6/30/2007 4:11:00 PM
British airline calls on Liberia
Every Monday, through next October, the British carrier First Choice will bring 288 tourists non-stop from London to Liberia, in Guanacaste. According to Ministry of Tourism sources, the visitors traveling First Choice plan to stay an average 14 days in the ...
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6/30/2007 4:09:00 PM
Free trade with Panama
Costa Rica and Panama signed a free trade agreement that will allow 90 percent of Costa Rican goods to enter the neighboring countries with no tariffs levied on them. The tariffs for the remaining 10 percent will be deleted in 5 to 17 years. For Costa Rica, ...
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6/30/2007 4:08:00 PM
Airline sets the course (NATURE AIR)
The domestic Costa Rican carrier Nature Air was declared the first carbon neutral airline in the world. Since 2004, Nature Air has developed an aggressive conservation program at the Osa Peninsula –world-renowned for its natural resources– oriented ...
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6/30/2007 4:04:00 PM
MOPT Buys Machines For Guanacaste Roads
According to transport officials, about 70 per cent of the machines used to repair the country’s roads are inoperable. Most are simply old and in desperate need of repair themselves. A new pilot program however, is seeking to remedy the problem by using ...
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6/30/2007 4:01:00 PM
Global Interest in Airport Concession
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport says there have been more than 150 inquiries from people interested in the $15 million concession to build and operate a new international terminal at Daniel Oduber International Airport in Guanacaste. Some of the ...
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6/30/2007 3:53:00 PM
SETENA Knocks Back $333 Million Project (PUNTA CACIQUE)
The Ministry of the Environment and Energy has rejected an environmental study for a $333 million tourism development on the northern Pacific coast. The Ministry’s National Technical Environmental Secretariat (or SETENA) has denied permission for developers ...
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5/20/2007 8:07:00 PM
FIFCO Unloads Stake In Paradisus Playa Conchal
Florida Ice and Farm Company, Costa Rica’s brewing and real estate giant, has unloaded its stake in the Hotel Paradisus Playa Conchal, one of Guancaste’s most prestigious all-inclusive resorts. Reserva Conchal, the parent company of the 930-hectare ...
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5/20/2007 8:03:00 PM
Costa Rica Courts Major European Air Carriers // ICT Eyes Scheduled Flights, Favors Britain and Germany
The Costa Rican government is in direct negotiations with at least four European air carriers, pushing them to offer scheduled, non-stop flights to Costa Rica, and in particular to Guanacaste’s Daniel Oduber International Airport. The Minister of Tourism, ...
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5/18/2007 2:49:00 PM
Real Estate in Costa Rica is maturing
The real estate market in Costa Rica, in response to booming investment and international attention, is entering a stage of sophistication. With better financing options, more established developers, and more savvy consumers and businessmen alike, Costa Rica ...
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5/18/2007 2:45:00 PM
Iberia to bring 92,000 European tourists
Spanish airline Iberia is planning to bring 92,000 European tourists to Costa Rica a year, thanks to its newly announced nonstop daily flight service from Madrid’s Barajas Airport to San Jose’s Juan Santamaria International Airport, which will ...
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