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10 Beautiful Caribbean Beach Towns That Are Still Surprisingly Under the Radar

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There’s a another Caribbean emerging beneath the big resorts and well-known coastlines — a quieter map of places where life unfolds at an easier pace, where mornings begin with the sound of fishing boats pushing off shore and evenings drift into candlelit dinners on the sand. These are the small beach towns that rarely headline […]

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Playa: Caribbean, Mexico All-Inclusive Resorts Open and Operational 

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Playa Hotels and Resorts owns or operates 25 different resorts in the wider Caribbean-Mexico region.  After Hurricane Beryl barreled through the Caribbean Sea earlier this month, it was no surprise that Playa would offer an update on its portfolio.  So what’s the status of Playa’s properties in the region? Playa’s resorts “did not sustain significant […]

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Cancun Passenger Traffic Continues Decline 

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Passenger traffic continues to decline at Cancun International Airport, with the largest single-month slowdown in traffic in more than a year.  That’s according to newly-released data from ASUR, which manages the airport.  Overall traffic in Cancun was 2.476 million in June, an 8.3 percent decline compared to the same month in 2023.  For the year, […]

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This Historic Los Cabos Hotel Is Getting New Life  

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Mexico’s ultra-popular destination of Los Cabos is set to welcome a new hotel next month, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new 68-room Tropicana Los Cabos will be opening its doors in August, in the heart of San Jose del Cabo’s main square.  The resort has two eateries, a pool, a pool bar, a wellness center, […]


Cancun Passenger Traffic Continues Decline 

SH Hotels and Resorts, the sustainable hotel brand management company founded by Barry Sternlicht, is opening its first two residential hotels in the Mexico-Caribbean region: the 1 Hotel & Homes San Miguel de Allende, set in one of Mexico’s most beloved cities, and the 1 Hotel Cabo. Both hotels are set to open in 2027. […]

Aeromexico Just Added Three New Nonstop Flights to Mexico, With Help From Delta

Delta Air Lines has kicked off three new nonstop routes to Mexico, in cooperation with Aeromexico.  Aeromexico just kicked off service to Mexico City from four US Cities: Raleigh-Durham, Tampa Bay and Washington, DC.  Aeromexico will be operating seven weekly flights to the capital from each city.  That will mean a total of 90 flights […]

Alaska Airlines Is Adding Two New Nonstop Flights to Mexico 

Continuing its Caribbean-Mexico expansion, Alaska Airlines has announced plans to kick off a pair of new nonstop routes to Mexico this winter.  That will include new flights from Los Angeles to both La Paz and Monterrey, with tickets for both flights available as of July 3.  Alaska has been steadily growing its regional footprint, both […]

Cancun Has a New Adults-Only Vacation Spot: Hotel Mousai 

Gourmet restaurants. A rooftop infinity pool. Tequila tastings. A “garden” style shopping and art center.  Cancun’s newest hotel isn’t quite like any other resort in the Mexican Caribbean hotspot, and that’s a very welcome development in an area that has become known for its mostly uniform resorts. This is the new Hotel Mousai Cancun, the […]

IHG Is Opening a New Mexican Caribbean Resort 

IHG is opening its first-ever Vignette Collection resort in the Mexico-Caribbean region next year, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The new El Gran Encomendero is set in the town of Valladolid at the corner of the Yucatan Peninsula, at the crossroads of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.  The 83-room hotel will be the […]

St Regis Los Cabos Residences Project Tops $200M in Sales

The St. Regis Los Cabos is on track for a 2025 opening, after achieving $35 million in new contracted properties in the last 30 days, according to Waypoint Real Estate, which is marketing the property.  This now puts the St. Regis at over $200 million in contracted sales since its inception.  Residence owners at the […]

A Traffic Decline in Cancun. Is Tulum the Culprit? 

May was one of the worst-performing months for passenger traffic in Cancun in several years, according to new data from ASUR, which manages Cancun International Airport.  Passenger traffic in Cancun was 2.438 million in May, a 7.2 percent decline compared to the same period in 2023.  That included a 2.3 percent reduction in international traffic […]

The Best Resorts in Cancun, According to Travel Agents

It’s not easy singling out one hotel as the best in Cancun’s downtown hotel zone, a district robust with high-end all-inclusives that have upped their games as the destination has turned into one of the hemisphere’s hottest hotspots.  In fact, when surveyed, more than 100 Caribbean and Mexico travel specialists couldn’t decide on one hotel […]