Bahia Principe is spending over $133 million on renovations to various properties in 2025, and that includes adding an adults-only section to their family-friendly Bahia Principe Grand Coba resort in Mexico’s Riviera Maya. Grand Coba is part of a mega-resort property consisting of Bahia Principe Grand Tulum, Grand Coba, Luxury Akumal, and Luxury Sian Ka’an. The new section is called Bahia Principe Grand Tequila.
I guess it’s really no surprise, but Karisma dumped their Azul Beach Resort Riviera Cancun property 2024 after the horrific electrocution death of a guest in one of the resort’s hot tubs. It’s now a Tafer resort–the deal occurred later on in 2024. The new name is Palmar Beach Resort Riviera Maya. It’s still family-friendly and is being marketed as a multigenerational resort.
Remember Hacienda Tres Rios? I’ve almost completely forgotten about this very special all-inclusive resort but that’s because it’s been closed since the end of 2023 for a complete renovation. In Nov. 2024 the resort changed to a Kimpton property (this is Kimpton’s first venture into the all-inclusive market), and Kimpton is under the Playa Resorts umbrella, so you can expect major changes in terms of the renovation. The resort is now called Kimpton Tres Rios, check out the computer generated pics on the resort website to see what it will look like with 7 restaurants, 5 bars, 4 pools, and an adults-only guest room tower or watch the video below done by Life and Travel.
Looks like vacationers interested in a stay at this adults-only luxury resort (Hyatt Zilara Cancun) will have to wait a bit longer for renovations to be completed. The old reopening date was Dec. 2025, now it has been changed to Feb. 1, 2026.
Take a quick look at what the newly rebranded and renovated Paraiso de la Bonita looks like…this resort used to be known as a Zoëtry property.
I find the actual “travel” part of a vacation to be the most stressful of the entire ordeal. I’m assuming I’m not alone in this respect…while I spend months eagerly anticipating my destination I detest airports, everything about airports is abhorrent to me. I’m not afraid to fly or to travel, but I even think about an airport and I’m in need of an extra spray of Arrid Extra Dry.
I just ran across a Travel Weekly article that stated the fully renovated Paraiso de la Bonita will now be opening sometime in March 2025 (formerly known as Zoëtry Paraiso de la Bonita which was privately owned). Marriott International has taken over ownership while I believe that Playa Hotels and Resorts will maintain management of the property.
If you are interested in learning about the brand new upgraded Indigo Club at Dreams Sapphire, then get ready to watch a lengthy video which will tell you pretty much everything you needed to know about this resort as well as the new upgrade within an upgrade (the Indigo Club is an upgrade within the Preferred Club room category at this Dreams resort).
Well, at least it’s something…Marriott has several very nice pics posted of what some rooms and restaurants will look like when the renovations are all completed. Marriott’s website also states that this resort is projected to reopen January 2025, but no specific date yet has been mentioned. I haven’t even read anywhere they are accepting any bookings. I attempted a couple of dummy bookings online for various dates in Jan and Feb 2025, but I kept getting “Your selected hotel has no available rooms”. So I’m thinking that it may be longer than Jan. 2025 before the resort is reopened.
Just read in TripAdvisor that check-in staff is offering new guests an upgrade to the new Indigo section at Dreams Sapphire for $150 USD extra p/night…I’m assuming that means it’s now open for business. Don’t forget with the Indigo upgrade you get access to the adults-only rooftop pool area, access to Indigo room section, but I don’t think the new Seaside restaurant is open yet, the website says “coming soon”. Besides having a few short videos on the resort’s FB page and their Instagram page, there’s not much out yet on social media about guests’ experience in this new section. Let us all know about your Indigo experience if you stay at this resort! Thanks!