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Cancun Is Getting a New Luxury All-Inclusive Resort With Swim-Out Suites, a Rooftop Pool and 376 Rooms

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Delta Is Flying Daily Nonstop to Barbados From Atlanta This December

Delta Air Lines is significantly increasing its Barbados service this December, ramping up its Atlanta-Bridgetown route from three flights per week to daily service for the peak winter season. The increase gives Barbados seven weekly Delta flights from Atlanta instead of three, adding substantially more flexibility for travelers heading to the island over the holidays […]

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Cancun Is Getting a New 435-Suite All-Inclusive With 4 Pools, 18 Bars, and Swim-Up Rooms, Too

The Cancun area is getting a major new family-friendly all-inclusive when Finest Riviera Cancun opens Feb. 11, 2027, bringing 435 suites, 4 main resort pools, 18 bars, and dedicated adults-only areas to the Mexican Caribbean, part of a growing wave of new all-inclusive resorts in the Riviera Maya. The Cancun area is getting a new […]

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This Secret Mexican Caribbean Town Near Cancun Has a Coral Reef, a Cenote Trail, and a Leaning Lighthouse

The fishing boats gather beside the pier. The old white lighthouse tilts toward the sea. Around the town square, tables fill beneath open-air patios, with the Caribbean only a few steps away. This is Puerto Morelos, a small Mexican Caribbean town between Cancún and Playa del Carmen that still feels separate from both. There are […]

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Cancun's Air Traffic Keeps Sliding, With Passenger Volume Down Nearly 5 Percent So Far This Year

Mexico’s busiest tourism gateway is continuing to feel the effects of softer travel demand. Cancun International Airport handled 2.11 million passengers in June 2026, a 11.5 percent decline compared to the same month last year, according to the latest passenger traffic report from airport operator ASUR. The slowdown has persisted through the first half of the year. From […]

This Secret Mexican Caribbean Town Near Cancun Has a Coral Reef, a Cenote Trail, and a Leaning Lighthouse

Passenger traffic at Cancun International Airport declined in May, according to newly released data from ASUR, the airport group that operates the hub. Cancun welcomed a total of 2,146,854 passengers in May, an 8.1 percent decline compared to the 2,335,724 passengers the airport handled in the same month last year. It was the continuation of […]

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Breeze Airways Is Adding New Punta Cana Flights From Columbus and Pittsburgh, Along With New Cancun Routes From Richmond and Tampa

Breeze Airways is adding more nonstop flights to the Caribbean basin this winter, with new service from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Florida to destinations including Punta Cana and Cancun. The expansion adds another batch of low-cost nonstop options for travelers heading south during the peak winter travel season, particularly from secondary and mid-sized U.S. cities […]

The New Grand Hyatt Resort in Cancun Has Private Pools, Oceanfront Rooms, and an Opening Date

A new luxury resort is officially on the books for Cancun. Grand Hyatt Cancun Beach Resort is now accepting reservations for stays beginning Nov. 17, marking the next major hotel debut in one of Mexico’s busiest Caribbean destinations. The new-build resort is opening in Puerto Cancun, the mixed-use waterfront district between downtown Cancun and the […]

Cancun Is Getting 7 New Resorts This Year, From All-Inclusive Luxury Resorts to Its First-Ever St. Regis

You’re looking at Cancun and seeing something different. The skyline is moving. The brand mix is changing. The kind of property arriving on the beach is changing. For decades, Cancun has carried a familiar reputation. Spring break. Mega-resorts. Wristbands. Crowds. It’s a reputation that has lived in a kind of tension with the actual destination […]

Cancún’s Pyramid-Shaped All-Inclusive Just Reopened After a $50 Million Overhaul — With 773 Suites, an Adults-Only Wing, and a Family Concierge

The profile of the five glass pyramids is still the first thing you notice along this stretch of Cancún’s coastline — rising above the palms, catching the light, and anchoring one of the most established resort footprints in the destination. What’s different now is everything inside them. Paradisus Cancún has officially reopened after a $50 […]

Airfares to Cancun Are Down 35 Percent Right Now

You’re looking at Cancun and seeing something you don’t usually see this time of year: lower fares. Not slight drops, but meaningful ones. The kind that can turn a maybe-trip into something you actually book. And Cancun isn’t alone. A new report shows that across the Caribbean, airfare is coming down in a consistent way, […]

Cancun Air Traffic Declines in March

Cancun International Airport reported a decline in passenger traffic in March, with decreases across domestic, international and total volumes, according to new data from airport operator ASUR. Total Passenger Traffic Down 4.6 Percent The airport handled 2,801,790 total passengers in March, down from 2,936,470 in the same month last year, representing a 4.6 percent decrease. The decline amounts to […]

Marriott Is Opening a New Luxury Resort in Cancun With 235 Rooms, a Swim-Up Bar, and Water Slides

Cancun has been moving beyond its long-standing identity as an all-inclusive stronghold, with a new wave of design-driven, independent luxury resorts beginning to emerge across the coastline. That next phase is taking shape with the debut of the design-forward Casa Nizuc, a new Marriott Tribute Portfolio resort scheduled to open on Sept. 11, Caribbean Journal […]