Source: Wikimedia Commons To celebrate the change of season, Sunwing Vacations’ latest limited-time promotion is spring loaded with some of the best offers of the year. Available from March 12 to March 18, 2016, customers can take advantage of savings of up to 50% off selected vacation packages across the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. Along with getting the best price on their holi...

Source: NUS Earlier this month, the National University of Singapore (NUS) welcomed Costa Rica's Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel González Sanz. Minister Gonzalez was in Singapore on an official visit to the NUS start-up incubator, Blk71. Minister González was hosted by NUS Enterprise CEO Dr Lily Chan, who gave a presentation on Blk71’s inception and the entrepreneurial pro...

Wikimedia Commons The decomposed body of an expatriate from the United States was removed from a luxury condominium tower located in an upscale subdivision of Escazu, a municipality located in the western suburbs of the capital city of Costa Rica. According to a report filed by Pablo Rojas of online news daily Costa Rica Hoy, Red Cross volunteers assigned to Escazu confirmed that they found...

Four Seasons Costa Rica Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts announce the appointment of 15-year company veteran Rajiv Malhotra as General Manager of Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo. Malhotra, who joined Four Seasons in 2001, brings his focus on service and innovation to the award-winning property, which recently won a Five Star Rating from Forbes Travel Guide. Originally fr...

Wikimedia Commons London and Madrid, Mar 15 (EFE; odds by IDSca.com).- Manchester City qualified - for the first time ever - for the Champions League quarterfinals Tuesday in battling Dynamo Kiev to a scoreless draw in the second leg of the Round of 16, or knockout stage, but advancing as the 3-1 aggregate winner, after beating Dynamo in Kiev in the first leg. Man City's Vincent Kompany was...

Source: UN Women UN Women Press Release - 15 March 2016, New York - The inaugural meeting of the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment kicked off today during the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Operating under the aegis of the UN Secretary-General, it intends to put women’s economic empowerment at the top of the international agenda, including b...

Source: The World Bank Over the next three years, the World Bank is proposing the establishment of a $65 million Catastrophe Deferred Draw Down Option (CAT DDO) for Costa Rica. This CAT DDO is part of the World Bank's Disaster Risk Management scope. According to the World Bank, the overall development objective of the CAT DDO funding is to enhance the capacity of the government of Costa Rica to...

Source: AmoLatina.com AmoLatina.com Press Release - International dating service AmoLatina has boosted the ambition of helping members meet their ideal match by answering the most important question in online dating – whether singles are seeking flirty chat or serious romance. AmoLatina, which brings singles across the world together with matches in Latin America, always aims to make it easier...

Source: Convergys (San Jose, March 14, 2016) Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), global leader in customer management, revealed the expansion of their business in Costa Rica with a hiring commitment to support their growing customer service and technical operations. This expansion will help Convergys build upon its current staff by adding approximately 500 new highly specialized jobs in Custome...

By Panamafly - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons The urban rail service currently enjoyed by commuters in the capital city of Panama could be adopted by Costa Rica at a cost of at least one billion dollars. Such was the report recently filed by Gustavo Retana of daily tabloid Diario Extra. Mr. Retana quoted Rodolfo Cardenas, a civil engineer who led a group of professionals who trav...

Source: Bidrop Images BriefingWire.com - Tamarindo Beach and Playa Nosara, Costa Rica - Bidrop Images, a photography studio based in the province of Guanacaste,  recently  revamped its website to showcase stunning photography and videography. The new website of Bidrop Images is www.bidrop.com A professional photographer’s work is constantly evolving and so should the respective Web presenc...

Source: Green Motion Costa Rica  London, United Kingdom - 10 March 2016 -- British Airways from the 27th of April 2016 will be flying a direct route from the United Kingdom (London Gatwick Airport) to San Jose (SJO) in the beautiful country of Costa Rica. These direct flights are scheduled to take place twice a week during the summer and then increasing to three flights a week for those cra...

The stunning Huawei Mate 8 Three of the most desired smartphones in the world will be available for purchase in Costa Rica by the end of this month. According to technology journalist Johnny Castro of business daily La Republica, the three devices are the Huawei Mate 8, the Samsung S7 and the long-awaited, ultra-coveted Apple iPhone 5SE. Samsung S7 With a 5.1 or 5.5-inch screen (the largest ...

