New Boutique Hotel Opens in Mexico’s Playa del Carmen

By: - September 21st, 2014

Above: Hotel Cacao

By the Caribbean Journal staff

There’s a new boutique hotel in Playa del Carmen.

Hotel management and development company Cornerstone’s new boutique property, Hotel Cacao, was officially inaugurated with a ceremony last week.

The property is Cornerston’es latest entry in the Mexican hotel sector and first on the Caribbean coast.

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Noted Mexican Chef Enrique Olvera is overseeing the culinary experience at the property, with his first “cocteleria” at the hotel’s rooftop bar.

The 60-room property is located on Playa del Carmen’s Fifth Avenue, with what it calls a “hippie chic” lifestyle.

Cornerstone already runs two properties in Mexico: Hotel Matilda and Moxi, both of which are in San Miguel de Allende.

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