Wyndham Hotel Group opened its first hotel Tryp brand in Central America in San Jose. The Tryp San Jose Sabana, it is four-star, has 98 rooms and it is located near the center of the capital and about 15 minutes from Juan Santamaria International Airport.
"The opening of the first hotel Tryp by Windham in Central America is an important milestone in our growth strategy, it consists in introducing the brand in major cities throughout the Americas," said Mr. Daniel del Olmo, CEO of Wyndham in Latin America.
In the South America, the chain already has 14 hotels with Tryp brand, a line of service for intermediate-high leisure and business travelers, as the company has clarified in a statement.
Costa Rica received the award for Best Stand Design at WTM, the largest fair in the English market. According to the organization, the judges praised the team of Costa Rican stand by the combination of sound effects of rain forest, music and design, which causes the feeling of being in Costa Rica, representing the perfect introduction for anyone who want to know about the destination.
The Tourism Minister, Mr. Allan Flores, mentioned "We celebrate this important recognition and the ICT (Costa Rica Tourism Board) will continue the hard work in promoting the destination in highly profitable markets for the country. This is why we will work together to ensure the effective projection of our destiny in the European market.
UK is the fourth most important market in terms of visitor arrivals to Costa Rica, after Spain, Germany and France.
Air Berlin launches new route between Düsseldorf and Costa Rica
On November 15th 2011, the German airline Air Berlin started its first route to Costa Rica, with a flight between Düsseldorf and the city of Liberia, Guanacaste.
The airline will fly to Costa Rica twice a month, arriving on Saturdays and will have a stopover in Cancun, Mexico. The aircraft used for this new route is an Airbus A330-200 with capacity of 303 passengers.
Costa Rica's Tourism Minister, Mr. Allan Flores, said "this flight is the best example of hard work we have done in terms of promotion and marketing, where the attraction of airlines is a crucial component."
The Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT) stressed that the opening of this new route is an important key to the country, Germany is the second most important European market in tourist arrivals to Costa Rica, after Spain.
Meetings & Events exhibition: Central American countries offer MICE at EIBTM Barcelona
Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama participated in EIBTM, taking place at the Convention Center Fira Gran Via at Barcelona, where they present their tourism products aimed at the segment of meetings, incentives and business, so they can find new customers and those can enjoy some beautiful Travel Vacations in Central America.
The Minister of Tourism of Costa Rica, Allan Flores, said that "the congress and convention tourism is highly profitable for our country. For this, we will make every effort to position the destination in the Costa Rican tourist niche, which, we hope will to strengthen with the implementation of the National Convention Centre and Exhibition".
In 2010, at least 49 000 people visited Costa Rica with a Travel Agency on the basis of conferences and conventions and income primarily through the Juan Santamaria Airport. Six of 10 tourists have visited the destination more than once. The average annual personal income of these travelers are between 94 000 and $ 131 000, and their average age is 40 years.
A total of 14 tourism companies led by Costa Rican Tourism Bureau participated in the event, to show how sustainability is a leading product in this segment: Cactus Tour, CAST Central America, TAM Travel Corporation, Costa Rica Dream Travel, Costa Rica Top Tours, Destination Costa Rica, Hotel Parador Resort & Spa, Hotel Ramada Plaza Herradura, Marriott Hotels & Resort of Costa Rica; Quetzal Incentives Reason; SUMMIT DMC Costa Rica; Swiss Travel Costa Rica, Costa Rica Travel Excellence and Convention Bureau.
On the other hand, the Guatemalan Tourism Bureau is present at EIBTM with seven tourism businesses: Fishing Golf Incentive Travel, Conventions Bureau Guatemala; Kakaw & Sapphire; Organization SA, Porto Hotels, Quetzal Reason; Tourism Services Central America, SA, which will be promoting their products Golf Tourism, health Tourism, Maya World View Business and Tourism.
The Panamanian Tourism Authority (ATP) will show the real estate boom that is living in the last years the country, and how a business traveler can find excellent business infrastructure, combining their business stay and visits to sites of values natural or other travel destinations.
Travel Vacations: Costa Rican Hotels Chambers launches website
The Costa Rican Chamber of Hotels (CCH) revealed on Tuesday 6 December, the new website for its members, which has new and exciting ways to interact, and will give great benefits to tourists in their Travel Vacations.
Through the www.CostaricanHotels.com, CCH offers a fully interactive site for a user looking for accommodation in Costa Rica. The visitors have several options to choose from, as there are several divisions that will lead to detailed knowledge of each of the hotels, so, they can have the best Family Travel.
"The goal is that this page be better positioned to in terms of visits, and both the affiliates and the tourists feel is the best way to find a hotel in Costa Rica," said Executive Director of CCH, Flora Ayub.
The new site has a main menu which has information about Costa Rica, which is also distributed at international trade fairs participating in the CCH, through Hotels and Travel Guide to Costa Rica.
In the same start menu, you will find a division of hotels by area, where it appears Guanacaste, Puntarenas, Mid-Pacific, South Pacific, Northern Plains, the Caribbean and Central Valley that will match with your budget vacation.
Another feature of the site is that it provides a space for "Hotels of the month", which have the opportunity to appear on the cover and with one click will take the caller to a mini-site where he will find all necessary information of the hotel.
The mini site consists of an additional site where tourists can find videos, photos, information, location, contacts and even book online at the comfort of their home, office or even from a mobile device.
The advantages for the user are plenty, but one of the most important ones is that has several ways to reach the same place and can also compare the different rates, facilities and anything else that interests you.
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Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama participated in EIBTM, taking place at the Convention Center Fira Gran Via at Barcelona, where they present their tourism products aimed at the segment of 
The Costa Rican Chamber of Hotels (CCH) revealed on Tuesday 6 December, the new website for its members, which has new and exciting ways to interact, and will give great benefits to tourists in their 
