• Most Excellent Eco Resort, Conde Nast Johansens • Best 500 hotels in the World, Travel+Leisure Magazine • Gold List, Condé Nast Traveler Magazine • 10 Refuges & Spas Vanidades Platinum Edition. • 13 Other affordable beach resorts, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of Thailand, we´ve scoured the globe for the perfect coastal getaways Travel+Leisure Magazine
2006 •Investor in People Award sponsored by the World Travel & Tourism Council. As part of the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, April 2006.
2006 • Featured in Condé Nast Traveler’s January Gold List issue detailing the world’s best hotels.
2006 • Winner of the Small Luxury Hotel’s Association Caring Luxury Award in recognition of the long-term commitment to responsible tourism practices and novel emphasis on art and creativity programs.
• Named Leading Hotel of Costa Rica by the World Travel Awards. Established in 1993 to celebrate all sectors of the tourism industry, its winners are determined by thousands of travel agents from all over the globe.
• Honored by the Costa Rican Ombudsman with its Quality of Life Award in recognition of the Hotel’s positive impact on rural communities through the promotion of art, culture, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
• Recognized by the World Tourism Organization as exemplary of the positive impact responsible tourism can have on poverty alleviation in Central America.
2003 • Inauguration of Punta Islita’s Open Air Art Museum. Located at the heart of Islita Village, the Open Air Museum is the first of its kind in Latin America. It incorporates the creative works of renowned and representative contemporary Costa Rican artists and local artisans in a bold and colorful outdoor explosion of cultural identity and aesthetics.
• Recognized by the Organization of American States (OAS) as a preeminent example of a symbiotic tourism-community development model during its Forum on Assistance to Small Hotels in Central America held in Panama City.
2002 • Selected by the World Tourism Association to be featured in their commemorative book celebrating the International Year of Ecotourism.
• Bestowed with the Certificate of Socially Responsible Conduct in the Hotel Industry by the International Master of Tourism Program of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
2000 • Acknowledged by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency for its efforts toward ecological preservation and community development. Said entity underscored the Punta Islita Model for its replicable character and quantifiable positive impact on rural societies.
1999 • Received Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report’s prestigious Grand Award in recognition of all-around comfort, aesthetic sensibility, non-commercial character, and commitment to personal service.
1998 • Earned the Bureau of Costa Rican Hotels’ Hotel of the Year Award.
1996 • Accepted for membership in the Small Luxury Hotels Association.
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