http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-05-28T09:19:55Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/23/0246/4113 <![CDATA[<p><i>All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/shiralevine">Shira Levine</a> will be filling us in on the emerging hot spot in Mexico--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/North%20America/mx/NAYARIT"><b>Riviera Nayarit</b></a>. Any questions or suggestions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know.</a></i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/nayarit.jpg" class="top"><p> There's a version of gentrification storming the tropical tourism world. In urban metropolis' you know things are a changing when an artsy bookstore and a health food store run by hippies opens up in the ghetto. <p> Just a few years ago, a previously undeveloped place like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/North%20America/mx/NAYARIT"><b>Riviera Nayarit</b></a> was a lovely stretch of 20 some Pacific Coast villages in Mexico and considered a secret surfer's haven with Rasta dudes and beach hippies. Now another $350 million has been invested into 35 projects on top of the initial $1.5 shiralevine 2009-01-19T14:31:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/13/10564/177 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/grand_velasPV.jpg"><p><b>[Ed. Note: Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/tim%20leffel">Tim Leffel</a> continues his Puerto Vallarta hotel hopping by checking in at the <a href="http://www.grandvelas.com/index.html">Grand Velas Resort</a>. Enjoy.]</b><p>Let's be real; for anyone with a sense of style, all-inclusive resorts are a guilty pleasure. They are right up there with sneaking rocky road ice cream at midnight, listening to Abba on the iPod, and secretly watching bad reality TV shows when nobody else is home. Great fun while you are enjoying them, but not something you want to necessarily go bragging about afterwards.<p> There are some all-inclusive resorts that break the mold, however. Bartenders make cocktails with liquor you've actually heard of, there's no chirpy Julie McCoy animation director trying to get you involved in juliana 2006-12-13T11:13:36-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/