Opening of First Wyndham Alltra in the Riviera Maya

Wyndham has opened its first Alltra all-inclusive resort in the Riviera Maya.  It used to be a Panama Jack resort before the buyout, so it’s not a brand new build.  It has a perfect location in Playa de Carmen–just on the south edge of famous 5th Ave for shopping, dining, bars, and nightlife, and walking distance to the Cozumel ferry.

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Gunfire at the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun

Many have most likely already heard or read about the shooting at the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun (this resort used to be Secrets Silversands).  According to reports, this was a targeted execution involving rival drug gangs; two gang members were killed and one tourist had to be taken to the hospital with a head injury.

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Spider Monkey Help In Reopening

I re-posted this short video–it’s still one of the best resort videos I’ve seen, lol!  Kudos to the monkeys for pitching in to the resort’s efforts to clean up before reopening during COVID…..

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Another New Hilton Resort To Open…

Found another new all-inclusive resort set to open by the end of the year (the resort is taking reservations starting from Nov. 7, 2021).  It is called Hilton Cancun and from the look of things on the Google map, it will be located by the Haven resort and north of Royalton Riviera Cancun.  Please correct me if I am wrong here, we all want to know more about this resort!

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Travel and Leisure’s Top 25 Resorts in Mexico

This year’s World’s Best Awards Survey done by T&L brought some interesting results for Mexico.  Lots of Cabo places on the list (interesting because Cabo beaches are black-flagged in many areas (unswimmable–injury or death “imminent” if you enter the water), some for Puerto Vallarta (understandable, it’s a beautiful area surrounded by jungle and mountains), Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo (I’ve only been to the Ixtapa Club Med and that area was very nice), one for Acapulco (Acapulco is too crime-ridden to risk it in my opinion), and a few for Cancun/Riviera Maya.  Here are the ones listed for Cancun and the Riviera Maya; not all are all-inclusive. Continue reading

New Xcaret Resort Opening Date…

Surprisingly, right on the heels of the recent opening of Hotel Xcaret Arte, the opening date of the newest luxury Xcaret hotel has been announced.  La Casa de la Playa, a boutique adults-only resort situated right next to Hotel Xcaret Arte, is now supposed to be open this December–that’s a YEAR ahead of schedule.  Wow, what a change from most other new resorts!

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Wanna See Some Highlights of the New Nickelodeon Resort?

Take a quick look at a video highlighting several areas of the new Nickelodeon resort including the Lair Suite–the suite looks very nice with lots of room and a large swim-up pool.

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New Nickelodeon Resort Finally Open

Well, I’ve seen the videos so I have no choice but to believe it.  The brand new Nickelodeon Riviera Maya resort by Karisma is finally open August 1, 2021 after many years of postponements.  It offers a 6-acre water park with 20 water slides, rooms for families of five, access to 20 Nickelodeon characters, six restaurants, three bars, and an oceanfront infinity pool.

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