[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]An argument to regulate unlicensed vacation rentals in Costa Rica before overpricing and gentrification ends up breaking up beach communities and ruining tourism. I’ve worked in Costa Rica travel for a while and seen the...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A small but dynamic export delegation showcased some of Costa Rica’s most attractive food and beverage products at the recent Anuga international trade fair in Cologne, Germany. Teams representing 10 national...
Clients often look at distance as a roadblock, but it doesn’t have to be. Designing in Paradise does not need to be hard, it all depends on who you’re working with. Let’s talk about Rudy, Casa Magayon, and… some pretty umbrellas. Rudy is one of our most esteemed...
Ready or not, life implies change. Many of us have reflected on this over the last four months, since COVID-19 arrived in Costa Rica. Our world is now marked by a distinct before and after. The labor market has also come to this conclusion, amid adjustments to a more...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Photo above: Co-piloting this recent flight departure from Liberia was Kyle Berger, a Costa Rican native now working with Air Canada in Toronto. Photo: Luis Felipe Murillo Castillo Options for air travel to, from and around Costa...
CINDE: Keeping Pace with Industry 4.0 in Costa Rica. Do you remember the first word that you pronounced when you were little? What were the last song lyrics that you’ve been repeating over and over again? Do you recall the latest piece of information that caught your...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] For some governments in the world, environmental protection remains just a lofty ideology, while others have made it an institutionalized obligation. In Costa Rica, it’s a human right. This country’s sustainable development vision...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Limón Revitalized - Beginnings of the best yet to come. In launching its new CR Biz mini-magazine with the Sept/Oct 2018 cover story, “Limón Rising”, Howler looked at the port city’s brightening horizons as Costa Rica catapults...
Only Fools Rush In: Financing a Life in Costa Rica. Let’s move to Costa Rica!” These words have been uttered excitedly all over the world. It might be while looking at a hard-to-pass-on condo or within the first few months of returning to normal life from a whirlwind...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Limón Rising New port brings development to Caribbean coast: The attributes of Costa Rica’s “other” coast, the Caribbean, and its port city of Limón are sometimes overlooked or underrated, but that could soon be changing with a new...
Playa Flamingo Now and Then, make Mar Vista today: Playa Flamingo and the surrounding areas have been popular destinations for years, but many things have changed over time to make one of its neighborhoods, Mar Vista, what it is today. For decades, Costa Rica had been...