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What’s New at the La Mansion Inn (page 2)

Travel Agent Invitation (page 3)

Anniversary and Honeymoon Packages (page 4)

La Mansion Inn hosts GALA (page 5)

Adventure Packages (page 7)

Happy Holidays 2012

What`s New at the La Mansion Inn

December 2012

The magnificent Cousteau Suite is the newest

addition to the La Mansion Inn’s suite inventory and meas-ures no less than 100M2 with a large bedroom, living room and separate dining area with space to spare for an extra queen size bed should this be necessary. The suite’s bath-room measures almost 4x4 meters (150 square feet) and is

equipped with a ”His and Her sink”, state-of-art Jacuzzi with two shower heads. The modern bathroom is also equipped with one additional shower and fully conforms to Costa Rica’s law on handicapped access. Located right of the parking lot, lobby and restaurant, the Cousteau Suite is conveniently situated for elderly or slightly handicapped persons and extremely secure while still providing a partial ocean view. As with all of the La Man-sion Inn rooms and suites, we provide room service and have 24 hour access to medical staff should this be necessary.

The Cousteau Suite

Bathroom without handicapped accessories

Bathroom with handicapped accessories

Harry Bodaan Owner

As owner of the La Mansion Inn I

wish to thank you for your support and for

your business. When I opened the three-

star La Mansion Inn in 2000 in time for

the turn of the Century I never envisioned

the success of our little boutique hotel. As

we are about to enter our 13th year of op-

eration the La Mansion has grown from

the original 10 rooms to 18 deluxe rooms

and 7 magnificent suites and three years

ago we achieved five-star status thanks to

a wonderful and professional staff. It was

not always easy to operate a hotel in the

jungle of Costa Rica especially after being

used to the fast pace of life in Washington

D.C. and Moscow and living here is the ab-

solute oxymoron to the life that I was used

to. However, after 17 years in Costa Rica I

think that I am well integrated of all as-

pects of living here. Besides a hands-on

approach to managing my hotel I also

serve as President of the local Chamber of

Commerce, Industry and Tourism and am

deeply involved in the social-economic wel-

fare issues of our area. Once again, I would

like to invite you both as owner of the La

Mansion and as President of our Chamber

for a visit and to bring you up to date on

what’s new at my hotel but also what is

new in our Canton de Aguirre and what we

are doing collectively to make a difference

in our area. Your business is important not

only to me but to our entire Canton.

Harry Bodaan

Owner

Travel Agent Invitation

Anniversary and Honeymoon

Package The above-mentioned rates are based on

double occupancy and do not include applica-

ble taxes and gratuities.

Our Honeymoon Package includes:

- Upon arrival you will find fresh tropical flowers, a fruit

plate and a bottle of sparkling wine in your room.

- Daily breakfast, lunch and all drinks at the pool

until 7pm are included for two people.

- Two one-hour massages in your room or suite.

- A Catamaran tour, which includes snorkeling, a

tour of the off-shore islands and a delicious

meal for two. Shoulder Peak Season Season

Deluxe Suite $1,400 $2,100

Junior Suite $1,600 $2,200

Penthouse 3 $1,700 $2,300

Penthouse 4 $1,800 $2,400

Penthouse 2 $2,650 $3,350

La Mansion Inn host 40th Anniversary GALA

Manuel Antonio National Park

The Gala

Dinner hosted

by Harry Bo-

daan, owner of

the La Man-

sion and Presi-

dent of the

Chamber of Commerce, Industry

and Tourism of the County of

Aguirre on November 15th 2012 in

honor of the 40th Celebration of the

National Park was a roaring suc-

cess. More than 100 people attended

the cocktail party and 50 were lucky

enough to enjoy the dinner festivi-

ties. The GALA event focused on

the proud history of Manuel Antonio

National Park and participation in-

cluded members of the Chamber of

Commerce, Industry and Tourism of

the Canton de Aguirre, members of

the Chamber’s Environmental Com-

mittee, local government officials,

Central Government officials, Na-

tional and International law En-

forcement Officials, the Media and

three of the five surviving Park

Founders.

The Gourmet Menu was a se-

lection of local foods with Banana’s

Foster for dessert and a Special La-

bel Wine selection benefitting local

charities (the original bananas used

by Chef Paul Blanche of Brennan’s

Restaurant in New Orleans to create

the famous Bananas Foster came

from our area when Quepos was still

a Banana Port).

