Panama Hosts Luxury Tourism FairTuesday, December 15, 2009 The Americas Luxury Travel Expo (TALTExpo) gathers suppliers and international buyers from the luxury tourism industry. It will take place in Panama City, from May 12 to 15. Luxury Hotels: Discount or DieThursday, December 18, 2008 The luxury segment of the hospitality industry has come to grips with the recession by offering steep discounts, hotel credits or a third or fourth night free. The drop not only in wealthy vacationers, but also corporate travelers, has hit the segment hard. Tourist Resort in Guanacaste Makes ProgressTuesday, July 24, 2018 The W Costa Rica hotel, which will offer a total of 151 rooms and is located in Guanacaste, reported that it plans to start operations in November of this year. Too Many Hotels in Panama?Friday, April 29, 2011 If growth in the number of tourists doesn’t reach 25% per year, hotel occupancy will fall from the 74% seen in the first quarter of 2001, to just 50% over the coming years. Panama is growing and so are the number of hotels, which in 2012 will be offering over 27 thousand rooms. Tourism: $350 Million Investment AnnouncedWednesday, December 12, 2018 Mariott International, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels and Ritz-Carlton Reserve, presented to Dominican Republic authorities their plans to develop luxury tourism projects in Puerto Plata. From the statement of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic: Guatemala: Today´s Tourism IndustryFriday, November 27, 2015 Although in recent years the number of visitors to the country has shown an upward trend, the occupancy rate has not increased in the same proportion. From the first chapter of the report "Towards a modern and decentralized tourism" by the Association for Research and Social Studies: Costa Rica Wants "High Level" Chinese TourismThursday, January 8, 2015 The government has announced the opening of a consulate in Shanghai and other efforts to open others in cities where there is high purchasing power in an effort to attract people to the Costa Rican tourism sector. From a statement issued by the Government of Costa Rica: AM Resorts hotel chain arrives at PanamaThursday, March 13, 2014 An announcement has been made for the opening in 2016 of a luxury hotel with 450 rooms, of the Dreams brand, in the coastal town Buenaventura. The firm is continuing its expansion in Panama with a luxury hotel under the brand name "Dreams Resorts & Spas" construction in the hotel zone of Buenaventura. $18 Million for Isla Saboga in PanamaWednesday, July 1, 2009 Grupo del Sol, GVA & Asociados and the Evergreen Institute are investing in a real estate development that includes condominiums, residences and boutique hotels. Located 35 kilometers from Panama City, the 755 hectare Isla Saboga is part of the Las Perlas chain of islands. Tourism: New Reality, New ChallengesThursday, June 25, 2020 Attracting executives, pensioners and people willing to work remotely from Costa Rica, who extend their stay in the country for long periods, are some of the business opportunities that businessmen have detected in the current commercial scenario. Although the sector is practically in the zero season, since the outbreak of covid-19 Costa Rica closed the borders to tourism, and during April and May there were practically no visitors to the country, the businessmen are beginning to prepare themselves to face the new commercial reality that arose from this abrupt change in the ways that people relate to each other on a global level. Industry Professionals Gather In San Pedro Sula, Honduras for First FCCA Central America Cruise ConferenceWednesday, May 4, 2011 Events are in full swing for the first Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association Central America Cruise Conference happening May 4-6, 2011 San Pedro Sula, Honduras. San Pedro Sula, Honduras (May 4, 2011)—Hundreds of professionals from the private and public sectors of the seven countries of Central America—Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama—and Colombia gathered today in San Pedro Sula, Honduras to kick off the first FCCA Central America Cruise Conference. Radiography of a Large Tourism DevelopmentWednesday, May 21, 2014 The Paradisus Papagayo Bay Resort & Luxury Villa’s under construction in Costa Rica on stabilization of operations would operate as a profitable business, with net income of 35.3% of total revenue. A report by a swiss capital company, SunVesta Inc., published by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports on the details and progress of the $190 million tourist resort that the firm is developing in the Gulf of Papagayo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. |
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