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mexico onsitereview O C T O B E R 2 0 12 A 1-bedroom oceanview guestroom. villa del palmar cancun beach resort & spa paloma villaverde de rico The hotels that make up the Villa del Palmar Resort Collection offer all the customary amenities and delights associated with a luxury hotel brand, but in order to up the ante and stand head and shoulders above the rest, they’ve launched a new branding campaign, “Your story starts here,” that aims to provide all guests with vacations that are unique and personal and where lifetime memories will be forged. In other words, they want the Villa del Palmar Resort Collection—with several properties in ﬁve Mexican destinations from Loreto to Cancun—to be your client’s home-away-from-home in Mexico, and for your client’s string of Mexico vacation memories to be linked to the Villa del Palmar name. And indeed, the 415-room Villa del Palmar Cancun Beach Resort & Spa, where we plunked our suitcase and made ourselves right at home a few months back, does offer up a home-style ambiance (don’t let the number of rooms make you think otherwise), with accommodations that offer modern decor, full kitchens, washer/ dryer and some suites so spectacularly spacious, your clients will want to move in and call Cancun their permanent home. One thing, though, don’t expect home-style cooking here (although we know 20 february 2013 20-21 MX VillaOnsite.indd 20 that could be good), because what comes out of the kitchens of the resort’s four restaurants is a dazzling display of haute culinary art. The cuisine—everything from sushi at Hiroshi to authentic Mexican cuisine at Zama—is truly taken to new heights and will be, we bet on it, the highlight of the resort stay. Says Carlos Aquino, v.p. of hospitality sales & marketing at The Villa Group Resorts, the culinary aspect “is one of the key attributes that sets the hotel apart and is a strong area of focus for us as a company. Traditionally, all-inclusive hotels have been associated with being very buffet driven and with limited a la carte options. At Villa del Palmar Cancun we aim to raise the bar and provide our guests with a truly outstanding culinary experience.” Best part? The cuisine is only a taste of the fabulous service served up throughout your client’s resort stay. “The hotel,” continues Aquino, “provides our guests with a well-rounded experience, from relaxing on the beach, to enjoying our world-class Village Spa, casually taking in the sun or a game in one of our many outside beach bars. There are areas for families and adults recommend.com 1/22/13 11:09 AM http://www.recommend.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recommend February 2013

Editor's Notes/Agent Speak
Hotel Desk: Virgin Limited Edition
Tour Talk: GeoEx
Celebrity Reflection
Villa del Palmar Cancun Beach resort & Spa
Karisma's Gourmet Feast: Top-End Cuisine & Service
El Secreto, Ambergris Caye, Belize
Hamburg Travel Planner 2013
The Kenya Formula: Wild + Tribal + Luxe
Fiji-3 Luxe Resorts Reflect its Plush Side
Gansevoort Turks & Caicos
It Pays to Book Villas
High-End stays Stateside
The Angler's Boutique Resort, Miami Beach

Recommend February 2013