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Getting away on the Nayarit Coast

And away from busy Puerto Vallarta By KARIN CZULIK / KING5.com For vacationers looking for solitude and the real Mexico, the Nayarit Coast might just be the ticket. But don’t wait too long, because development is creeping up fast and many hotel projects are in the works. Located just north of the hustle and bustle [...]

Mexico ready to rebound from H1N1 scare

By KRISTIN FINAN HOUSTON CHRONICLE If you took Mexico off your “to go” list during the H1N1 flu scare, it’s time to reconsider: All that bad press is translating to major bargains for summer travelers. “It would not be unusual to see packages now on sale from 30 (percent) to 50 percent below what [...]

Mexican travel deals

Jessica Hayes TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI-TV) Kerry Shagene is getting married in August. “We had to figure out somewhere to go for our honeymoon,” said Shagene. “And we were looking at Mexico, but we would really like to go somewhere else, maybe a little more exotic.” But they did decide on a Mexican getaway; it [...]

Coming and Going: Post-Flu Bargains in Mexico

Sunday, May 31, 2009 The Washington Post MEXICO MOVES ON Post-Flu Bargains Since the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionlifted its H1N1 flu-related warning against travel toMexico, travel deals designed to bring U.S. tourists back to its beach resorts are flooding the market. Buoyed by the Mexican government’s announcement last week that it would invest $92 million in [...]

Fearless travelers can cash in on Mexico’s post-flu deals

Christine Delsol, Special to SFGate.com The San Francisco Chronicle Wednesday, May 28, 2009 It’s been two weeks since the State Department and the Centers for Disease Controllifted their travel warnings on travel to Mexico, and the deals are rolling in. The CDC lifted its recommendation against nonessential travel to Mexico on May 15, citing evidence that Mexico’s flu [...]

St. Regis Punta Mita Achieves Condé Nast Magazine 2009 “Hot List” Status

One might forget that the 120-room St. Regis is actually in the middle of a gated community of luxury hotels, private villas, and a golf course just north of Puerto Vallarta. The secluded atmosphere is achieved through unobtrusive design and landscaping and an enviable position hemmed in by rocky headlands. From the quiet [...]

Mexico Goes On Sale

By SARAH NASSAUER The Wall Street Journal With a clean bill of health and a lifted travel ban, Mexico tries to draw tourists back with deals and perks. Everything for the wedding was ready — the on-site florists, photographers, and a 35-foot acrylic platform built over the blue ocean water at the Rosewood Mayakoba resort near [...]

Mexico resorts offer ‘flu-free’ deal

By Laura Bly, USA TODAY Desperate to woo back travelers who cancelled trips in the wake of Mexico’s swine flu outbreak, more than 20 coastal resort hotels have launched a “flu-free guarantee”: Guests who catch the H1N1 virus in Mexico — and have the blood test to prove it — can get their next three vacations [...]

Tumbling peso makes Mexico a hot destination

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. [...]

Travelers will be getting lots of deals in 2009

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 [...]