WITH ACCENT ON SERVICE
July 2022 - Vol. 16
CARIBBEAN DRY SEASON
Start planning! The dry season of the Caribbean is near!
 
From September to early November, our beautiful southern Caribbean enters its famous dry season, with excellent weather, plenty of activities or just pure and plain relaxation.
 
Located about 3.5-4 hours from San José Airport, this area has many lodging options, from luxury boutique hotels to small family-owned properties.
 
It's a unique ecosystem where the jungle meets the white sand beach, which is perfect to relax to the sound of the sea.
 
The crystal-clear warm waters have also many activities such as snorkeling, surfing, swimming, and more.
 
Enjoy Puerto Viejo, a fishermen village where you will find from authentic Caribbean food to the best international cuisine, it has a vibrant multi-cultural lifestyle all with the vibe of our afro culture. But there is more in the amazing part of Costa Rica, explore aboriginal reserves, national parks, coral reefs and local culture.
 
Ask us about more details about this magical place, and lets work together to create the perfect vacation for your clients!
Punta Islita Hotel
Value: Stay 4 nights, Pay 3

Valid until Dec 19, 2022

Applies to all rooms. Subject to availability. Only Breakfast included. Applies to new reservations only.

Restrictions apply
El Mangroove Hotel
Value: Stay 4 nights, Pay 3

Travel Window: until Dec 19, 2022

Applies to all suites, breakfast included.

Restrictions apply
Chayote Lodge
Value: Stay 3 nights, Pay 2

Applies to Recibidor Suite. Breakfast included.

Travel Window: Until Nov 30, 2022

Restrictions apply
NEW PRODUCTS
KOORA MONTEVERDE
Hotel Koora, a luxury ecolodge in the heart of the cloud forest. Featuring 10 cozy suites and bungalows, this boutique hotel in Monteverde Costa Rica is perfect for a nature retreat, a omantic getaway, or a family adventure.

This low-impact lodge features its own 4km circuit of trails in the mountains, and a world-class restaurant with amazing views of the Nicoya Peninsula and sorrounding mountains.
OLAS VERDES HOTEL
Set back from the coastline and bordered by the Ostional-Nosara Wildlife Refuge, in Guanacaste province, Olas Verdes is a small boutique beach hotel that provides the serenity you crave with easy access to the sand and surf.
Swiss Travel, first tourism company to receive
Biodiversity Blue Flag certification

Swiss Travel is the first tourism company to receive the Blue Flag certification with a focus on biodiversity, a new certificate category created in 2021.

To achive this, we created a training program on wildlife, in partnership with the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) and the National Chamber of Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism (Canaeco), in order to encourage the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of wildlife biodiversity.

The idea was born after the publication of the study published by the World Animal Protection (2017), carried out worldwide, placing Costa Rica in the 7th position in the world in photographs and selfies in direct contact with wild animals, causing great damage to biodiversity.

A total of eleven sessions with 22 different topics were held from June to November 2021, with the participation of 369 people, including suppliers, Swiss Travel staff, university students and other tourism companies members of Canaeco.

In 2022, we will continue with the second stage of the program, which will be carried out in a more personalized way, providing tools to tourism companies so that they can identify their impacts or risks to wildlife and create mitigation action plans.

Ecological Blue Flag is a free and voluntary program created by the Costa Rican government, which seeks to encourage the participation of all sectors of society, to develop actions in favor of sustainability.

There are 20 categories of the ecological Blue Flag program and Swiss Travel has two: Biodiversity and Climate Change. In the Climate Change category, the company has participated since 2014 and for five years it has consecutively received the 6 Star and 1 Green Star category, the maximum possible in this certificate.
CHECK OUR WHAT'S UP! WEBSITE