Wikimedia Commons British Embassy Costa Rica News Release - On Wednesday 2 March, the Deputy Head of Mission of the British Embassy, Melanie Smart, attended a workshop organised by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) at its headquarters in Turrialba, which was also attended by more than 90 Costa Rican livestock producers. The workshop was organised as part...

NAPERVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coriant, a global supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end transport networking solutions, today announced that Red Centroamericana de Telecomunicaciones (REDCA), a provider of carrier neutral telecommunications services in Central America, has deployed the Coriant® hiT 7300 Multi-Haul Transport Platform to cost-efficiently scale its regional transport network and supp...

Leo and Zana Finkenbinder. Source: Olivet Nazarene University Olivet Nazarene University Press Release - An innovative educational and research facility in a Costa Rica cloud forest has been named for Dr. Leo Finkenbinder, zoology professor at Olivet Nazarene University, and his wife, Zana. The couple has worked for more than three decades in that region to advance scientific knowledge and eco...

Liisa Vexler. Source: AirTransat AirTransat Media Release - Montreal — There is more to the South than just sunny weather and nice beaches, which is why increasing numbers of Canadians now want to experience the culture, history and attractions of their destination when travelling. To help vacationers learn more about the tour operator’s popular Sun destinations, Transat is back with the secon...

AIPS Media Release - MIAMI, March 8, 2016 – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) confirmed the programming for the official draw for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016. The draw will take place on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 12:30 PM local time (2:30 PM ET). The event will be conducted at the Hotel Barceló San José Palacio and ...

Rainforest in Costa Rica Travel PR News Hub Media Release - London, March 2016 - We all have a wish list of places we’d love to visit one day. Luxury tour operator Exsus has picked half a dozen destinations that should be fast-tracked to the top though and made a priority right now, whether it’s a once hard-to-reach location that’s recently opened up to travellers, such as Myanmar or Cuba, a c...

Wikimedia Commons The Government of Canada has updated its travel advisory for Costa Rica with warnings about the Zika virus and new concerns about security for visitors. In general, Canadian travelers are urged to be careful and vigilant when visiting Costa Rica. The summary of the travel advisory states: There is no nationwide advisory in effect for Costa Rica. However, you should exercis...

Art City Tour San Jose, Costa Rica San Jose, March 8, 2016 - The second edition of Art City Tour 2016 will take place Under the slogan "San Jose Dreams, San Jose Designs." The Tour will welcome the International Design Festival (FID), and it aims to connect the cultural center of San José to La Sabana. More than 2,500 people are expected to take advantage of the free bus rides departing fro...

Source: Villa Punto de Vista MANUEL ANTONIO, COSTA RICA (PRWEB) MARCH 09, 2016 - Villa Punto de Vista, an exclusive 10-bedroom private villa located in Manuel Antonio Bay, is the Winner of the 2016 Condé Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence. The winners were revealed at the 34th annual Awards Dinner at The May Fair Hotel in London on the Nov. 2, 2015. “I am delighted to tell you that Villa Punt...

New York (March 3, 2016)—With support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have embarked on an ambitious plane-based survey to gauge the influence of humans and their livestock on the largest remaining forests in Central America. Dubbed the “Central American Megaflyover,” the project is gathering detailed images of the largest five rem...

By Petter Lindgren - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons Alarmed tourists evacuated the beach at Playa Herradura this weekend after a shark suddenly broke through the surf and landed right on the waterline at high tide.   According to a news report published by online news daily CRHoy.com on Sunday, the shark was identified as a thresher shark, a member of the pelagic Alopiidae...

Source: Iron Maiden One of the most elaborate musical stages in the history of the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in Tibas has been prepared for legendary heavy metal band Iron Maiden, whose members will rock Costa Rica with the help of thrash metal pioneers Anthrax tonight.   Heavy metal fans have been camping outside the stadium for two weeks to catch Iron Maiden perform a Central Ameri...

Source: UCI University of California Press Release - Irvine, Calif., March 7, 2016 — On a cool, fog-shrouded mountain of Costa Rica, University of California, Irvine biologist Caitlin Looby is finding that warming temperatures are becoming an increasing problem for one of the most ecologically diverse places on Earth. Seeking to determine how shifts in the tropical mountain cloud forest eco...

Source: Wikimedia Commons BOSTON, March 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Joe Cali, president of Overseas Adventure Travel, the leader in small groups on the road less traveled, today announced the Top 5 destinations for American boomer and senior solo travelers in 2016 based on bookings year-to-date.  Of OAT's 50 trip choices, the five most popular destinations for solo travelers in 2016 are Iceland, M...

