PRONicaragua

Wyndham, the world’s largest hotel company with over 7,340 hotels and part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, recently signed a franchise deal with Nicaragua’s Milagro del Mar to open a Wyndham Hotel and Resort on the country’s Pacific Coast.

A Mexican trade committee from Nuevo León recently visited the country with the objective of reinforcing trade business and academic exchanges between Nicaragua and Mexico.

One of the highlights of the country’s participation in the event will be the seminar entitled “Nicaragua: Discover the Mining Opportunities”, scheduled for the morning of Tuesday, March 5th in Room 205DC of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Centro Empresarial Pellas, a non-profit organization founded by the Grupo Pellas business conglomerate, is currently leading a new tourism project in the municipality of San Marcos, Nicaragua.

A high level investment and trade mission from the United Kingdom will be visiting Nicaragua this week for a busy program of meetings with Ministers, officials and senior business leaders.

In 2012, the growth rate of tourist arrivals in Nicaragua exceeded 11 percent, up to the month of October, compared to 2011. This number is expected to increase during 2013.

According to official data from the Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN, for its acronym in Spanish) total exports ranked up to US$2,677 million in 2012, 18.3 percent more than in 2011.

Coffee reclaimed its former position at the top of Nicaragua’s export list in 2012, accounting for US$519 million in sales last year.

PRONicaragua representatives attended the I Conference for Global Investors titled “Central American Advantage Investment Symposium – Managua 2013”, organized by Gran Pacifica Resort.

A recent poll by CID Gallup Latin America showcases Nicaragua as the only country in Central America where the majority of its citizens consider the country is headed in the right direction.