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By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | awilliams@ticotimes.net http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_08/080410.htm#story1The eighth edition of ExpoCasa, the Costa Rican national housing exposition, kicks off Wednesday afternoon at the Centro de Eventos Pedregal in San Antonio de Belén, in Heredia, northwest of San ...

By Matt Levin Tico Times Staff | mlevin@ticotimes.net http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_07/073010.htm#story5Costa Rica's summer break vacation period saw many travelers heading toward the Central Pacific coast or to Monteverde, while fewer vacationers made the trip to Guanacaste, a traditional vacation hotspot for ...

  By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | awilliams@ticotimes.net http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_07/072610.htm#story3Costa Rica's Second Vice President Luis Liberman announced Saturday that $1.5 million will be spent to build a new two-kilometer road in the northwestern province of Guanacaste.The proposed road ...

Source: www.insidecostarica.com American Airlines is expanding its coverage in Costa Rica with an additional flight between New York's JFK International airport and San José's Juan Santamaría International airport beginning on April 6th, the airline announced. The San José flights will be available five days a week, ...

Source: InsideCostaRica The Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber in Liberia will be in private hands for the next 20 years following the approval by the Contraloría General de la República (Comptroller's office) to give Consorcio Coriport the airport concession. Guillermo Matamoros, viceministro de Concesiones for the ...

Costa Rica's tourism is down over 12% this year, however, it is not due to decreasing tourists from Europe. In fact, more tourists from Europe have visited Costa Rica this year than last year, and ICT (Costa Rica's Institute of Tourism) is projecting that the number of European visitors will be up over 10% compared to 2008. Most of the ...

JetBlue is offering tickets to San Jose's Juan Santamaria International Airport for only $79/each way from Orlando. There are plenty of other great deals to/from SJO as well. Be sure to visit Jet Blue's website for more information.  This is a great time to visit Costa Rica at an incredible price.

The recent magnitude 6.2 earthquake that hit Costa Rica on Jan. 8, 2009, ringing in a memorable start to the new year, devastated several small mountain communities about 25 miles north of the capital city of San Jose. Cinchona was the hardest it as the mountain top town was located directly above the local fault line. The deadly landslides in the ...

By Elizabeth Goodwin Tico Times Staff (Orignal post here)Beautiful Ballena National Marine Park on the southern Pacific coast has an isolated, pristine beauty to it that makes it seem much more secluded and hard to reach than it is. The park, which first opened in 1990, is about 190 kilometers southwest of San José and includes 110 hectares ...

Hilton Hotels Corporation celebrates the opening of the new Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport in Costa Rica which is the brand's first hotel in Central America. To commemorate the occasion, the hotel will offer guests an attractive introductory rate of $79.00 USD* per night based on double occupancy. The new Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport ...