Jan 13th, 2010 at 4:00PM: What do you do when your wallet starts to itch? If you're sunning yourself in Cancun, Mexico, have a car take you from your resort to the new Luxury Avenue. This new travel retail destination has brought together in one place such stores as Mont Blanc, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Ferragamo and Zegna -- creating a shopping experience reminiscent of South Beach or Cannes. Luxury Avenue is within ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Daily Pampering: Luxury Avenue in Cancun changes travel shopping completely
Jan 13th, 2010 at 4:00PM: What do you do when your wallet starts to itch? If you're sunning yourself in Cancun, Mexico, have a car take you from your resort to the new Luxury Avenue. This new travel retail destination has brought together in one place such stores as Mont Blanc, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Ferragamo and Zegna -- creating a shopping experience reminiscent of South Beach or Cannes. Luxury Avenue is within ...Mexico relies on Facebook to kick travel slump
Jan 6th, 2010 at 12:00PM: Travel to Mexico got a big ol' kick in the cojones last year. The global recession spanked airlines and hotels around the world, and since the United States was ground zero for the financial crisis that accelerated the recession, Mexico likely lost some action from its biggest trading partner. And then swine flu came along, bringing much of the Mexican tourism and travel industry to a crawl. When ...Underwater sculpture garden helps save Cancun's coral reefs
Nov 27th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Cancun's famous coral reefs have been hit hard lately by storms and pollution, and the Mexican government has come up with an interesting way to let the reefs heal while still attracting visitors. They're creating an underwater sculpture garden that will bring back the tourists and encourage growth of new coral. It's the brainchild of the Mexican government and artist Jason de Caires Taylor, who ...AeroMexico plane hijacking resolved peacefully
Sep 10th, 2009 at 10:30AM: Shortly after taking off from Cancun on Wednesday, the pilots of AeroMexico flight 737 radioed the control tower to say the plane had been hijacked. The hijacker had showed off a bomb (later found to be fake) and demanded to speak to Mexican President Felipe Calderon. He threatened to blow up the plane, which was carrying over 100 people, and said he needed to warn the President of an impending ...Mexican resort beach shut down, accused of stealing sand
Jul 31st, 2009 at 4:30PM: Visitors to a Cancun beach found themselves restricted by yellow crime-scene tape yesterday, when Mexican police cordoned off the beach under accusations that the sand was stolen.
According to the AP release, after Hurricane Wilma washed away much of the resort area's beach in 2005, Mexico spent $19 million replacing it with sand pumped from the sea floor. That sand has been slowly eroding, ...Swine flu symptoms? Next holiday in Mexico is free
May 14th, 2009 at 12:30PM: It's a bummer to get sick on a vacation. Anyone who has been holed up in a hotel with the chills or worse instead of out enjoying the trip that you paid for can vouch for that. Illness isn't great for tourism either. Mexico tourism has hit the skids because of H1N1 virus, aka, swine flu. Folks in the Mexico tourism industry have begun to cook up ideas to entice tourists to head south. Here's ...Daily travel deal - Mexican Riviera all inclusive resort 4 nights + air from $680
May 3rd, 2009 at 2:00PM: Sure, the media may be trying to convince us that Mexico is off-limits at the moment, but now the whole swine flu panic is starting to die down, it is time to start checking out some of the bargains to be found. Today's deal will fly you to Cancun, and let you enjoy the luxurious Valentin Imperial Maya resort for 4 nights. The Valentin Imperial Maya is an adult only all inclusive resort, with more ...Mayan retro spa in Cancun
Apr 13th, 2009 at 3:00PM: A great massage needs no embellishment. The simple act of kneading stress from your body is enough. Warm Jacuzzi waters afterward complete the experience, especially when washed down with crisp cucumber water. A twist that enhances the experience, though, can matter, as I learned at the JW Marriott's spa in Cancun, Mexico.
The on-site spa infuses its treatments with Mayan ritual, adding a sense ...Gadling Take FIVE: Week of March 6 --March 13
Mar 13th, 2009 at 7:00PM: Happy Friday the 13th. My day has actually gone well. I hope yours has as well. Once again there is a hodge podge of happenings around the world that have captured our notice here at Gadling.
In case you missed this one, Scott pointed out that this is the Year of the Comic Book in Brussels.
Tom gave a heads up to Cancun's Mercado 28, one he has found to be particularly friendly.
As a ...Cancun's Mercado 28, a friendly outdoor market
Mar 10th, 2009 at 9:00AM: The local vendors manning the kiosks at Mercado 28 – Cancun's outdoor marketplace – do not disappoint. They are ready to cut you a deal and almost seem to be acting in character when you step onto the sidewalk. One instructs you, "It starts here," ushering you inot his store. All greet with "amigo" and promises of "nearly free" prices on jewelry, pottery and "genuine" Cuban cigars, ...Budget Travel: Mexico
Feb 23rd, 2009 at 11:30AM:
Spring Break is upon us, and for most college kids, March means two things: basketball and getting your color back on some tropical beach. When I think Mexico, I think drugs and girls gone wild, but there's something about Mexico that really draws a crowd in March and continues through the summer until late October. As Mexico continues to rank among the top spring break hot spots (this year ...Gadling goes to Chichen Itza (and so does everyone else)
Jan 14th, 2009 at 8:30AM: Located in the heart of the Yucatan Peninsula, Chichen Itza is one of Mexico's most popular Mayan ruins, and for good reason. Only three hours by bus from Cancún, the thousand-year-old ruins transport you back to an age of hierogloyphics, massive temple-pyramids, and human sacrifices.
Are there tourists? Oh yeah, in spades. Tell someone traveling around Mexico that you've just been to ...Give a Toy and Get a Smile: a charity organization in Cancun that helps tourists give
Nov 26th, 2008 at 4:00PM: Last March I went to Mexico on a do-good travel venture which involved building a house. Here is a simpler way to do good if you are heading to Cancun, Mexico on a vacation and want to share your good fortune at being able to afford such a vacation in the first place.
When I read about this program in Home and Away magazine, it caught my attention as one way to count blessings while on a holiday ...Cancun Takes a Breather
Mar 15th, 2006 at 8:57AM: We did a piece
for AOL about some of the hidden spots to check out during Spring Break in Mexico. Not on the list, for reasons that
should be obvious, was Cancun. Me, I'm no fan of Cancun, the sweltering, tourist-ridden Shangri-la for, it seems, every
cheesy American partygoer who wants to "experience" a foreign culture. Sure, the diving is good at nearby
Cozumel, but you can have ...
