(Panama Digest) The Intercontinental Hotels Group signed a franchise agreement on Thursday to open a new Holiday Inn Express in Panama City. This will be the sixth Intercontinental for Panama’s capital city which already includes the Miramar, Playa Bonita, the City of Knowledge Holiday Inn, the Crown Plaza Hotel and a Staybridge Suites currently under construction. The … [Read more...]
Hard Rock Hotel to Open in Panama
(Hotelchatter.com) The Hard Rock Hotel Panama Megapolis is expected to open in December 2011 in Panama City. The 66-story hotel will have 1,449 rooms, including a whopping 796 suites, some of which will be the brand's signature Rock Star Suites. The detes on the room designs and amenities are scant but guests will be able to create a music playlist all their own through the … [Read more...]
Budget Travel: Panama
(Budget Travel) I will just assume that you have never traveled to Panama, so let me begin by saying that it has a gorgeous landscape which is, for the most part, quite unspoiled. Out of a population of 3 million, more than 1.5 million live in Panama City (the rest are dispersed in little villages around the country). See photos from my trip to Panama. Now, of course, … [Read more...]
Bambu Hostel in David, Panama
(Panama Gringo) Backpacking Central America? Make sure you put Bambu Hostel on your list of places to stop. It’s a backpackers resort with a deluxe in-ground pool and Mayan-Style rancho bar and landscaped garden. The perfect kind of place to relax for cheap after trudging through the country. Plus, it is perfectly safe, located in a middle class neighborhood in the San … [Read more...]
The Panamanian Sabbatical: Recap, Relax and Reload
(The Panama Gringo) With the definition of the “American Dream” changing and ideas regarding how we’re supposed to work and live evolving, the sabbatical can be seen as an excellent route to self discovery, renewed faith or enlightenment of sorts. The word sabbatical is derived from the Latin word sabbaticus which means “ceasing”. Recent economic changes have driven many … [Read more...]