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Christine Delsol The San Francisco Chronicle Quick – which national capital has the higher murder rate: Mexico City or Washington, D.C.? If you answered Mexico City, you’d be in good company – after all, Mexico is a war zone, isn’t it? But you would be wrong, on both counts. Based on FBI crime statistics for [...]
Smiles were broad in this corner of the world Thursday as the national tourism bureau announced that Puerto Vallarta and the Riveria Nayarit will host next year’s premier tourism fair. Held in Acapulco for the past 24 years, the Tianguis Turistico attracts some 500 Mexican tourism providers and hundreds of overseas tourism wholesalers and product [...]
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD The New York Times Published: July 10, 2011 MATAMOROS, Mexico — When the latest bloody headlines from the drug war in Mexico reach headquarters in New York, Ken Chandler, the manager of an American electronics manufacturing plant here, jumps on the phone. He is not begging to come home. He is begging to stay. “We try [...]
By Robert Reid, Special to CNN Editor’s Note: Robert Reid is Lonely Planet’s New York-based U.S. travel editor and host of the 76-Second Travel Show. New York (CNN) — Mexico tourism is having a bit of a PR problem lately. Reports of mass grave sites, daylight shootings and carjackings from the escalating drug war don’t exactly build [...]
MEXICO CITY — Spring break reservations for Mexico from U.S. college students remain steady, travel industry experts say, despite near-daily reports of drug violence there. Cheap prices in Mexico, a slowly strengthening economy here, the relative safety of many tourist resorts and the fact that the 2009 swine flu pandemic is now all but forgotten [...]
The MEXICO Report By Susie Albin-Najera Fares Starting at $119 available for travel through April SEATTLE, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air announced a winter fare sale with hot fares starting as low as $119 to nine Mexico destinations. Fares are good for travel from Jan. 10 through April 7, 2011. Tickets must be purchased by Jan. 18, [...]
L.A. Times – Christopher Reynolds Violence has increased, but some areas are relatively safe and airlines are adding flights. What can travelers expect from Mexico in 2011? That’s at least a $64 million question, given the many people who visit the country every year. And the answers seem to point every which way. Across Mexico, [...]
By KATHLEEN PEDDICORD Posted: November 1, 2010 U.S. News and World Report I visited Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for the first time more than 15 years ago. I’ve returned this week to find that, from a retire-overseas point of view, this town is all grown up. This stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coastline has already been developed to [...]
By Mark Conley San Jose Mercury News “If the tide pushes up, punch it,” said my seafaring golf guide, Arturo Castro, one early July day in Punta Mita, Mexico. The statement could’ve just as easily been uttered a few miles down the coast at Castro’s favorite surf spot, La Lancha, while helping this visiting surfista [...]
By: Arnie Weissmann August 02, 2010 I was dismayed last year when I heard that Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, had proposed that his country’s ministry of tourism be abolished and that tourism interests be moved within Mexico’s equivalent of our Department of Commerce. We’ve seen how that has worked here in the U.S., and the [...]
By Albert Buhr The Times – South Africa It’s dirty, it’s deadly and it’ll draw you to drink. In fact, writes Albert Buhr, Puerto Vallarta is an oasis for the brochure-weary traveller. PUERTO Vallarta is preposterous. I step from the airport bus onto the cobbled streets of the old quarter, where the jungle seeps from [...]
Jun 09, 2010 (AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION via COMTEX) – US Airways (NYSE: LCC | PowerRating) announced on Monday that over the weekend it launched new services to Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta in Mexico from Charlotte, North Carolina. Flights to Los Cabos will leave Charlotte at 09:55 to arrive at 12:46 and will leave Los Cabos at [...]
April 3, 10:55 PMMinneapolis Airlines/Airport ExaminerMarc Friedman The winter and spring break travel season is drawing to a close and once again Minnesotans (Wisconsinites, Iowans and ‘Dakotans’) by the thousands have traveled to the beautiful Mexican resort of Puerto Vallarta. Last week was my first visit to the Pacific coast destination and honestly, I was pleasantly [...]
