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Today, three cellular companies operate in Costa Rica after four decades when only one company, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), offered service.  America Movil, Latin America’s largest wireless carrier, operating as Claro Costa Rica, competes with ICE known as Kolbi and Spain's Telefonica or Movistar. ICE previously had controlled wireless and fixed line business in the country with 2.6 million cell phone lines.  Costa Rica is Claro's 19th country in which it does business.  Among the locations Claro has opened up, two now may be found in Guanacaste.  Look for them in the Liberia Center and in the Comercial

By: Helen Dunn Frame The inauguration of the new terminal at the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia Costa Rica featuring a slew of concessions was held after two delays totaling nine months on January 12, 2012.  During the peak hours the airport, touted as the best secondary facility in all of Central America and the second major airport in Costa Rica, will be able to accommodate 1,500 passengers.  Coriport, a Costa Rican company that has a 20 year concession to operate it, has six months to propose a plan to remodel the old terminal and expand airport services even

By: Helen Dunn FrameThe Costa Rica Global Association of REALTORS® (CRGAR) has scheduled its next Golf Tournament and Fundraising Weekend for April 6-7, 2012. The golf tournament and awards luncheon will return to the Reserva Conchal Golf Club and Beach Club on Saturday. The tournament will be preceded by a Welcome Party the night before at a location to be announced. The CRGAR Golf Tournament is one of the few times each year for non-members to enjoy the challenges of the Reserva Conchal course and the beauty of the private club. The tournament was purposely scheduled during Semana Santa (Easter

By: Helen Dunn Frame JetBlue Airways on November 17, 2011 began flying four weekly non-stop-round-trip flights from its home base at New York's JFK Airport to the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia in Costa Rica's rich Guanacaste region. To celebrate, travelers may book a flight at the inaugural fare of only $119 if booked by December 1, 2011 for travel through February 15, 2012.  This marks JetBlue’s second destination in Costa Rica because it has served the Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose with nonstop service from Orlando since 2009. The Liberia airport is located approximately 12 kilometers

By Helen Dunn Frame America Movil ‘s unit Claro Costa Rica will open a retail location for service of cell phones in Costa Rica next to the Coldwell Banker Coast to Coast office in the Central Plaza across from Banco Nacional in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste.   Last June the company received authorization from Costa Rica's Comptroller General to launch operations in the local market, America Movil , Latin America’s largest wireless carrier, operating as Claro Costa Rica will compete with the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad  (ICE) and Spain's Telefonica (Movistar.)   ICE heretofore has controlled wireless and fixed line business in

Author: Helen Dunn Frame Delta Airlines and Jet Blue have announced additional direct flights to the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia (LIR)  Beginning in January 2012 Delta will add service from Minneapolis, Minnesota.  On November 17 JetBlue will add four weekly nonstop flights from New York’s JFK International Airport. These flights will cost under $300 and operate on Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays.   Some of the airlines that fly daily to Liberia from various cities are Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental, Delta, Northwest Airlines, Sky Service, Taca Airlines, United Airlines, and US Airways.  Other airlines have charter service

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Beverly Hills tops list of most-expensive homes in USA Oct 26, 2007 By Noelle Knox, USA TODAY If your vision of domestic bliss is a single-family house with four bedrooms, 2½ baths, 2,200 square feet of space and a two-car garage, you'll pay $2.1 million more to buy the house in Beverly Hills than in Killeen, Texas. Those are the most-expensive and least-expensive U.S. real estate markets in Coldwell Banker's annual home price survey of nearly 400 cities, being released Wednesday. Beverly Hills is again No. 1, and California has eight cities in the top 10. Jumping from seventh place to

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