Costa Rica Golf Adventures signs PR deal with The Media Group
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Landy Blank, President of Costa Rica Golf Adventures (CRGA), announced recently that they have signed an agency agreement with Chicago based PR & Marketing Firm, The Media Group, to handle it's Public Relations efforts.
The Media Group will act as a liaison between CRGA and golf and travel writers interested in visiting Costa Rica to write articles and editorial reviews on what the country and Costa Rica Golf Adventures has to offer.
Recently, representatives from The Media Group had the opportunity to visit Costa Rica in order to become more acquainted with the country.
"I've been fortunate enough to travel all over the world," said Joe Wieczorek, President of The Media Group, "and I've never been anywhere as beautiful and ecologically diverse as Costa Rica.
We spent eight days there and had the opportunity to travel across the country and play golf at 6 different courses: La Iguana, Cariari, Reserva Conchal, Rancho Pinilla, Valle Del Sol and the Four Seasons.
While they are all located in Costa Rica, they each offer a completely different golf experience.
One day you may be playing in the wet tropical rain forests of the central Pacific with howler monkeys greeting you along the cart paths and the next you're teeing off from the top of these breathtaking bluffs that overlook the deep blue waters of the Pacific Ocean.
We had an amazing time. The people are warm and friendly and the scenery is absolutely beautiful."
About Costa Rica Golf Adventures
Costa Rica Golf Adventures, the first and only golf travel company based in Costa Rica, prides itself on providing its clients the ultimate in personal service.
CRGA packages not only offer the best golf values in Costa Rica but, the ability to customize and create your own ideal golf adventure.
In addition to handling all your golf arrangements, CRGA can book excursions and side trips in Costa Rica to go fishing, white water rafting, horseback riding, surfing, or even arrange for a canopy tour on a zip-line in the treetops of the rain forest.
Whatever Costa Rica has to offer can be included in your customized Costa Rica Golf Adventures Tour Package. CRGA handles everything so you can sit back, relax and enjoy your vacation.
For more information on Costa Rica Golf Adventures call toll free (877) 258-2688 or visit their website at www.golfcr.com
Media members interested in visiting Costa Rica to write an editorial review on Costa Rica Golf Adventures should contact Joe Wieczorek or Bart Henyan of the Media Group at (847) 956-9090 or e-mail joe@themediagroupinc.com or bart@themediagroup.com
Media Contact:
Joe Wieczorek
The Media Group, Inc.
(847) 956-9090
E-mail: joe@themediagroupinc.com
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PayPro, Inc. Acquires The Corobici Wildlife Refuge in Costa Rica
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PayPro, Inc. (PINK SHEETS: PYPR) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Corobici Wildlife Refuge, Canas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America.
PayPro, Incorporated is committed and dedicated to the sustainable preservation of Earth’s Flora, Fauna and Water resources in every part of the world we operate in.
Every project, development, and venture we are involved in will have an environmental commitment.
Our MicroForest programs will play a vital role in combating global warming by regulating the world’s temperature and weather by storing large quantities of carbon and water.
The continued destruction of the world’s forests is responsible for a large part of the globally elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) level which is the major driver of global warming.
Conserving the remaining Tropical Forests and planting new Tropical Forests would reduce the rate of CO2 emission and buy more time while better alternatives to burning fossil fuels are developed.
The PayPro MicroForest Programs provide a tax deductible, simple, convenient but effective way for individuals, families, corporations or other groups to contribute to this effort by becoming “carbon-neutral."
To participate in the MicroForests Programs with PayPro, Inc. please contact:
microforests@gopaypro.com or call (214) 774-4870.
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Regent Announced Luxury Hotel in Papagayo
Regent Hotels, known for its highest standards of luxury hospitality, yesterday announced plans for a 50.000 square metre development in Punta de Papagayo (Guanacaste) with an investment of us$100 million dollars for a luxury hotel and residence for high end tourists.
The project named "La Punta del Papagayo" is being designed by Ronald Zürcher who will maintain a typical Guanacaste look.
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, was accompanied by his brother, the ministro de la Presidencia, Rodrigo Arias; the ministro de turismo (tourism minister), Carlos Ricardo Benavides; the director of the project, Jack Westergom, and the president of Regent Hotels, Mark Conroy.
Conroy and other Regent officials present expressed their gratitude for the support they received from the government for their project, that is scheduled to open in 2009, employing some 700 local people that include professionals and labourers, that represent an important income for the Papagayo region.
The hotel will have 150 rooms that will be designed to offer the most in luxury and privacy.
The project will also include 90 condominiums residences or two and three bedrooms and 18 private homes that will be offered for sale or rent with hotel services.
The Regent project will add to the existing Four Seasons hotel.
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Alternet Systems Inc.: SchoolWeb Project Approved for Costa Rica
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 15, 2006 -- Alternet Systems Inc. (OTCBB: ASYI)(FWB: EJM) announces the approval of a SchoolWeb project for the Republic of Costa Rica.
The goal of the project is a country-wide deployment over the next two years in the 3700 primary and secondary schools of Costa Rica.
