels & Resorts announced yesterday that it will manage two five star hotels, the construction is underway in Garabito de Puntarenas and Santa Cruz de Guanacaste. ICT boost local tourism and decides how to revive the industry. The first opening is planned for late 2010 in Jacó, Garabito. The second building will be opened in late 2011...