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The term Eco-Tourism has become a popular one among tourism service providers not only in Costa Rica but in the entire Central American region as well.  However, the term has been thrown around so many times that its meaning or what it represents has become quite vague.

Therefore, in Costa Rica, an environmentally-conscious group of people got together to legally create the Costa Rican Chamber of Eco-Tourism in order to organize this sector.

The first thing the Chamber did was define the Eco-Tourism concept as a specialized segment within the responsible tourism sector that promotes and supports nature’s conservancy and the region’s cultural values.  The Eco-Tourism sector is responsible of interpreting these values to the tourist while contributing to the community’s social-economical ambiance.

In addition, the Chamber seeks to gather all people and organizations within the tourism industry and that are linked to eco-tourism activities.  All eco-tourism related issues will be addressed to the Chamber who has the ability to determine the policies, tendencies and legal actions that may be carried out.

Since its creation in 2003, the Costa Rican Chamber of Eco-Tourism has over 60 actively involved members from sectors such as hospitality, tour operator, car rentals, banks, arts and crafts, research organizations and others.

The Hacienda Guachipelin near the Rincon de la Vieja National Park for example, has gladly enrolled as a member of the chamber in order to contribute with the sector’s growth, promotion and social responsibility.

written by Carolyn Ramer \\ tags: Costa Rican Chamber of Eco Tourism, Hacienda Guachipelin, Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Rincon de la Vieja National Park

The exclusive collection of Enchanting Hotels of Costa Rica, will be participating with an own booth at this year’s Home-Based Travel Agent Expo, taking place in Las Vegas from December 2 – 4. This Home-Based Travel Agent Expo is designed to bring key suppliers, such as the Costa Rican Hotels, which are proud members of Enchanting Hotels, one-on-one with the ever-growing, yet hard-to-reach audience of professional home-based/independent travel sellers.

Enchanting Hotels is a prestigious, though young hotel franchise, belonging to Profimercadeo, whose manager is the renowned, professional and well experienced marketing expert Daniel Chavarria. It groups some of the most exclusive Costa Rican hotels and prime tours, such as Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, at the National Park & Volcano Rincon de La Vieja, Hotel L’Acqua Viva, at Guiones, Nosara Beach, both in Guanacaste, Hotel Manatus, in Tortuguero, on the North Caribbean Coast, Hotel El Paso de Las Lapas, in Jaco Beach, and Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge, at Golfo Dulce, Osa Conservation Region.

With this aggressive strategic action, Enchanting Hotel hopes to penetrate an important market niche of over 20,000 home-based / independent travel sellers in North America with an expected 10% growth within the next five years. Unlike their store-front counterparts, these agents cannot be reached by suppliers through traditional methods. This event offers suppliers a platform to meet one-on-one with this audience. The 2007 Home-Based Travel Agent Expo drew nearly 2,300 professional home-based / independent travel sellers who represented over $775 MILLION in annual travel bookings. This enchanting group of Costa Rican Hotels is focused in bringing an important business share from those attractive sales figures.

Home-Based Travel Agent Expo is produced by a company with an impressive portfolio of travel events and publications. Publications include, Home-Based Travel Agent magazine; Travel Agent magazine, Luxury Travel Advisor. Among the more than 200 domestic and international travel suppliers exhibit each year, Enchanting Hotels will be the only Costa Rica booth at the Expo, which will yield an important competitive advantage, for those leading Hotels from Costa Rica.

written by Carolyn Ramer

Hotel Pure (http://www.hotelpure.com) is pleased to announce to its customers of this fitting new location ideal for adventure seeking - nature loving travelers.

The Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin has attentively prepared for 2009 by improving several of its features and strengthening its many eco-friendly resources. The Hacienda Guachipelin’s 22 rooms have been upgraded by including brand new TV sets as well as air conditioning units.

The hotel’s sustainable practices remain a strong focal point among its owners as they continue to emphasize on their recycling program as well as the use of solar panels used to provide its guests with hot water. The Hacienda Guachipelin has installed a biodigester within their compost facilities in order to convert organic wastes into a nutrient rich liquid fertilizer and biogas used as a renewable source of electrical and heat energy.

Sustainable practices are also carried on within the local community as its owners work to not only preserve the environment and surroundings, but the cultural heritage of the province of Guanacaste. Staff at the Hacienda Guachipelin has included traditional activities of the region within their attractions such as cattle herding, bull riding and the traditional marimba music.

Guests at the Hacienda Guachipelin enjoy a variety of adventure tours suitable for people of all ages and with no previous experience required. Horseback riding, hiking, tubing and ziplining are just a few activities visitors can take pleasure in during day-time or night-time tours. The Rincon de la Vieja National Park is the most important park in the region as it allows visitors to easily observe one of the most diverse volcanic activities available to the public.

The Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin entertains its guests with traditional rural bustle and scenery as every morning horses are brought into the corral. Breakfast at the open restaurant provides for a wonderful panoramic view while guests prepare for a day full of adventure that will end with a relaxing hot spring bathe.

Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Volcan Rincon de la Vieja, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Toll Free From USA and Canada 1-877-998-7873

Local +(506) 2256 8195

www.guachipelin.com info@guachipelin.com

Hotel Pure is a subsidiary of Oriens Travel & Hotel Management Corp. which’s business model is to re-organize a fragmented mid/lower end hotel accommodation sector in the developing countries such as China, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, the Caribbean and other countries in the similar phase, under a unified name brand; Hotel PURE, thus increasing their international exposure, occupancy rate and revenue. Initial plan is to deploy a series of eco-hotels under the Hotel PURE express branding in the Central/South America region with further plans to deploy more Hotel PURE properties starting in Beijing and Shanghai, and expanding into other major cities, in China.
The Hotel Pure theme and conceptual design was created by Oriens Travel & Hotel Management Corp.(OTC-Pinksheets: OTHM ) , and will remain as the exclusive property of the Company.

written by Carolyn Ramer \\ tags: Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Hotel PURE, Rincon de la Vieja