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In the most northern region of the Costa Rican Pacific Coast is one of the most unique and exclusive luxury resorts in the area.  Recreo is a private estate located at El Jobo in La Cruz, Guanacaste and accommodates small to large groups at luxurious private homes.

The area that surrounds Recreo is the Costa Rican Tropical Dry Forest that is home to exotic species such as spider monkeys, iguanas, sea turtles, armadillos, coatis, anteaters, peccaries and opossums.  The estate is near two beaches that are easily accessed on foot.

Playa Rajada is the closest beach and by far the most stunning.  With its white and dark sand beaches and clear waters, Playa Rajada is the ideal place for relaxing, snorkeling, swimming, diving, kayaking and sailing.  Playa Jobo on the other hand is a quiet beach with many access points.  At Playa Jobo, visitors can spend hours combing the beach and discovering its wide variety of shells and interesting rock formations.

Accommodations at Recreo are the ultimate in convenience and luxury.  Recreo has 25 private estates that easily accommodate small intimate groups to large groups.  Recreo boasts of its personalized resort services that include from personal cooks and housekeeping to private pools, hammocks and relaxation areas.

Currently, Recreo is offering a promotion that will continue until March 2009 and includes a private luxury villa with an ocean view, all meals and top shelf alcoholic beverages, personal chef and housekeeper and the amenities such as kayaks, horseback riding, electric cart, tennis court, gym, mountain bikes and others.

The promotion per person for all the above mentioned is of US$162 per person and will not be valid during black out dates.  Reaching Recreo is very easy if you choose to fly into the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, Guanacaste.  All major US airlines have several weekly flights to Liberia.  Recreo is just a 1 hour drive from the airport in Liberia.

Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity and enjoy the beauty of Costa Rica’s Northern Pacific Coast.

written by Carolyn Ramer \\ tags: Costa Rican Tropical Dry Forest, El Jobo, El Jobo La Cruz, El Jobo La Cruz Guanacaste, Playa Rajada

One of the latest companies in choosing Costa Rica as their operations center is the digital marketing and advertising development company named digitalArbor.  The company opened with a total of 35 employees and aims to have 500 in the next two years.

The company’s founder, Robert Willms, has worked for over 10 years for one of the top digital marketing agencies in the world which has lead him to create his own company.  After research and evaluating different options, Willms decided to set up his company in Costa Rica due to the country’s valuable human resource and world class training.

In addition, Willms mentioned that the communications technologies as well as the government’s support of foreign investment lead to the final decision of moving to Costa Rica.  digitalArbor is currently located in the Global Park Free Trade Office Center in Heredia and has announced that it will be investing US$2 million over the next two years.

The recently opened company will be competing for young talent with a couple of similar companies that opened in Costa Rica as well a few years ago.  Students from the career areas of graphic design, communications and marketing will have an opportunity to compete for a position at digitalArbor.

The director for the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives, Gabriela Llobet, pointed out that the arrival of digitalArbor to Costa Rica is also partly due to the excellent performance carried out other companies within the digital marketing industry.  So far, approximately 550 Costa Ricans are working for the digital marketing industry.

written by Carolyn Ramer \\ tags: costa rica digitalArbor, Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives, digitalArbor, Global Park Free Trade Office Center

More and more construction companies in Costa Rica have turned to alternate sources of energy while planning their projects.  Architects and engineers have teamed up to find better ways to use nature’s resources for lighting, heating and cooling.

One of the newest projects to be unveiled and that has used natural resources to create an “intelligent” building is the Cedral Corporate Center.  The construction of this office building was headed by project director Fabian Villa and head engineer Arturo Montero.  These two visionaries started by analyzing the periods and sectors that would require the most amount of energy and worked around that in order to reduce energy consumption to the maximum.

The Center’s structure is heavily represented by windows that allow the maximum use of natural light throughout the day.  In addition, a dual air conditioning system was installed that uses both cold water and ice banks and is able to transfer peak consumption hours to nightly hours.  If there were to be a power failure, the system is able to continue operating thanks to the store energy in its ice banks.

Other projects in the downtown area such as Le Parc residential and office center in La Sabana, have installed solar panels for hot water that will allow for a considerable energy savings.  The developers behind Le Parc have also taken care of the building’s garbage disposal by creating their own recycling program.

The construction company behind the Le Parc building, ICC Projects, has expressed their commitment in strongly introducing green practices within each of their projects.

written by Carolyn Ramer \\ tags: Cedral Coorporate Center, Cedral Corporate Center, Le Parc building