TAM Travel Corporation
Founded as a pioneer out-bound travel agency in 1964, TAM Travel Corporation is renowned as a travel outfitter with almost five decades of experience. The corporation was established as a stock company business. The Castro Family owns 100% of the stocks.
TAM has been one of the leading land operators in Costa Rica, as well as an experienced travel consulting team for large and small companies in the industry. Our landmark has been based on customized travel planning, the impeccable on-site operations and service innovation.
TAM Travel Corporation is a comprehensive travel consortium embracing all aspects of Costa Rican travel and tourism industries. TAM Travel encompasses two important divisions:
MICE Division
Under the umbrella of MICE, we group in-bound travel planning and operations for FITs (Foreign Individual Traveler) and Special Interest Groups as well as DMC (Destination Management Company) in San Jose and Guanacaste headquarters. The MICE Division embraces also our travel and tour centers and dedicates to the development of new products and services.
Cruise Division
Our expertise also includes interesting, carefully planned, and flawless shore excursions and turnaround programs as well extended pre and post land packages, serving the best cruise lines, on both the Pacific and the Atlantic, such as Seabourn and Crystal Cruises, among others.
Following is the address of our corporate headquarters and other TAM’s permanent office locations:
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS-San Jose:
TAM TRAVEL CORPORATION
275 sur de 3era entrada a Los Yoses
San Jose, Costa Rica
GUANACASTE HEADQUARTERS
1.7 kilometers West from Daniel Oduber International Airport, Liberia
In Guanacaste, we started operations 15 years ago, as the first important tour operator in the region. In this province, we maintain a self-contained operation from our regional headquarters located just 2 minutes from Daniel Oduber International Airport, where they moved a few months ago (very near from the old location) and our operations are supported by Tour and Travel Centers in the principal hotels and resorts.
This division manages an important operation in the province of Guanacaste and looks out meetings, incentives, congresses as well as programs for individual traveler’s vacation and special interest groups.
Recognitions
Over the years, the company has maintained a significant participation in three important segments of the in-bound travel industry in Costa Rica. Cruises, Incentives, and FITs and groups are those three main segments in the leisure travel market.
The industry and our clients have granted TAM outstanding recognition that adds to TAM’s existing reputation for excellence and encourages us to continuous contributions to an ever-changing business environment.
- Recognition of 25 years of Service Excellence and Dedication to American Express Card members, Establishments and Travel Related Services, 1966-1991.
- The Costa Rica National Tourism Chamber (CANATUR) awarded TAM to National Tourism Excellence in 1996.
- Maritz Travel, of St. Louis, Missouri, awarded TAM Travel “Gold” status for the Pinnacles of Excellence program periods 2001-2002 and 2002-2003. TAM was one of just three destination management companies in Latin America to receive this top honor.
- The Costa Rican Association of Professionals in Tourism granted TAM Travel Corporation the “International Promoter Award”, which was presented in the frame of EXPOTUR-The Costa Rica Travel Mart 2006. This accolade represents one of the highest tributes for Costa Rican tourism operators to recognize the outstanding contributions from tour operators to the industry.
TAM Travel was honored with the 2007 Spirit of Excellence Premier Partner Award granted by Carlson Marketing Group, one of the leading incentive houses in the world, during a recognition ceremony held at the Radisson Hotel in Minneapolis, in March, 2008. This achievement gets relevance considering that it is granted each year to only 22 suppliers out of a total of 2450 companies.
