Karen Bussen is one of America’s most renowned wedding planners. Karen has recently teamed up with the Fiesta Hotel Group and has introduced her successful ‘Simple Stunning Packages’ in Punta Cana and the Riviera Maya. These new wedding and honeymoon packages are

Grand Palladium Vallarta Resort & Spa

available at the Palladium Hotels & Resorts and The Royal Suites of Palladium. Due to a high demand for religious ceremonies, the new developments will also include a colonial style chapel which is to be inaugurated at the Grand Palladium Vallarta Resort & Spa in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico.

The wedding and honeymoon packages are based on the mood and natural surroundings of each of the unique wedding venues. The packages are designed to suit a range of budgets and imaginations. Couples can include their wedding in their holiday packages to Mexico and enjoy a stunning ceremony in an intimate chapel or on a cliff top overlooking the beautiful Caribbean Sea. The packages offered by the Fiesta Group Hotels in Punta Cana and the Riviera Maya allow couples to personalise their wedding with less restrictions than other Caribbean resorts.

The new colonial style chapel at the Grand Palladium Vallarta Resort & Spa will seat up to 100 guests and is part of a wider development to convert the Palladium Vallarta Resort & Spa into the Grand Palladium Resort & Spa. This will include a complete renovation of all the guest rooms, a new a la carte steak house restaurant, sauna area and massage cabins for couples at the spa. This five star all inclusive resort is surrounded by the dramatic Pacific Ocean and is already popular for overseas weddings.

Riviera Nayarit, Mexico

Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit lies between the Pacific Ocean and the Western Sierra Madre Mountains, with it’s southern border just 10 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta International Airport and its northern border just 40 minutes west of Tepic International Airport. With a backdrop of lush green mountains and nearly 200 miles of golden beaches, the Riviera Nayarit is an ideal location for romantic get-aways, weddings and honeymoons. There are always plenty of cheap holidays

humpback whale

available to this beautiful part of Mexico where you can enjoy a sub-humid climate and an annual average temperature of 25°C. Nayarit’s amazing coastline winds it’s way through Banderas Bay, Compostela, San Blas, Santiago and Tecuala. The small towns and villages along this coastline are brimming with culture and history and have a wealth of sights and attractions for visitors. Visit Banderas Bay, one of the most beautiful bays in the world, during the winter and you will see humpback whales who visit the bay to give birth. This is an amazing sight and the memory will stay with you forever.

Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts have announced the creation of the Beloved Hotels brand. This is a new concept which combines luxury and comfort with ’boutique style’ all inclusive accommodation for total relaxation on family holidays. Excellence is a family-owned and operated business which owns and manages resort properties in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Cancun and Playa Mujeres, Mexico and Oyster Bay, Jamaica which is currently under development.

Resort Overview

La Amada Hotel, recognized as one of the best five star hotels in the Mexican Caribbean, has been chosen as the first resort to be branded in the Beloved Hotels category. This boutique style hotel is located in a tranquil Caribbean setting, just 25 minutes from Cancun International Airport. Playa Mujeres is an environmentally resort flanked by the Mexican Caribbean to the east and a wetlands wildlife preserve to the west.

The sophisticated Beloved Hotel Playa Mujeres is located in an idyllic naturally beautiful environment, offering guests an excellent service to make their stay special. Many of the properties 109 luxurious ocean view suites feature a plunge pool. Guests will experience a stay on their direct holidays to Mexico like no other holiday they have experienced before with a

Beloved Spa Pool

gigantic 35,000 square foot spa, state of the art fitness centre, the Greg Norman sea-side golf course, full service inland marina, a choice of restaurants serving a unique blend of cuisines and a beautiful two mile stretch of beach. Although the hotel is set in a secluded location, it is close enough to the nightlife, restaurants ands shops of Cancun for guests to enjoy. To the south of the hotel is the Riviera Maya where guests can explore the amazing Mayan archaeological sites and natural wonders of the area. There is something for everyone to enjoy on their holidays to the Beloved Hotel Playa Mujeres.

