Riviera Nayarit is offering agents the chance to win a luxury all-inclusive vacation for four nights and be among the first to experience the new Marival Residence World Spa that opened in December in Nuevo Vallarta.

The promotion asks travel agents to identify what makes Riviera Nayarit an appealing destination in return for a chance to visit the destination. Submissions will be accepted from March 25-August 14 and the winner will be notified on August 31.

It is easy and quick for agents to participate in this promotion. Log onto the Riviera Nayarit website, www.RivieraNayarit.com, and go to the Travel Professionals webpage. Enter to register and you will be prompted to rank eight given reasons from one (the most important) to eight (the least important).

We’re proud now to offer the best party tour in Cozumel, enjoy 5 hours ‘n’ 40 miles of fun on the Cozumel bar hop!

See all the sights of the island as your Designated Driver drives you to drink!

Party tour to 5 bars!

My previous trips to Cozumel have been spent mainly underwater, sucking air from a scuba tank and making google eyes at groupers and moray eels.

Not this time.

We’re looking for a little solitary non-confinement, so we keep driving past the reggae beach bar to a quaint little thatch-roofed palapa advertising cold beer and snacks.

It’s in the middle of nowhere, and the sound of surf crashing is better than Mozart. We nibble ceviche and absorb the view, which is bursting with white sand and turquoise water, just like those TV commercials for Mexican cerveza.

Heaven!

The United States wants the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to cancel all of Haiti’s debt, standing at some $447 million, US Treasury sources said on Thursday.

The United States also supports a “robust” increase in the bank’s capital, the main issue on the agenda of its annual meeting in Cancun, Mexico, which was scheduled to start yesterday, one of the sources said, without giving a figure.

“What we have to work out is the manner in which Haiti’s debt to this institution (IDB) is cancelled,” another source said in a telephone conference with journalists, giving the figure as $447 million.

The US Senate last week unanimously approved a resolution calling for easing Haiti’s debt burden to help with reconstruction efforts in the wake of the devastating January 12 earthquake.

The IDB estimates that Haiti’s reconstruction could cost up to $14 billion.

The private residences made available by Four Seasons are hot commodities whether it’s winter, spring, summer, or fall. While floor plans and layouts differ by location, the accommodations and service are exemplary at any of the 21 Four Seasons locations with onsite private residences. Only 15 of the destinations making up the Four Seasons Private Residences have openings available.

The private residences at the Four Seasons Vail are luxury-latent cabins that range from one to five bedrooms with square feet from 1,700 to more than 5,550. Each of the 16 units, which surround the resort, has an original floor plan.

Bora Bora, Miami, Seychelles (Caribbean), Beijing, and Punta Mita, Mexico, are five of the Four Seasons locations with private residences for sale.

The Grand Luxxe, a Grupo Vidanta hotel, will be located in Nuevo Vallarta and will open to guests in April.

Mexico’s latest luxury product will offer such impressive rooms as The Grand Luxxe Suite and the Grand Villa, both of which range from 2,700 to 3,000 square feet, and have a large terrace and a private plunge pool.

Each bathroom is spacious and includes a free-standing tub with a sliding door to offer views of the sea while bathing.

Nuevo Vallarta is 20 minutes north of the Puerto Vallarta International Airport. As part of Riviera Nayarit, Nuevo Vallarta is considered a fairly new destination, almost three years old.

On Thursday, at Marina de la Cruz de Huanacaxtle-with the presence of the Secretary of Navy, Admiral Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, Governor Ney Gonzalez Sanchez opened the Latinoamerican Boat Show, one of the most attractive sailing events and prestigious in the world, with a large sample of ships of the highest quality.

With the attendance of the world president of Brunswick Corporation, Dustin McCoy, and the director of the Boat Show, Raul Serna, as well as authorities of the three tiers of government, among other special guests, the state ruler said that the momentum Federal Government has given the Nayarit tourism to be capable of hosting world class sailing events.

“Thanks to all of them; I am honored to have them in the Riviera Nayarit, today we opened the doors for a special event, a singular event, where Nayarit, in the land formerly known as Aztlán from where came the 7 tribes nahuatlacas — he mentioned, to found the Great Tenochtitlan this land called Nayarit, which is backbone of rural economy, agriculture, tourism and a great hope. ”

“It’s in the Riviera Nayarit, where, in addition to golf, spa, history, culture, traditions, today we can offer the world a tourist destination with a strong vocation for sailing, where the Cup Regatta Mexico has a very special meaning in the competition of tourism, “he said.

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If you’re hoping for another year of dirt-cheap cruising, I have news for you: That ship has sailed.

After foundering in the recession, cruise lines have been buoyed by a recent surge in bookings. And that is bringing higher prices.

With that in mind, here are five ways to trim your budget sails in 2010:

Head for Mexico: With recent fares as low as $429 for seven-day, round-trip sailings from Southern California, the Mexican Riviera (Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta) is hard to beat for savings. Prices have been pounded by California’s weakened economy, Mexico’s drug wars and the entry of bigger ships into the market, experts say.

The Tourism Minister Rodolfo Elizondo, reiterated its commitment to deploy a comprehensive and strategic promotional campaign in major tourist markets of USA, Canada, Europe and South America, to recover the loss of tourists registered in 2009.

During the opening of the Golf Course Litibú stressed the importance of resorts such as the Riviera Nayarit, to draw more tourists and create attractive for visitors to extend their stay in the country, like Mexico Regatta which takes place in one of local marinas.

He insisted that the rich heritage of the country, making Mexico one of the most attractive destinations for domestic and international tourists, so the importance of investing in more infrastructure and tourism services, where entrepreneurs have confidence.

To President Felipe Calderón, the official said that projects like Litibú Golf Course, which has been endowed with great infrastructure while protecting the environment, sure to attract more tourists.

To President Felipe Calderón, the official said that projects like Litibú Golf Course, which has been endowed with great infrastructure while protecting the environment, sure to attract more tourists.

In turn, the Governor Ney Gonzalez Sanchez thanked President Calderon’s financial support to achieve the tourism and economic emergence of the Riviera Nayarit, which the president fulfilled his word that “friendship that is not reflected in the budget is not friendship”.