A lot can change in one year. Just ask Mexico. In March 2009, the slumping world economy and negative press surrounding the unrest along its border dealt a double blow to tourist destinations such as Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and San Jose Cabo. People just weren’t heading to the beaches. The result: unbeatable deals to Mexico. This [...]
Hop a bus or a taxi to explore small towns and the wide, white sandy beaches north of Puerto Vallarta BY LINDSEY NORRIS, FREELANCENOVEMBER 21, 2008 Canada.com The pelican sleeping on the dock ignores the man with a fishing rod and a tempting tackle box full of bait. It is equally impervious to the roar [...]
Kate Zimmerman, Special To North Shore News Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009 My New Year’s resolution is for my family to get out more. We’ve already made a good start. We spent the Christmas holiday in Mexico, partly because who wouldn’t if they could — but mainly because this was our first year without my [...]
By Christopher Reynolds Chicago Tribune It’s the time of year when Americans like to flock south of the border — but flu and violence fears may keep many at home. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe on your vacation. Between Mexico’s drug war entering its fourth year and itsH1N1 flu outbreak beginning with [...]
Best for Honeymooners Base camp: SayulitaJust as drug wars were forcing already cheap Mexico to slash prices to keep tourists, swine flu hit. To fill empty beaches, hotels and airlines are piling on deals, even to the area near Puerto Vallarta known as Riviera Nayarit ($300 flights from L.A.). A surfer’s mecca and fishing village, Sayulita dead-ends [...]
Mexico has 4 spots in agents’ top 10 travel list despite swine flu ABC NEWS MINNEAPOLIS September 21, 2009 (AP) Mexico took four of the top 10 spots on a list of international destinations booked by agents, managers and agency owners from the Travel Leaders company (formerly Carlson Wagonlit Travel Associates). The annual survey asked [...]
By MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Mexico is preparing for a second wave of swine flu, looking at what worked and what didn’t last spring when it banned everything from dining out to attending school in an effort to control the virus. As the Northern Hemisphere flu season begins, the rest of the [...]
By Ann Wilson Lloyd Globe Correspondent / August 16, 2009 TRONCONES, Mexico – Franklin the Turtle is the favorite storybook friend of our grandson Waylon, 3. Imagine his delight at herding hundreds of baby Franklins into the twilight surf during our three-generation family beach vacation at this surfing village near Zihuatanejo, on the Pacific coast. [...]
August 9, 9:39 AM Denver Travel Industry Examiner Joseph Sobin Even as economic forecasts improve, there has been a proliferation of vacation home rentals entering the marketplace, while demand subsides and hotels are offering bargain rates. Thus, it is more important than ever to correctly position and price a vacation home rental to maximize exposure [...]
By Janine Melberg The Denver Post Fear of the swine flu and drug trade violence are preventing foreigners from visiting Mexico. From all accounts in the Puerto Vallarta area, no one has the flu or knows of anyone with the flu, and drug related violence is not in evidence in this scenic Pacific coast tourist [...]
Christine Delsol, Special to SFGate.com Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Whether your ideal Mexican vacation is a succession of frosty margaritas delivered to your beach palapa by white-shirted waiters or busing at whim from village to village with your backpacks in the overhead rack, those days are gone once you have children in tow. With a [...]
by Parker Leavitt – Jul. 7, 2009 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic A new law requiring Americans to have a passport to visit Mexico is the latest in a series of problems plaguing the Mexico travel industry, Valley business owners say. The recession, border violence and the swine flu have drastically cut into the revenue [...]
Spectacularly situated in the heart of mexico’s most majestic landscape, IMANTA Punta de Mita is a hidden gem. IMANTA‘s first resort is located in Punta de Mita, 30 minutes from Puerto Vallarta’s International Airport, on the Riviera Nayarit Mexicana, Mexico’s Gold Coast. IMANTA Resorts Luxury Residences, Boutique Hotel/Spa, and signature Lots represent a unique [...]