A consortium comprising Ineco-ACCIONA Ingeniería and the Costa Rica Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) have signed an agreement for the provision of consulting services for the administrative, technical, legal and environmental management of the Transport Infrastructure Program (PIT) launched by the Costa Rica Government. Its objective is to modernise road and port infrastructures in th...

BALTIMORE, MD (PRWEB) MARCH 07, 2016 - Many factors come into play when considering a retirement abroad. Cost of living, prices of rents and real estate, and healthcare options are main concerns. But as more and more expats consider moving abroad for a healthier lifestyle, InternationalLiving.com added an important Healthy Lifestyle category to its 2016 Global Retirement Index. In these countries...

Dr Franklin Chang-Diaz Earlier today, President of Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solis opened the United Nations Workshop on Human Space Technology, a five-day international workshop on human space technology that will take place in  San José until March 11th.   Keynote speeches were delivered by Dr. Franklin Chang Diaz, CEO of the Ad Astra Rocket Company and Hall of Fame NASA astronaut...

Beach house in Costa Rica United States cable network Home & Garden Television, better known for HGTV, chose Costa Rica for an episode of its acclaimed Beachfront Bargain Hunt reality show. Episode 3 of Season 10 takes place in Playa Nosara, a coastal community in the province of Guanacaste that is part of the Gold Coast beaches of Costa Rica.   The title of the episode is No Sh...

Source: FEDEFUTBOL The youngest female National Football Team of Costa Rica can still qualify for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. A heart-stopping and masterful goal scored almost at the end of a qualifier match against the Reggae Girlz of Jamaica kept the hopes alive for Costa Rica, which hosted the previous U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2012.   The match took place on ...

Main Line Health Press Release - Prior to embarking on a humanitarian trip to Costa Rica, Villa Maria Academy High School juniors, seniors and their parents received advice from Main Line Health’s Chief of Infectious Diseases, who helped separate fact from fiction regarding the Zika virus epidemic. “Traveling to areas affected by the Zika Virus, such as Central America, does pose a risk” said D...

Source: UNDP United Nations Development Programme Press Release - One of the world’s biggest pineapple producing countries – Costa Rica – has officially adopted a widely endorsed action plan to tackle serious social and environmental concerns in this critical sector, worth US$ 800 million to the national economy. Agrochemical run-off into water sources is a key issue that the plan will targ...

The United States Department of State submitted the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) to Congress earlier this week, and it included an unflattering report of Costa Rica as a haven for laundering illicit proceeds from drug trafficking and terrorism.   According to the U.S. Department of State:   The two-volume report offers a comprehensive assessment of th...

Vajra Yoga SANTA TERESA, COSTA RICA (PRWEB) MARCH 03, 2016 - The year 2016 marks 10 years since Vajra Sol began as a yoga retreats company in Costa Rica offering a new style of travel to an upcoming and coming niche in the growing industry. They attribute the business’s success in a competitive market of yoga and wellness vacations to a few key and finely formulated components that have earned t...

Josh Brolin Instagram Oscar-nominated actor Josh Brolin recently enjoyed the beaches of Costa Rica along with his fiancée Kathryn Boyd. According to British newspaper The Daily Mail, the couple spent a vacation somewhere in the Pacific coast, and they both took surfing lessons as well as ATV tours.   Various photos of Mr. Brolin and Miss Boyd enjoying their vacation in Costa Rica we...

RyanInc; Flickr Commons The Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Finance believes that Costa Rica applies a discriminatory excise tax on distilled spirits and alcoholic beverages. For this reason, the Committee is taking a careful look at historical trade agreements so that measures can be taken.   According to an official press release issued by the Committee:  ...

Source: MSP Officers from the Costa Rica Drug Control Police (Spanish initials: PCD) dismantled various indoor marijuana growing operations this week, and two expats from the United States were arrested during the law enforcement operation.   According to a press release from the Ministry of Public Security (Spanish initials: MSP), the PCD officers had enough information from confid...

Pixabay Public Domain Widener University Press Release - The lush, coffee-producing landscape of Costa Rica has been a destination for Widener University students and faculty to conduct research and participate in learning experiences for a decade, but the university now has a permanent hub in the Central American country to call home. The university has purchased a four-bedroom villa outfi...