Upcoming Events

Riviera Maya Jazz Festival, Playa del Carmen, November 26, 27 & 28 The line up for the 2015 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival includes Gino Vanelli in his second appearance at the event, Dweezil Zappa, son of the legendary Frank Zappa, the Zawinul Legacy Band founded by a former member of Weather Report, Dirty Loops and Mexican band Resorte, among others.

Rosa Dorantes, Duty Manager at The Royal Cancun

Originally from Cenotillo near the colonial town of Izamal in the state of Yucatan, The Royal Cancun Duty Manager Rosa Dorantes moved to Cancun with her parents when she was a child. “Thirty years ago, Cancun was very different, she reminisces.…

A Mexican Morning of Cuisine and Traditions

For something different on your next visit and an activity you can share with the whole family, why not spend the day with a local chef to learn the secrets of the Mexican kitchen? Thomas More Travel offers a culinary experience that gives you…

Playa del Carmen to follow Cancun with a recycling plant

The Solidaridad municipal district will soon have its own garbage recycling plant to process waste generated in Playa del Carmen and surrounding areas. An area next to the city landfill is being prepared for the plant, which will recycle 30…

Expansion of Cozumel’s Cruise Port

The most visited cruise ship destination in the Caribbean, Cozumel received an additional boost with the expansion of Puerta Maya, one of the island’s three cruise ship terminals. Carnival Corporation has added a third berth to its pier at…

Cancun visitor numbers up on 2014

The latest Cancun Hotel Association tourism figures for the period January – August 2015 show that Cancun has welcomed 3,714,599 visitors to date, 7.2 percent up on the same period in 2014. The forecast is that it will finish the year with…

Bridge over Bojorquez Lagoon in Cancun to Go Ahead in 2016

FONATUR, the government agency that oversees landscaping and the upkeep of Cancun, announced the building of a bridge in the Hotel Zone to alleviate traffic congestion in the Punta Cancun area. The bridge will span Bojorquez Lagoon, which is…

Record-breaking Turtle Season at Xcacel-Xcacelito Turtle Sanctuary

The best nesting season ever, a record-breaking year is how biologists have rated the summer of 2015 at the Xcacel-Xcacelito Turtle Sanctuary. More than 4,700 green and loggerhead turtles laid precious 376,000 eggs along this pristine 2.5-kilometer…

2015 OHL Golf Classic at MayaKoba

Graeme McDowell (2010 U.S. Open) is the 2015 OHL Golf Classic champion, beating a field of leading PGA players in a rain-interrupted tournament that carried over until Monday, November 16. He came through in a sudden death playoff to take the…

Don’t get caught off guard in 2016 due to Week 0, check your Interval Calendar

As you know, 2016 is a Week 0 year at Royal Resorts and the interval dates change accordingly. We would like to remind you to check the Weekly Interval Calendar on the Royal Resorts website: http://www.royalresorts.com/interval-calendar.asp…