Opinion by Andrés Oppenheimer MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS / MIAMI HERALD Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.21.2009 The swine flu outbreak that has wrecked Mexico’s economy may become a case study in reckless journalism. It now turns out that it’s not clear whether the H1N1 pandemic originated in Mexico, as first reported, or in the United States. Like [...]
By EILEEN SULLIVAN WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. and Mexico formalized an agreement Monday to work together to secure legal travel and trade across the countries’ shared border. The agreement is outlined in a letter of intent signed by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Mexico’s Finance Minister Agustin Carstens. It expands a 2007 agreement [...]
By Steve Gibbs BBC News, Mexico City Mexico says it is going through what is the biggest drop in its tourism revenue since records began in the 1980s because of the swine flu scare. Tourism officials are speaking of a “lost summer” after visitors, particularly from the US and Canada, cancelled their holidays. They are [...]
Travel Industry Wire 2009-06-10 40 Percent of Respondents Plan to Travel Abroad in the Next Two Years; 83 Percent Modifying Plans Based on Economic Environment; Fewer Than One in 10 U.S. Adults Say Swine Flu (H1N1) Has Impacted Travel Plans Despite a challenging environment, spending by visitors to the U.S. increased to $52 billion in [...]
BY MARCEL TETRAULT, COMOX VALLEY ECHO Canada.com JUNE 9, 2009 Locals eager to catch some winter sunshine will now be able to fly direct to Mexico without the need to purchase a package deal. WestJet has taken over the popular Comox to Puerto Vallarta flights from TransAt Holidays. The airline will offer package tours through [...]
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, June 7, 2009 Orange County Register The CDC has lifted travel restrictions to Mexico in the wake of the swine flu outbreak, saying the outbreak south of the border is slowing. The CDC first warned against nonessential travel to Mexico on April 27. The alert has been downgraded to a [...]
BY TERESA MCUSIC Dallas – ft. Worth Star-Telegram Denise Iglesias has been hearing from a lot of desperate travelers lately. On Monday, the rules changed regarding U.S. citizens traveling to Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda. Under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, travelers need either a passport or a passport card to visit those places [...]
Friday, 05 Jun 2009 09:01 travelbite.co.uk The Mexican tourism industry is bouncing back from swine flu with remarkable speed, according to the latest research. Data from European cheap flight search engine Skyskanner reveals searches for flights to Mexico have risen by 15.5 per cent since they reached their lowest point in early May 09, after [...]
BY ALEX CANTATORE Americans planning a summer vacation to the Caribbean islands, Bermuda, Canada, or Mexico now might need to make a stop at their local passport office before hitting the road. New U.S. Department of Homeland Security regulations, which went into effect on Monday, require all American citizens, regardless of age, to have a [...]
Dena Richardson/KFOX News Reporter Posted: 5:37 pm MDT May 28, 2009Updated: 6:32 pm MDT May 28, 2009 EL PASO, Texas — Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the June 1 deadline requiring a passport to return from Mexico and Canada is set and will not be pushed back. “However, we are not envisioning returning, [...]
May 27, 2009 – 9:05 PM By LAURA TILLMAN, The Brownsville Herald In less than a week, when travelers return to the United States from Mexico or Canada they will be required to have a passport, enhanced driver’s license, SENTRI or NEXUS card. Come Monday morning the driver’s license that once provided re-entry to the [...]
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Published: May 22, 2009 Bowing to pressure, the World Health Organization announced Friday that it would rewrite its rules for alerting the world to new diseases, meaning the swine flu circling the globe will probably never be declared a full-fledged pandemic. Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the deputy director general making the W.H.O. announcement, said that he [...]
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 [...]
