Best Value for Beachfront in Panama


News from Panama

  I have written about this place several times and it amazes me each time that I return for a visit on how really beautiful this place is.  Often described as the “lost coast”, the Pacific coastal areas in the Chiriqui province offer raw beauty in the hidden sandy coves and the islands offshore that […]

June 17, 2011

Life Choices


News from Panama

Jan Hart – Retired to San Isidro, Costa Rica   My friend and fellow blogger, Scott Oliver with We Love  Costa Rica recently posted this story and although it promotes life in Costa Rica and not Panama, there is a more important message underlying the story that I felt I should share with you.  That is […]

June 10, 2011

Companies Continue to Arrive at Panama Pacifico


News from Panama

I have watched this project since the bidding process where several suitors offered hundreds of millions of dollars for the rights to develop the former US  Howard Air Force base.  A good friend of mine back in Miami lost the bid to London and Regional out of the UK for an amount in excess of $700 Million.  […]

June 10, 2011

Intercontinental Hotels ink Panama franchise deal


News from Panama

A friend of mine in the hospitality business  sent me a link to this article from Forbes that adds another deal to the growing list of new hotels opening in Panama.    MIAMI — Intercontinental Hotels Group said Thursday it has signed a franchise agreement to bring a new Holiday Inn Express hotel to Panama […]

June 10, 2011

Easy access to Panama at forefront of aggressive new ATP campaign


News from Panama

Along the lines of economic drivers like international airport development, Panama is getting smart on tapping the huge transient trafice coming through Tocumen Airport by starting  a new campaign  “visit us for free”.  I was reading an article in the Visitante that outlined the program.    ATP Administrator Salomón Shamah is rolling out Panama’s first international […]

June 5, 2011

Strong Recovery in Tourism


News from Panama

It is good to see more people visiting Panama and we are not the only country seeing a resurgence in the tourism industry here in Central America. Here is an article fro La Prensa    Three years after the global economic downturn, tourists are once again looking at Central America. Tourism in the isthmus grew […]

May 21, 2011