Kids Pool

The Beloved Hotel Playa Mujeres is not only the perfect choice for your direct holidays to Mexico but also the ideal choice for weddings and honeymoons.

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Zoetry Paraiso de la Bonita Riviera Maya has earned the prestigious 2011 AAA Five Diamond Award for the eigth consecutive year, the longest streak in Mexico’s Riviera Maya region. Zoetry Paraiso de la Bonita is one of only 103 lodgings to earn Five Diamind recognition from the AAA which is a leading travel authority. To earn AAA approval and rating lodgings and restaurants thorough unannounced inspections by the AAA’s 65 full-time professional evaluators.

Zoetry Paraiso de la Bonita is an ultra luxury boutique resort focused on wellness, serenity and romance, as well as social and environmental responsibility and is just a fifteen minute drive from Cancun airport. Set in 14 acres, including a 500 yard private beach, this property offers 90 luxurious beachfront suites featuring hand-picked furniture from around the world and ocean view terraces, the AAA Four Diamond award winning La Canoa restaurant, the first certified Thalassotherapy centre in North America and a private 48 foot catamaran. Some of the suites feature private plunge pools and some have open air showers. The award-winning La Canoa Restaurant serves a fusion of styles based on spices and chilies used in the cuisine of warm-weather countries. With a choice of inside air-conditioned seating or open-air terrace seating, the restaurant offersa superb international wine list including all the best French champagnes and some first-growth Bordeaux selections. The protected private beach, surrounding mangroves and bird sanctuary, together with the individually decorated suites can only add to the retreats magnetic draw for direct holidays to this stunning resort. Guest here have access to Endless Privileges including personalized chauffeured airport transfers, a welcome handmade beach bag and bottle of tequila, a one hour afternoon catamaran sail, one shopping excursion by boat, exclusive Visia complexion skin analysis, one 20 minute Thalasso Experience, one 20 minute wellness consultation or 30 minute fitness consultation per stay, no check-in or check-out time, complimentary 24 hour concierge, in-room dining and laundry service, daily breakfast, lunch and dinner gourmet dining options including organic food and beverage selections, complimentary cocktails and speciality beverages from a variety of domestic and international premium brands, maid service three times a day, Bvlgari bath amenities, fine linens and robes, aromatherapy pillow and linen scents and traditional Temazcal ceremonies every other day.

If you are looking for an intimate, elegant resort along the Caribbean Sea on Mexico’s beautiful Riviera Maya there are lots of holiday deals available to chose from throughout the internet. A stay here will leave you feeling nurtured, totally relaxed and wanting to return again.

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is to open its third Rosewood property in Mexico in January 2011.The Rosewood San Miguel De Allende is located about an hour from Leon International Airport, 45 minutes from Queretaro and about three and a half hours from Mexico City.

San Miguel De Allende

The town of San Miguel De Allende is nestled in the mountains to the north of Mexico City and is one of central Mexico’s oldest towns, steeped in Mexican history. 

Located in the heart of the historic colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, the hotel will offer guests a 4,000 sq ft Sense Spa with five treatment rooms, heat and steam rooms, indoor and outdoor relaxation areas, three pools, fitness centre and a yoga and pilates studio.

The hotel will have 67 spacious guestrooms and all of the suites will have wood beamed ceilings, fireplaces and the finest Mexican furnishings and will have magnificent views over El Centro, the resorts lush gardens and pool area or the wonderful skyline. Rooms and suites on the ground floor will have a private terrace with those on the first and second floor having private balconies with views of San Miguel city and the surrounding countryside.

San Miguel De Allende

Rosewood San Miguel de Allende’s signature restaurant, 1826, will offer the very best in innovative Mexican cuisine, allowing guests to enjoy both indoor and outdoor dining areas. Other dining options at the resort will include Luna, a casual, rooftop tapas restaurant, The Bar offering cocktails and snacks, Agua the poolside restaurant and bar and La Cava, a unique private dining venue in the resort’s wine ‘cava’.

There are many holiday websites offering cheap package holidays to Mexico.

Travel deals to Mexico are always available, you just have to experience this fascinating country for yourself.