Merkapro Development Group

The $300 million Hyatt Hotel Resort, destined for Brasilito in Guanacaste but delayed for almost 12 months, will formally break ground next week, the developers have said. A group of 75 people, including a sales force of 35 brokers from both the United States and Canada, will descend upon Brasilito to get a first hand look at the building site. ...

(C.A. News) — With the goal of helping Guanacaste’s communities benefit more and more directly from the province’s tourist and economic development, the Central American Business Administration Institute (INCAE) kicked off this month the Positioning and Sustainability of Guanacaste’s Tourism Cluster program.The program ...

The crisis in the US housing and financial markets, already spreading to Germany and Japan, is not expected to have a serious impact in Costa Rica, experts said this week. Despite concerns with a record number of Americans set to lose their homes to foreclosure and house prices getting lower all the time, the general consensus is those buying in ...

He looked nervous, this rangy, six-foot-one Gringo with the towhead and pencil mustache. His Army fatigue shorts revealed an 8-inch U-shaped scar just under his left knee – the result of a failed operation and the reason why Vince Dugdale, 47, was standing in the waiting room of the Clínica Bíblica Hospital in San José. ...

Relative calm, a few incidents of mischief and a strong turnout marked Costa Rica's first ever national referendum yesterday as Ticos around the country came out to vote “yes” or “no” on the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA).No major incidents of violence were reported, but in the ...

President Oscar Arias and other supporters of the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) declared victory last night as results rolled in from a popular referendum, showing a likely win for the “yes” vote.Nationwide, with 95% of votes counted, 51.6% of voters chose in favor of the controversial trade pact, ...

If the latest round of climate change predictions comes true, Costa Ricans' grandchildren may be running for higher ground – and packing their belongings with them. According to a recent study by the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), 60-90% of the Puntarenas peninsula, a narrow, sea level sand spit that juts into the Gulf of ...