Thursday January 29th, 2009 / 21h16
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Private investment in Mexico’s tourism sector rose 34% last year to $4.64 billion, Tourism Minister Rodolfo Elizondo said Thursday.
States that saw major investments included Quintana Roo, where the Caribbean resort of Cancun is located, as well as the Pacific coastal states of Nayarit, Baja California and [...]
A small Mexican village caters to surfers and anglers looking for a slower pace and great experiences.
CHESTER ALLEN; THE OLYMPIAN
Published: 01/29/09 3:06 am | Updated: 01/29/09 3:01 am
This low-key village about 40 minutes north of bustling Puerto Vallarta doesn’t have sprawling beachfront hotels or rumbling discos where tourists do tequila shots [...]
Tagged acommodation, condos, hotel, hotel for sale, lodging, mexican surf town, Nayarit, pacific mexico, property for sale in sayulita, Real Estate, rentals, Riviera Nayarit, sayulita, sayulita real estate, surfing, tourism, travel, units for sale, vacation.MLS inventories continue to increase with a total of 1,163 properties now listed with Multi-List Vallarta. The MLV print catalog is getting a little heavy and a little expensive to produce!
Since October of 2006, as shown in the attached graph, inventory totals have risen from just under 500 listing to now nearly 1,163. The most [...]
By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
While the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals geared up for Super Bowl Sunday, New England Patriots QB/QT Tom Brady spent a carefree weekend canoodling poolside with his supermodel GF in sunny Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Tommy and his bikini-clad glamazon, Gisele Bundchen, smooched, relaxed and fed each other like babies as they lounged by the pool at a romantic [...]
By Laurence Iliff
Dallas Morning News
Posted: 01/15/2009 12:24:14 PM PST
http://www.mercurynews.com/lifeandstyleheadlines/ci_11462195
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Two states of mind co-exist in this resort area on Mexico’s warm Pacific Coast. And they couldn’t be more different, as my sister and I discovered.
To the north of the airport lies spanking new Nuevo Vallarta in Nayarit state. To the south, old [...]
Please join all of us for a Joint Broker’s Open House in Punta Mita, this Thursday from 12 noon to 4 pm.
The following Fine Homes will be available for viewing at that time:
Casa Las Palmas 1, Lot 8 in Ranchos, Punta Mita
http://www.casalaspalmaspuntamita.com/index1.htm
Villa Aurora, Lot 17 in Ranchos, Punta Mita
http://www.lapuntarealty.com/aurora/
Villa Islas Bonitas, Lot 18 in [...]
Tagged christie's great estates, Costa banderas, four seasons resort, homes for sale, la punta realty, luxury homes, luxury real estate in mexico, open house, open houses, paradise coves, pontoquito, puerto vallarta real estate, punta mita, punta mita resort, real estate in north shore puerto vallartaFour Seasons Residence Club Punta Mita announced last week the unveiling of 15 new fractional villas available to owners. Adjacent to Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, the Residence Club has generated excitement and demand from the day it broke ground in June 2005. Four Seasons remains committed to raising the bar for luxury, service and [...]
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http://www.mexidata.info/id2135.html
As the Mexico resort real estate market continues to gain popularity among North Americans, one common theme exists; an increasing demand for insightful and relevant information among the entire Mexican resort real estate community, including developers, realtors, owners, resellers and potential buyers. This is especially true in light of today’s more difficult [...]
By Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press Writer
MEXICO CITY — It’s got sun, white-sand beaches and better yet — a battered peso.
Mexico is counting on its weakened currency against the dollar and its proximity to the U.S. to attract recession-shocked Americans and fuel its tourism industry — a major source of foreign income.
Tourism officials say [...]
Tagged bargain, bargains, deals, destination, economic crisis, mexican peso, mexico, puerto vallarta, travelSave up to $950 on three-night suite stays at an extravagant resort.
updated 10:06 a.m. CT, Mon., Jan. 26, 2009
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For luxury accommodations in Puerto Vallarta with plenty of old world charm, consider booking a stay at Hacienda San Angel. Overlooking the spires of the famed Guadalupe Cathedral, this colonial-style hacienda consists of five villas surrounding a tranquil [...]
