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Guanacaste, Guanacastse, Costa Rica, 06/06/2009 - Hotel Punta Islita ranked in Travel+Leisure's 2009 World’s Best Service list. Shares spotlight with Four Seasons Papagayo and is the only independent property in Costa Rica to be featured, proving that local staff can provide world-class service.
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Hotel Punta Islita has been ranked in Travel+Leisure's 2009 World’s Best Service list. With a score of 88.75 Hotel Punta Islita shares the spotlight with the Four Seasons Papagayo and is the only independently owned property in Costa Rica to be featured.
"Our excitement in being recognized by Travel+Leisure readers is overshadowed by the tremendous pride we feel about our most valuable asset, our staff. The World’s Best Service designation fully reflects the wonderful experience enjoyed by our guests: attention to detail, authentic charm, and friendship," said Eduardo Villafranca, Hotel Punta Islita’s CEO. Mr Villafranca added: “This accolade is vivid proof that Hotel Punta Islita’s responsible tourism model, favoring local employment, local microenterprises, and local art not only benefits our neighbor communities, but enhances our visitors’ enjoyment. More than 85% of our staff are local men and women who convey genuine passion as they showcase their homeland, culture, and art.”
In fact, Hotel Punta Islita was developed in a secluded region of Costa Rica's Guanacaste province. Surrounded by tiny rural communities, Its remote location was deemed an improbable setting for a top-tier beach resort. Opting out of an enclave business model, Hotel Punta Islita actively sought to fully integrate its neighbors. Local training and hiring programs, favoring local purchases, and developing novel community outreach initiatives, including the creation of an Open-Air Contemporary Art Museum, gradually transformed an economically depressed area into a thriving collective of travel professionals, artists, and entrepreneurs.
Hotel Punta Islita is an upscale beach resort set along the open ocean coastline of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is the perfect destination for savvy travelers who seek impressive natural landscapes, friendship-based hospitality, cultural authenticity, pampered wellness, and thrilling eco-adventures.
Hotel Punta Islita (hotelpuntaislita.com) is a distinguished member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) and is the flagship property of Grupo Islita. Grupo Islita is Costa Rica’s premier developer and manager of upscale destination hotels featuring a signature responsible tourism model that promotes environmental sustainability and human betterment. Its two properties, Hotel Punta Islita and El Silencio Lodge & Spa respectively feature the best of Costa Rica’s sunny beaches and mystical mountain cloud forests. Both have been featured in top travel publications as exemplary in service, spectacular settings, and commitment to planet-positive, people-friendly practices.
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