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Here Are Mexico's Hottest New Hotels

Nov 04, 2021
Hotels and Resorts  Mexico  
Here Are Mexico's Hottest New Hotels
Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Cancun opened in January.
Credit: 2021 Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Cancun

Even the COVID-19 pandemic can’t hold back new hotel development in Mexico. According to hotel industry website Hospitality Net, Mexico is currently the top country for hotel construction in Latin America, with Mexico City, Cancun and Guadalajara among the cities with the most rooms in the pipeline — though travelers will find new accommodation options in all the major tourism destinations.

Here are some of the top new developments.

New Hotels in the Mexican Caribbean

Among the biggest new hotels this year in Cancun is the all-inclusive Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Cancun, which opened in January 2021 in the Costa Mujeres development with 11 restaurants, a spa and lots of Hollywood memorabilia. Also open since January 2021 is the 359-room Sensira Resort & Spa Riviera Maya, which features 13 restaurants and bars, a 650-person convention center, tennis courts and an 18-hole mini-golf course.

Sensira Resort & Spa Riviera Maya features an on-site pool.
Sensira Resort & Spa Riviera Maya features an on-site pool.
Credit: 2021 Sensira Resort & Spa Riviera Maya

Open since February 2021, meanwhile, is SLS Cancun Hotel & Residences, the first SLS hotel in Mexico, which features 45 suites, 130 residential units, a private marina and an 18-hole Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course. Also celebrating a February 2021 debut was the 140-room Aloft Tulum, which marks the arrival of the first internationally branded property in that popular beach destination. The hotel has a rooftop lounge and bar with an infinity pool, as well as what is billed as Tulum’s only hotel venue for corporate meetings. Aloft won’t be the only international brand for long, however, as Wyndham Hotels & Resorts puts the final touches on the 96-room Esplendor by Wyndham Tulum Nook, which begins accepting reservations for stays after Dec. 1, 2021.

New hotels that are decidedly family-friendly include the 280-room Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Riviera Maya, which launched in June 2021 with six restaurants, a 6-acre waterpark and a variety of kid-friendly activities including character experiences.

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Grownups, meanwhile, may be interested in the 900-room Hotel Xcaret Arte, the first adults-only Grupo Xcaret property, which debuted in July 2021. Opening in December 2021 is Live Aqua Beach Resort Riviera Maya Tulkal, part of a new La Coleccion Resorts development that will also include the Fiesta Americana Riviera Maya Tulkal, as well as the Tulkal Convention Center, which will have a 3,000-person ballroom and 400-seat theater.

Also new to the region are the all-inclusive, 715-room Hilton Cancun, and the 683-room Secrets Moxche Playa del Carmen (which opens in December).

Hotel Xcaret Arte is the first adults-only Gupo Xcaret property.
Hotel Xcaret Arte is the first adults-only Gupo Xcaret property.
Credit: 2021 Hotel Xcaret Arte

New Hotels on Mexico’s Pacific Coast

A variety of vacation destinations on the Pacific Coast are expanding their hotel offerings. Villa La Valencia Beach Resort & Spa Los Cabos, which features a sizeable spa, opened in October 2021, and the 120-room St. Regis Los Cabos Hotel and Residences, featuring the Jack Nicklaus Signature Course at Quivira Golf Club, will open in the fall of 2022. Slated for a 2024 launch is Amanvari, part of Aman Resorts, which will offer luxury accommodations with contemporary design elements.

Elsewhere in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, the 35-room Paradero Todos Santos opened in February 2021, fewer than 50 miles from the airport in San Jose del Cabo. The property combines stylish settings with nature-based activities.

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Across the Sea of Cortez, Mazatlan is preparing to welcome new hotels, including the 150-room Hyde Hotel & Residences Mazatlan, which in 2023 will mark Accor’s first foray into Mexico with its new lifestyle brand, and an Avid hotel, representing one of IHG Hotels & Resorts' newest mid-market brands.

Properties offering a variety of price points are also in the works in Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit. Among the largest  debuts are the 278-room Secrets Bahia Mita Surf & Spa Resort and the 363-room Dreams Bahia Mita Surf & Spa Resort (both opened August 2021), and the 59-suite Susurros del Corazon, an Auberge Resorts Collection property scheduled for early 2022. In addition, the Grand Matlali Hills Resort & Spa has been renovated and reflagged as the first all-inclusive Delta Hotels by Marriott resort, with plans to expand room count from 117 to 300 by 2023.

Upscale travelers, meanwhile, will soon have yet another reason to consider a visit to Costalegre, the relatively new luxury beach destination in the state of Jalisco. The 155-room Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo will open its doors later this year with a spa, championship golf course by David Fleming and cliffside suites with private pools.

Paradero Todos Santos is conveniently located fewer than 50 miles from San Jose del Cabo’s airport.
Paradero Todos Santos is conveniently located fewer than 50 miles from San Jose del Cabo’s airport.
Credit: 2021 Paradero Todos Santos

New Hotels in Mexico’s Interior

Travelers headed to Mexico’s interior cities will find lots of new options in the coming months and years, as well. In Mexico City, for example, new hotels include the 168-room Novotel Mexico City Toreo, the 400-room Wyndham Grand Mexico City and the 153-room Ritz-Carlton, Mexico City.

In Guadalajara, IHG is opening a 115-room Avid Hotel and add yet another 120-room Holiday Inn Express in 2021; the completion date for a second Avid Hotel, located near the Guadalajara Expo, has yet to be announced.

Further north, in Monterrey, the 233-room JW Marriott Monterrey Valle is open, along with IHG's 170-room Holiday Inn Express near Monterrey’s Parque Fundidora, a popular urban park with multiple attractions.

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