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1989
Costa Rica
   
The company is founded, by Tomas Pozuelo Marin and Tomas Pozuelo Arce, under the name of Tentaciones Tropicales S.A. with the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (I.C.T) License Nr 233
 
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1992
Costa Rica
Marcos Crespo becomes Vice President COO and partner acquiring 45% of the stock of the company. The company with 5 employees changes commercial name to Costa Rica Temptations S.A keeping the same ICT License Nr 233
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1993
Costa Rica
 
Cristina Semeria and Marcos Crespo (Married) buy 55% of the Company Stock from the founders Tomas Pozuelo Marin and Tomas Pozuelo Arce and become sole owners of the company.

CRT Organizes and delivers simultaneously in March 1993, first relevant meeting programs: Kellogg Latin America Convention and First Costa Rica Medical Association & Mount Sinai Medical Center Cardiology Conference.

In June, of the same year, CRT organizes and delivers, Charles Krug Fifth Annual Fishing Tournament for American Express Special Events and its Client; The Seagram Classic Wine Company.

October 1993 CRT Organizes and delivers the Foundation Ceremony of the new Melia Playa Conchal Beach and Golf Resort with the Presence of Dr Rafael Angel Calderon Fournier President of Costa Rica and Colombia’s President Dr. Cesar Gaviria.

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1992-1994
Costa Rica
Company begins developing new products, tours and services earning a solid reputation for delivering good value services, with accurate information, attitude, dedication, coordinated team work and innovation; setting the delivery standards when providing services. All of this factors combined yield steady growth on the company assets (transportation fleet, technology and own office infrastructure).
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1994-1995
Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s Travel Industry reaches for the first time, record growth of 28 % . CRT growth in services and sales average around 400% a year. With a work team of fourteen (14) staff members. The Freedom Forum Foundation chooses CRT as the Event Organizer, for the special visit to Costa Rica of their Board of Trustees. Among them Mr. Brian Mulroney Former Prime Minister of Canada and Dr. Allan Shepard Astronaut member Apollo XI, famous Moon Landing Mission.
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1996
Costa Rica
 

CRT opens first branch office in Conchal, Province Guanacaste and is recognized as the leader and event organizer in Costa Rica, developing the first Incentive Travel Programs to Costa Rica and achieving great success when delivering these programs.

CRT has a fully structured Group Meetings and Incentive Travel Department becoming Costa Rica’s first DMC, launching its commercial brand name ¨CRT Destination Marketing & Management Services¨, developing the first event venues and incentive travel service standards, with the leading hotels at that time.

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1997
Costa Rica
 
CRT creates and publishes Costa Rica’s t first Incentive Destination Manual with collateral pricing Information and is clearly define as Costa Rica’s Destination Management Company, specializing in the design and delivery of events, activities, tours, staffing and transportation utilizing local knowledge, expertise and resources.
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1998-1999
Costa Rica
 
CRT consolidates reputation as Costa Rica’s only DMC at that time. CRT buys land and creates infrastructure for CRT Central Pacific Based of Operations at Herradura Bay, Location of the New Los Sueños Marriott Ocean & Golf Resort.
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1999
Costa Rica
 
Marriott Hotels International contracts KPMG Peat Marwick to handle and evaluate, ten (10) Costa Rican companies offering and competing to became The Official Ground Services and Transportation Supplier¨ for the new Los Sueños Marriott Ocean & Golf Resort. CRT is declared sole winner
in December 01, 1999 and is appointed as The Official Ground Services and Transportation Supplier for Los Sueños Marriott Ocean and Golf Resort.
2000-2001
 

Very relevant Years for CRT and the World Travel Industry due to 9/11
Events. At that time CRT was Delivering travel fulfillment to participants for Maritz clients GMAC and AC Delco. Largest Program and Trip delivery for Maritz in Costa Rica ever.

CRT opens Second Base of operations on Central Pacific Coast at Manuel Antonio Quepos, Province of Puntarenas.

2003 to present date:
 
CRT totally re-structures and moves its main headquarters to new larger facility, updates computer based servers developing its own software applications for reservations and operation processes. It also expands service locations opening offices in Puntarenas and Guanacaste Provinces.
 

Code of Conduct…a step toward a social responsible travel & tourist industry

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As part of CRT Teams commitment to contribute to the betterment of the quality of life of the population in general and the protection of the fundamental rights of childhood and adolescence in particular, in February 2003 CRT signed the Code of Conduct for the protection of children and adolescents from commercial sexual exploitation in travel and tourism in Costa Rica.

Registered Trade Brands and Logos

Corporate Brand Name and Logo

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Commercial Brand Name and Logo for Motivation Incentive Travel  Industry

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Costa Rican Company

Supplier of Transportation and destination related services for Costa Rican
Hotels, Domestic Airlines, Destination Management Companies and Tour Operators.

MEMBERSHIPS

CRT is active and outstanding member of the following entities:

Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (Site)
Costa Rican – American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham)
Latin America Travel Association U.K. (LATA).
Costa Rican Association of Tour Operators (ACOT)
Costa Rican Meeting & Incentives Bureau
Costa Rican National Tourism Chamber (Canatur),
Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce
Costa Rican – German Chamber of Commerce
Spanish Official Chamber of Commerce in Costa Rica
Futuropa Group.

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CRT Destination Marketing & Management Service
Phone: (506) 2-508-5000 - Fax: (506) 2-508-5134
P.O.Box 1199 - 1200 San Jose /Costa Rica
Courier address: San Antonio de Belén, del Cruce a Santa Ana 100m Oeste
Carretera a San Rafael de Alajuela, frente a Restaurante Los Adobes
Email: incentiv@crtteam.com

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CRT based clientele have been from
United States (80%)
Canada (12%)
Europe (4.5 %),
Costa Rica and Latin America Countries (3.5%)

Some Testimonials from our Clients:


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