United States Consulate General Guadalajara PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO AS MANY AMERICAN CITIZENS AS POSSIBLE Update Travel Alert TRAVEL ALERT: MEXICO 1. The Department of State wishes to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Mexico that on May 15 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [...]
Dear Friends: We are so happy that countries like United States, Canada and other countries in Europe have removed the warning against all non-essential travel to Mexico. We would like to keep you inform about the 0 (zero) number of registered cases of the A H1N1 virus in Puerto Vallarta which is one of the [...]
Travel Blackboard Thursday, 21 May 2009 After many countries, including the United State and Canada, lifted the travel warnings concerning travel to Mexico, major industry players like the Mexico Tourism Board and AeroMexico are encouraging travellers back. With local tourism industry decimated by fears of the Influenza A(H1N1) virus, Mexico is hoping for a swift [...]
Monday, May 18th 2009, 8:27 AM BY JASON R. RICH Don’t leave home without it! Starting June 1, pleading, begging and crying won’t likely be much help to forgetful Americans planning to visit neighboring countries such asCanadaorMexico, or manyCaribbeandestinations. Without a valid U.S. passport, travelers likely won’t be allowed to exit theUnited States. Those who do [...]
By Hugo Martín May 16, 2009 LA Times Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise line operator, announced Friday that it would resume visits to Mexican ports later this month. The decision came after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it would no longer recommend that Americans avoid non-essential travel to the country [...]
6 hours ago Press Association British travellers should feel free to go to Mexico after a fall in the number of new swine flu cases, the Foreign Office has said. Holiday makers and business travellers had been advised against all non-essential travel to the country. But the FCO changed its advice, with a spokesman saying: [...]
by Karen Fawcett TRIPSO The Mexican Tourist Board is launching a multi-million dollar investment plan that will include a global public relations campaign. It is also calling for U.S. authorities to lift the travel ban with the hope that doing so will restore confidence in Mexico’s being one of the world’s top tourist destinations. Its tourism [...]
Ed Walsh SF Gay Travel Examiner Thanks to Don Pickens, the owner of Puerto Vallarta’s luxury gay resort, Casa Cupula, for these very informative updates. He just posted the updates on Yahoo’s Puerto Vallarta Gay Travel Group. Scroll down to the bottom for information on how you can translate the Spanish articles into English. Here Don’s update from [...]
KATHY STRONG • SPECIAL TO THE DESERT SUN • APRIL 23, 2009 As a travel journalist, I see writing about a destination as a huge responsibility. Readers are not always going to share my opinion on the aesthetics of a city or resort, but when personal safety becomes one of the considerations for visiting, [...]
April 22, 2009 BY LORI RACKL Travelers, it’s time to get your paperwork in order. As of June 1, the rules are changing when it comes to entering the United States through a land or sea border. Driving back from Canada? Walking over the border after gulping a few margaritas in Tijuana? A regular [...]
Tourism has suffered as drug-related violence across the border has surged. But canceling a vacation to Los Cabos or the Mayan Riviera may not be necessary. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123931839488506787.html By CANDACE JACKSON Teresa Bitler thought about spending Easter this year lounging on the beach in Puerto Penasco, Mexico, with her husband and two daughters. Then she changed [...]
Question: Should student Sarah Tjoa go to Cancún, Mexico, for spring break? She posed that question in a letter to the Travel section, and in the March 15 “On the Spot,” we asked readers to weigh in. Here is some of what they had to say. We just returned from a wonderful vacation on the [...]
Was it Walt Whitman or the nation of Mexico that said “I am large, I contain multitudes”? It was the poet, of course, but it’s equally true of Mexico — whether your picture of it is the ruined pyramids of the Yucatán or the hip nightspots of the Distrito Federal, you can bet there’s another [...]