Entertainment and back-ground

music was provided by local talent

and consisted of Marimba players, a

Quartet of Violins and the now fa-

mous Costa Rican singer Roger

Morales who stole the hearts of most

everybody in attendance. The not-

soon-to-be forgotten GALA ended

with a Carnival, a large 40th Anni-

versary Birthday Cake and Cham-

pagne. All those in attendance were

given a complimentary souvenir in

the form of the night’s Special Anni-

versary Event Schedule. For a com-

plete pictorial of this GALA and

other events please see our La Man-

sion Inn Face Book Page.

Quepos Chief of Station Coast Guard Commander Oscar Rodriguez and Coast Guard Acadamy Director

Commander Mario Barrientos.

Members of the Board of Manuel Antonio National Park.

The Costa Rican singer Roger Morales.

VIP Reception — Special Guests Fuerza Pública Regional Director Commander Randall Picado and other high level LEO`s of Aguirre and Harry Bodaan, owner of the La Mansion Inn and President of

the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Canton de Aguirre.

Lic. Francisco Segura, National Director O.I.J. (Costa Rican F.B.I) and Mrs. Segura

Lic. Ana Lorena Guevara, Vice Minister of the Environment for

Costa Rica and her husband, Lic. Ana Orozco , representative of

the Minister of Tourism and Mirta Molina, I.C.T.

Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Canton Aguirre with some

of the entertainers.

La Mansion Inn host 40th Anniversary GALA

Manuel Antonio National Park

Our Staff

What makes us so different is our staff. While this

might sound as a cliché, the fact is that Costa Ri-

cans are very warm and lovable people and operate

best when “left alone” without layers of managers

looking over their shoulders. Most guests do not

realize that there are no specialized Hospitality In-

dustry educational facilities in this country and the

closest we have is called the I.N.A. which is a kind

of training center where hotel workers can take

classes in waiting tables, bartending, housekeeping,

front desk and accounting. Most of these courses

last only a few weeks or mostly a few months. Most

hotel owners such as myself spent years training

staff and mostly from scratch. I am very happy with

the fact that the average tenure of my staff is al-

most 8 years. Many of my senior staff I take on trips

outside the country to see for themselves the way

the hospitality industry functions in other coun-

tries. Managing people in a country like Costa Rica

is unlike any other more developed country and lots

of patience is needed because of strong cultural dif-

ferences and different customs. One will soon learn

that you better get used to the “Tico” way soon be-

fore your business goes under. Part of the success of

the La Mansion Inn has been to involve our staff in

the entire operation and explain why we will do cer-

tain things before we actually do them. By getting

the entire staff involved in the operational aspects

of the La Mansion and constantly explaining where

they fit in, we have been able to maintain, with the

exception of this year, a 70%+ occupancy for the last

11 years despite the world economic crisis. Next

time you visit with us engage our staff in conversa-

tion and find out for yourself what makes them

“tick” and how different their sets of values differ

from what you might be used to.

Dear Friends,

Give a a special gift this Christmas. Adopt a sea turtle, and give it to one of your loved ones. With this magnificent gift you will also help the conservation of these wonderful animals, through Pretoma. All adoptions include two pictures, a sea turtle hand-made necklace and a certificate with the information of the adopted sea turtle. For a reasonable amount, you can help sponsor our sea turtle monitoring and migration rese-arch, essential to establish efficient conserva-tion measures. For only US$50 you can adopt a sea turtle we tagged with external metal tags on its fore flip-pers whilst monitoring nesting activity in any of the 5 beaches that Pretoma protects with local community members (Corozalito, Bejuco, San Miguel, Costa de Oro and Caletas). If you want to help more... For US$500 you can adopt a sea turtle tagged with an acoustic transmitter during our in-water monitoring projects, either in Cocos Island National Park or Punta Coyote, in Guanacaste.

For US$2500 you can adopt a sea turtle tagged with satellite transmitter, and follow its real-time movements

Excellent reviews on

TripAdvisor

Cornelius Mesen, Administrative

Assistant La Mansion Inn / Tourism

Committee Chairman Chamber of

Commerce, Industry and Tourism of

Aguirre.

Email: cornelio@lamansioninn.com

Phone: 2777-3489