Actor and Director Mel Gibson returned to Costa Rica this week to meet with members of the President’s cabinet for over an hour in a hotel West of San Jose to discuss the potential of opening a movie production company in the country. Costa Rica News -- Mel Gibson is Back

Filed under: Costa Rica News on December 5th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Frontier Airlines, a Denver-based company, inaugurated its new direct flight to Costa Rica this past Friday, Nov. 30. The airline first announced its decision to add San Jose, Costa Rica as its 11th international destination back in May and starting booking in June, with promotional prices starting at $198 for a round trip ticket. Costa Rica [...]

Filed under: Travel on December 4th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Costa Rica hotels are set to suffer from the new dollar-colon exchange rate in an industry where the majority of gains are in dollars and expenses in colones. Prices for hotel stays for 2008 were set back in the first quarter of 2007, and would be difficult to change considering all of the promotional material that [...]

Filed under: Costa Rica News on December 4th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

A $6 million center for medical specialists, the Torres Medicas del Oeste, was inaugurated today at the CIMA Hospital along the Prospero Fernandez highway. The project, which began in 2005, will be the largest medical specialist center in Central America with 500 doctors from 60 different specialties in 144 practices, who should be able to [...]

Filed under: Costa Rica News on December 3rd, 2007 | 4 Comments »