The system will employ a wireless broadband network, coupled with Alternet's Spanish-language SchoolWeb software.
Patrick Fitzsimmons, President of Alternet Systems, Inc., states, "We are excited about providing the citizens of Costa Rica with a leading-edge education solution.
We are working with a number of Latin American countries and this project provides a springboard for Alternet's system solutions throughout the region." In addition to education services, Alternet offers residents, businesses and governments a variety of commercial services such as broadband internet, fixed and mobile VoIP telephones, video conferencing and IPTV.
Costa Rica is strategically one of the most dynamic markets in Latin America with a population base of over 4 million, with a large percentage of school children between the age of 5 and 18 who would benefit greatly by having access to Internet-delivered learning material.
The market size for SchoolWeb systems in Costa Rica is significant, potentially exceeding $15 million annually. Spanish is the official language in 21 countries worldwide, with a total combined population of over 400 million people.
About Alternet Systems:
Alternet Systems provides comprehensive broadband telecommunications services never before available to many locations in the world.
SchoolWeb delivers high-speed internet and a user-friendly, Internet-based, learning system for teachers and students.
Combining online courseware with a virtual Internet library, SchoolWeb provides all the tools required to create a high-quality digital learning environment.
Alternet's SchoolWeb software, with a wireless broadband network, provides Alternet's clients the ability to continually deliver vast amounts of educational content to their schools, in all regions of their country.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
ALTERNET SYSTEMS INC.
Griffin Jones, Director
Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the Company, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Contacts:
Alternet Systems Inc.
Griffin Jones
Director
1-866-608-2540
Website: www.alternetsystems.com
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UPDATE 1-Starbucks sees 2,400 new stores in fiscal year '07
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp. (SBUX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) will open 2,400 stores in its 2007 fiscal year and will have 20,000 stores worldwide within seven years, a senior executive said on Monday.
Colman Cuff, Starbucks' director of trading and operations, said the new stores would be spread among the United States and worldwide markets, with Asian growth driven by China.
"In fiscal year 2006 we opened more stores than were forecast, and we will better that in fiscal year 2007," Cuff said at the Sintercafe coffee industry conference in Costa Rica. The 2006 fiscal year ended on Oct. 1.
Starbucks has more than 12,000 stores, including 8,800 in the United States.
The company expects China, where it has more than 400 stores, to one day be its biggest market outside the United States.
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Tucson-based Miraval planning residential developments in NY, Costa Rica
By Levi J. Long
arizona daily star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 11.07.2006
Tucson-based Miraval Life In Balance is expanding to New York City and Costa Rica with two new projects.
Beginning in early 2008, wealthy New Yorkers wanting a slice of the spa life can move into a Miraval living community touting spa, fitness, nutrition and wellness programs.
The project "Miraval Living," a highrise featuring 365 apartments on New York's Upper East Side, is the first Miraval residential development.
John Vanderslice, CEO for Miraval, said the company plans to open 10 to 15 similar residential developments in cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and Washington D.C.
Prices for the New York apartments start at $650,000 and range up to $2.8 million.
The wellness company is also expanding to the northwest coast of Costa Rica with a 140-room property which will also open in 2008.
Located in the province of Guanacaste, Miraval Life in Balance, Costa Rica will be the first property outside of the Tucson area, said Barbara McDonald, a spokeswoman for Miraval.
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Cushman to Expand Property Valuation Business in Latin America
By Daniel Taub
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Cushman & Wakefield, the second- largest commercial real estate broker, said it will expand its property valuation business in Latin America as its clients invest more money in the region.
The expansion will add to the company's existing valuation business in Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires, New York- based Cushman said today in a statement. Cushman has 10 employees working in property valuations in Latin America, and plans to add 15 to 20 more in the next three to five years, said Stanley Dennis, senior managing director for valuation services.
"Mexico has very low market transparency, as do many parts of Latin America,'' Dennis, 52, who is leading the expansion, said in an interview. ``Real estate is often viewed as a global business, but I would tell you that real estate intelligence and real estate information is very often highly local.''
The expansion of the valuation business is part of Cushman's increased emphasis on its international business, Dennis said. Cushman earlier this month said it bought out partner Grupo Accion's 50 percent stake of their Mexican venture. Over the past two years, Cushman has purchased a Russian affiliate, Stiles & Riabokobylko, and a Canadian affiliate, Royal LePage Commercial.
Cushman's valuation business assists clients buying real estate or lending to property owners by providing appraisals, due diligence and market reports.
Among the areas where Cushman is considering expanding its valuation services are Guadalajara, Cancun and Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, San Jose in Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Lima, Rio de Janeiro and Santiago, Dennis said.
Cushman had $69.3 billion in sales and leasing transactions worldwide last year, ranked behind only Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., which had $150.4 billion in transactions, according to the magazine National Real Estate Investor. Cushman is majority-owned by New York-based Rockefeller Group Inc., whose majority shareholder is Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Estate Co.
To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel Taub in Los Angeles at dtaub@bloomberg.net .
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