By JOE SHARKEY Published: February 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/business/economy/03road.html?_r=2&ref=business BUSINESS travelers are generally fond of the hotel industry, which is a lot more than can be said of the airline industry. In the last 10 years, hotels have steadily improved products and services, and now we routinely expect consistency, convenience and comfort at hotels at most price [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Accommodations range from plain to perfectly posh Joseph Kula, Special to The Province Published: Sunday, December 14, 2008 R iviera Nayarit (it rhymes with sweet) is for the birds, literally. This 160-kilometre playa-lined playground on Mexico’s north-central coast stretching from Nuevo Vallarta in the south to San Blas in the north draws snowbirds from as far [...]
by Wendell Cayton Local columnist Posted December 15, 2008 http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20081215/BIZ/712159913 If the thought of throwing off the yoke and retiring to an exotic locale where the living is easy and the dollar buys more is enticing, it’s wise to move carefully, keep your dreams in your pocket and your feet on the ground. Our [...]
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Punta de Mita up high is breath taking. The sparkling and stylish PVSR Penthouse corner unit is a lux 2 level 5 bedroom condo with panoramic mural view of sunlight, seascape and starry skies that you must experience for yourself. Long views of coastline and mountains over sweeping terraces showcase an ambitious re-defininition of Punta de Mita's luxurious Pacific Mexican indoor-outdoor living experience.
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Casa 7 Sparkling and new modern villa right in the beach or Ranchos Punta Mita, next door to Villa Romance. |
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El Banco 5 Artful and dramatic modern Pacific villa with a gorgeous green lawn, elegant water features, unique home tech and sublime details. |
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Villa Los Arcos & Villa Mirador San Miguel de Allende by the Sea. Exquisite and expansive private beach within the gated residential community called El Banco. |
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Papelillos Dreamy as can be for a bare-footed bride. Amazing three acre estate at the end end of Ranchos beach, Punta Mita Resort. |
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Hotel des Artistes Gorman or gourmet, Cafe des Artises puts on a delightfully decadent event. |
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Casa Mis Amores Naturally exclusive estate on sixty-six acres of jungle oasis just South of Sayulita and North of Punta de Mita. |
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Casa Seraphines & Casa del Quetzal Sister villas rich in cuture overlooking all of Conchas Chinas, the Bay of Banderas and Puerto Vallarta. |
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Todo Bien Sparkling and new modern villa right in the beach or Ranchos Punta Mita, next door to Villa Romance. |
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El Destino The tip of the Punta de Mita peninsula is a fantastic, full service destination within the Punta Mita Resort. |
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Rancho Huracan Secret, secluded and beguilingly stylish jungle refuge stands as a very private work of art, just South of Sayulita. |
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Amore Gorgeous and ornately world class 11 bedroom villa on spectacular Ranchos beach at the Punta Mita Resort. |
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Amanecer Dramatic cliffside villa within the gated community called Pontoquito on the North Shore of Puerto Vallarta just minutes from the Punta Mita Resort |
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Quinta Crescencia Minimalist grandeur on the cliifs of El Farallon, North Shore Puerto Vallarta, just South of the Punta Mita Resort. |
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Villa Romance Picturesque and sublimely intimate and grassy view to maybe the best spot on Ranchos beach, Punta Mita. |
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China Blanca Minimalist grandeur on the cliifs of El Farallon, North Shore Puerto Vallarta, just South of the Punta Mita Resort. |
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Vista Magica Secret, secluded and beguilingly stylish jungle refuge stands as a very private work of art, just South of Sayulita. |
Punta de Mita up high is breath taking. The sparkling and stylish PVSR Penthouse corner unit is a lux 2 level 5 bedroom condo with panoramic mural view of sunlight, seascape and starry skies that you must experience for yourself. Long views of coastline and mountains over sweeping terraces showcase an ambitious re-defininition of Punta de Mita's luxurious Pacific Mexican indoor-outdoor living experience.
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Casa 7 is an architectural symphony. Spread with stylish details, lounging areas abound, surrounded by water, In the water, on the roof, by the sea. A bar, billiards and loads of toys for the private El Banco beach...this house is large family bliss.
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