Blue Flag Celebration

On April 4, 2009, Arenas del Mar Beach & Nature Resort’s hosted a small ceremony to celebrate its efforts to obtain the prestigious Blue Flag certification for the third consecutive year in a row.
The event was held at Playitas Beach, and included the participation of special guests such as Kids Saving the Rainforest (who participated in the hotel´s onsite sustainability tour and later gave a small talk explaining the importance of refraining from feeding monkeys). Juan Pablo Aguero of ASCOMOTI, Dallas Boyd of the Chamber of Commerce of Aguirre, members of the security forces, Fabian Palma (General Manager), Jorge Arrieta (Operations Manager Cayuga), José Pablo Fernández (naturalist guide) and Kalinga Rodriguez (Sustainability Director).

For more information about Costa Rica’s Blue Flag Certification, please visit http://www.arenasdelmar.com/comunity_development.html.