(Panama Travel Group) Verde Tropical Hotel is a wonderful hotel found on Taboga Island in the Bay of Panama. Only 12 miles from Panama City, this location offers its guests a beautiful combination jungle and ocean environments. Situated on Playa Honda, Verde Tropical Hotel possesses views that are as beautiful as any found at the Bocas del Toro Hotels or San Blas hotels. … [Read more...]
Nikki Beach Hotel changing its name to Royalton Playa Blanca
(Newsroom Panama) After months of wrangling between a Panama developer and an American Hotel chain, the name Nikki Beach will soon disappear from the local tourist scene . The Nikki Beach Hotel at Playa Blanca will be changing its name to Royalton Playa Blanca. The Panama promoter of the project, RG Hotels, has signed an agreement with the Blue Diamond Hotel … [Read more...]
On the beach in Panama
(TimesLive.com) While Panama City is often referred to as the Miami of the South and has the same high-energy feel, it is not known for its great beaches. However, only an hour's drive from the city there are 80km of Pacific Ocean beaches for you to explore. One of the better stretches of beach close to the capital is the Playa Blanca near Farallon town. … [Read more...]
Trump tower in Panama will open in June
(prensa.com) The entire Trump family will visit Panama in June to open the first hotel of their chain in Latin America – an investment of over $220 million, reported Ivanka, daughter of tycoon Donald Trump. Ivanka acknowledged at a news conference that "we still need to sell a lot of real estate" (the hotel was financed by a bond issued in the amount of $220 million in … [Read more...]
Panama: a haven for tourism, natural wonders
(Palm Beach Daily News) If I were writing a travel slogan for this uniquely “S”-shaped country that connects North and South America, it would go like this: “We’re not Colombia. We’re not Costa Rica. We are Panama.” It’s short. It’s to the point. And it might get listeners and readers to take a fresh look a why this land of mountains, extinct volcanoes, virgin rain … [Read more...]