Latin American Regional Platform Launch Event Alajuela, Costa Rica, November 12-14, 2012 GENERAL LOGISTICS INFORMATION EVENT VENUE The workshop will be held at the Walter Kissling Gam Campus of INCAE Business School, located in La Garita de Alajuela, 30 Km from San José and 9 km from Alajuela http://www.incae.edu/es/acerca-de- incae/como-llegar-a-costa-rica.php LODGING Participants sponsored by the secretariat will be housed in one of these hotels Martino Hotel / Hotel Martino Located 30 minutes from at airport Juan Santamaria and 5 minutes from INCAE Campus Telephone number: (506) 2433-8382 Link: http://www.hotelmartino.com/ Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton / Hotel Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Located 2 minutes from the Juan Santamaria airport and 25 minutes from INCAE Campus. Telephone number: (506) 2436-0000 Link: http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/costa-rica/hampton-inn-and-suites-by-hilton-san- jose-airport-SJCAPHX/about/index.html Room assignments for these participants will be done on a first come, first served basis. INCAE staff will get in touch with each person to provide reservation details. Participants covering their own travel expenses can request a special rate of the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Please contact: Mónica Molina for reservations Special rate: US $88 per person per night (depending upon availability) E-mail: [email protected] Telephone number: (506) 2443-0043 Ext. 315 Link: http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/costa-rica/hampton-inn-and-suites-by-hilton-san- jose-airport-SJCAPHX/about/index.html Other hotels available (reservations should be made independently by the participants, no preferential rates available): Marriot Hotel Link: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sjocr-costa-rica-marriott-hotel-san-jose/ Intercontinental Hotel Link: http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/intercontinental/en/gb/reservations/dates- preferences/costarica-sanjose Herradura Hotel Link: http://www.ramadaherradura.com/accommodations/#.UHM13JjA8fU TRANSPORTATION The Martino and Hampton Inn hotels provide shuttle service from and to the airport- Transportation hotel-campus- hotel will be available every morning and evening for those participants staying at the Martino and Hampton Inn hotels. Participants staying at other hotels must make their own transportation arrangements. LIFE INSURANCE Each participant must provide proof or his/her international or national life insurances before arriving. In case of an accident or health problem inside or outside the campus, INCAE is not responsible. Each participant should be responsible to cover his/her medical expenses, transportation and medicines if required in cash or credit card. Please verify with your insurance company the procedure to utilize your insurance policy in Costa Rica if required. VISAS All foreign nationals must have a passport valid for at least six months after the date of their arrival in Costa Rica. National of the following countries require a consular visa (except those who have a visa to enter the United States, Canada, South Korea, Japan, the EU countries, and/or a Schengen visa, valid for a minimum or three months after their arrival date) : Nationals of the countries marked with an asterisk (*) also require to show proof of vaccination against yellow fever, applied at least 10 days before their departure date. (Please notice that countries are listed in alphabetic order of their names in Spanish) Albania Saudi Arabia Angola * Argelia Armenia Mali Azerbaijan Morocco Bahrain Mauritania Benin * Moldavia Belarus Mongolia Bosnia and Herzegovina Mozambique Botswana Namibia Brunei- Darrusal Nepal Bukina Faso * Nicaragua Burundi Niger Bhutan Nigeria * Cape Verde Oman Cambodia Pakistán Cameroon * Papua New Guinea Colombia * Peru * Ivory Coast Qatar Comoros Saharaui Arab Republic (Western Sahara) Chad Central African Republic Ecuador * Republica of Macedonia Egypt Republic of Congo United Arab Emirates Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) * Russian Federation Democratic Republic of Laos Gabon * Dominican Republic Gambia * Rwanda Georgia Senegal Ghana * Sierra Leone * Guinea * Sudan * Guinea Bissau Swaziland Equatorial Guinea Thailand India Taiwan (Region) Indonesia Tanzania Jordan Tajikistan Kazakhstan Eastern Timor Kenyaa Togo Kirguizistán Tunicia Kosovo Turkmenistan Kuwait Ukraine Lesotho Uganda Liberia * Uzbekistan Lybia Viet Nam Lebanon Yemen Madagascar Djibuti Malaysia Zambia Malawi Zimbabwe National of the following countries require a visa authorized by Costa Rica´s Commission on Restricted Visas (except those who have a visa to enter the United States, Canada, South Korea, Japan, the EU countries, and/or a Schengen visa, valid for a minimum or three months after their arrival date) Afghanistan Bangladesh Cuba Eritrea Etiopia Jamaica Myanmar (Birmania) Palestine Arabic Republic of Siria People´s Republic of China (Continental China) Nationals of the following countries do not require a visa, but must show proof of vaccination against yellow fever vaccine applied at least ten days before departure date. Bolivia * Brazil * Venezuela * French Guyana * .