Who we are

In January of 2002 a group of people with a penchant for travel, a concern for the environment, and an eye for marketing came together to form Solimar Marketing. Our mission was to help sustainable lodges in Costa Rica and around the world reach the U.S. market and improve their triple bottom line: or their cultural impact, environmental impact and economic success. As our marketing business evolved we began to build a group of hotels and destinations that we knew and loved. Our desire to send our friends and family to these stunning locations mixed with our own love of travel prompted the development of Solimar Travel. It is a branch of Solimar Marketing developed in January 2004 that sells specialized travel adventures to all our favorite locations. At this time we began to recognize an opportunity to provide a different and enhanced service to the sustainable lodges we worked with. We started to donate our time and energy to the development of an association of sustainable hotels. Our vision was to facilitate the formation of an association in which the hotels could pool their resources and knowledge in an effort to become more environmentally sustainable. The hotels can learn from each other and use our expertise in sustainable travel to improve their business. Solimar Marketing formed an Association called SMART Destinations of the World as a service to our hotels and travel guests. The outstanding and knowledgeable staff encludes:

Executive Director- Luis Arcilla
Marketing Director- Chris Seek
Travel Director- Ben Isenberg
Staff Assistants- Sara Mills-Knapp, Kristen Paphitis