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 ...

MANAGUA – Putting aside sharp ideological and personal differences, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Costa Rican counterpart Oscar Arias this week took a stiff first step toward thawing the frosty relations between their two administrations. Following a 45-minute meeting in the Nicaraguan capital Tuesday afternoon – the first ...