HotelChatter - Tag: Mexico Hotels

Tulum: In These Tough Economic Times, Mexico Puts Its Money On The Pop-Up Hotel

ASchechter — 2011-12-14T09:00:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/PapayaPlaya.jpg" class="top">After learning last week that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Design%20Hotels%20Collection">Design Hotels</a> had been partially <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/6/141158/682/hotels/Eek_Design_Hotels_Now_Partly_Belong_to_Starwood_Hotels">taken over</a> by <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Starwood%20Hotels">Starwood</a>, we worried that the originality and flair of the former might start to be undermined. Starwood's great and allbut running a multi-brand corporation is certainly different than running a small, design-oriented boutique collection like Design Hotels. For now, our worries have been put to rest by some exciting news about a new pop-up hotel being launched by DH this month in Tulum, Mexico. According to <a href="http://itineraries.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/09/9325267-hotel-pops-up-on-caribbean-coast-in-tulum-mexico">MSNBC.com</a>, Papaya Playa is a 99-cabana resort on the Mayan Riviera, and boasts a spa, private suites, and several restaurants. Unlike other flashy resorts along the Caribbean, this spot has an expiration date of May

Cabo San Lucas: Fairfield Inn Is Fairly Smitten With Mexico

ASchechter — 2011-12-12T09:15:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/MarriottCabo.jpg" class="top">Following up on last week's news that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Marriott%20Hotels">Marriott</a> would be opening a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Marriott%20Hotels">new hotel in Haiti</a>, plus expanding into Serbia, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Fairfield%20Inn">Fairfield Inn</a> announced that it would be setting up a new property in Cabo San Lucas. And not only that: Fairfield's partnership with Mexican operator Pulso Hotelero has proved so successful that they plan to open another 35 Fairfields throughout Mexico. For those who know the brand's "select-service" appeal (meaning no added frills like a restaurant, bar, or room service), this is good news for jet-setters on a budget. Rooms at the new five-story Fairfield Los Cabos will start at just $99, and are located just a few minutes' walk from the Marina. Oh, and

Playa Del Carmen: Tequila Tastings Are The New Wine Tastings

MsRebecca — 2011-11-11T08:55:02-05:00

We've seen a lot of wine-centric events at hotels but after a visit to the glamorous Rosewood Mayakoba, we've been converted to a new breed of booze tasting: tequila tasting.

Forget your frat days and sloppy Day of the Dead celebrations: this is pure class. At Rosewood Mayakoba's tequila bar Agave Azul, a tasting is structured similarly to a wine-pairing dinner. Of course, you can slide up to the bar and order your shots straight if you know what you want--but we highly recommend opting for the pairing that comes with some snacks and little glasses of sangrita--a spicy little chaser.

5 All-Inclusive Resorts That Don't Feel Like All-Inclusive Resorts

Chanize — 2011-08-31T09:35:02-05:00

All-inclusive Resorts used to be a cheap, spring break vacation where you sipped sugary drinks in plastic cups and shuffled through buffet lines filling up on nachos, burgers and something exotic called spaghetti bolognese. Looks like those days are a-changin’.

In a time where people (even the well-heeled) are demanding more bang for their vacation buck, many all-inclusives resorts are making a comeback, and bringing their A game.

Today you’ll see gourmet restos, free golf and even spa treatments added into the mix to lure discerning travelers to their now well-manicured grounds.

Check out these five luxury resorts that are so sleek, you’d barely know that one-price-pays-for-all.

Quintana Roo: Green Hotel Jobs: Managing The Subterranean Rivers At Fairmont Mayakoba

EricRosen — 2011-08-18T14:54:39-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/18481/DSC_0329.jpg" class="top"> All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen will be talking with the people who perform some of the coolest <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Jobs">Green Hotel Jobs</a> out there. He reached out across the globe to talk to the dynamic folks who do everything from breeding fish to teaching indigenous survival courses, and everything in between. When we think of interesting ecology, the tequila-soaked clubs and crowded beaches of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/Cancun">Cancun</a> dont spring to mind. But just 45 minutes south of party central on the way to the Riviera Maya, is the exclusive enclave of Mayakoba, a lush, jungly environment with three luxury resorts discreetly arranged among the winding limestone canals and mangrove-anchored beaches. There, we talked to the <a