Lusso Collection — offering access to multimillion-dollar getaway homes around the world — has filed for bankruptcy protection.
By JIM BUCHTA, Star Tribune
Last update: January 25, 2009 – 10:12 AM
For a busy executive like weatherman Paul Douglas, vacation means exploring the world with the comforts of home but none of the hassles of home [...]
I’ve had the same dream each night in this tropical paradise just a half-hour north of Puerto Vallarta. Long, shimmering lines – ocean swells – march in over the horizon. They look like moving walls of water – and they are. The coughing booms of waves hammering sand fill my mind. Then I wake up, look out [...]
PUNTA MITA, MEXICO — 01/15/09 –
Four Seasons Residence Club
Four Seasons Residence Club Punta Mita is pleased to announce the unveiling of Phase II – with 15 new fractional homes available to owners on January 15, 2009. Adjacent to Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, the Residence Club has generated excitement and demand from the day it [...]
By David Jones and Deena Beasley
LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – It’s a trend pre-dating the global slowdown: big hotel chains are moving into the quirky boutique sector to tap into a niche of profitable growth. What’s not clear now is how many can succeed.
Hotel revenues have fallen sharply since last October and shares in hotel groups [...]
The rapidly evolving vacation rental market, according to new research by PhoCusWright, will impact online agencies, hotels and online travelers. A new study to be released January 15, the “Vacation Rental Marketplace: Poised for Change,” says the vacation rental marketplace is gearing up to go after new business opportunities, at the expense of online agencies [...]
Whether you are visiting Mexico for the first time or are seasoned adventure travelers, your first glimpse of the view from the deck of Villa Exotica will take your breath away. Sitting just above the surf, the villa and decks look down a crescent beach 12 miles long lined with coconut palms and stretching to the horizon, undisturbed and secluded, where layers of mountains fall into the clean, blue sea.
Tagged costa custodio nayarit development surf vacation rental sales real estate luxury jalisco vallarta airport casa corona del mar zacualpan driveNestled among the beautiful, lush gardens of Real del Mar, a luxury, gated community on over 75 acres with homes ranging in price from $4 Million to $15 Million USD is the sumptuous villa Casa Genoa. Completed in June 2008, and offering the latest in luxury amenities, it extends your accommodations to the inclusion in [...]
Tagged beach house, boat, boating, boats, casa genoa, fishing boat, fishing charter, fishing vacations, La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, mexican vacation, new, north shore puerto vallarta, puerto vallarta, puerto vallarta vacation villa rental, punta de mita, punta mita, real del mar, vacation homes, villas in mexico, yacht rentalsWell, it appears as though the effects of the mortgage crisis in the US which began in March, 2008 followed by the collapse of the stock market in October, 2008 are finally being felt in Puerto Vallarta. Thanks to the strong Canadian Dollar, tourist expenditures in Vallarta for goods and services, including retirement real estate, [...]
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Taxes are usually paid in cash and all people are obligated, as provided by law, to pay them to the Mexican government. The Constitution establishes the rights and obligations of all citizens and one of these obligations is precisely the payment of taxes.
Taxes are one of the principal ways by which the government earns revenue [...]
By Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAY
Wallet-watching travelers will be taking fewer trips, waiting longer to book them in hopes of a deal and downscaling vacations.
Las Vegas will remain a big draw, and Mexico will be hotter than a chili pepper.
That’s the outlook for 2009, according to travel analysts and providers and a survey of 547 agents, [...]
Just got back from my one week vacation to Punta Mita and had a total blast . Ate like kings , fished 6 straight days and enjoyed all mexico has to offer.
Quick Thanks and shout out to Hector at Margarita’s for serving us some of the the best local seafood dinner one could ever ask [...]
In a medical emergency, being able to travel within and outside of the country with security and peace of mind is something everyone wants for their family.
That is precisely what Agueda Palacios offers her customers when they become members of SkyMed.
“SkyMed is an air ambulance service,” said Palacios, SkyMed representative. “It’s a medical [...]
We were thinking about heading to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in February — weather-wise, it’s a great time to be there, plus it happens to be when a relative has a time share available for us to use. But we just returned from Costa Rica and don’t feel we can afford another splash-out for international flights so [...]
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