2007 June | Land, Luxury, Leisure...

Advice on where to go in Mexico

by Alan Solomon Nancy asks: We plan to travel to Mexico spring of ’08 with our two teenage and two adult children. We are not sure where to go. Debating between Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Maya. Can you help us decide by explaining what each of these places have to offer? Why are [...]

Real Estate Availability in Mexico

Written by Groshan Fabiola Friday, 15 June 2007 Are you looking for a tranquil way of life, great food, good music, unpolluted beaches, good medical facilities, as well as being in the company of charming and hospitable people? Mexico is the answer for you. Whether you are looking for a vacation home [...]

Foreign Investment in Mexico’s Hotel Real Estate Booms with a Ten-time Multiple

Foreign investment in Mexico’s hotel real estate has boomed to achieve a 10- time multiple since 2000, as reported in a joint research initiative between Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels and Mexico’s National Trust for Tourism Development (FONATUR). The total amount of foreign investment in Mexico totaled $640 million in 2006, representing an annual compound growth [...]

Mexican stand-off in the mangroves

Sun 27 May 2007 RON STODGHILL IN COSTA ALEGRE, MEXICO CRUISING along the swerving, mountainous roads of Mexico’s western coast, past trees and vines, blue lagoons and scattered wildflowers, Goffredo Marcaccini stops his Jeep and thrusts his head out of the window. “Ahhh,” he croons, inhaling the morning air. “The smell of the earth. [...]

Who Controls Paradise?

RON STODGHILL The New York Times COSTA Alegre, Mexico CRUISING along the swerving, mountainous roads of Mexico’s western coast, past trees and vines, blue lagoons and scattered wildflowers, Goffredo Marcaccini stops his Jeep and thrusts his head out the window. “Ahhh,” he croons, inhaling the morning air. “The smell of the earth! Nice, like the [...]