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Fall Packages at the Riviera Maya HotelsThis Fall many of the Riviera Maya’s hotels in Playa del Carmen, Mexico are offering special deals and packages for families, couples and people in the military. Additionally many hotels are unveiling new facilities. The all inclusive Xpu-Há Palace, Moon Palace Golf Resort and the adults-only Aventura Spa Palace are offering complimentary wedding packages. The packages include a beautifully decorated gazebo for the ceremony; all document arrangements and legal fees, justice of the peace; domestic champagne for guests at ceremony; dinner reservations for the wedding party; breakfast in bed the morning after the wedding; a red carpet for the bride to walk on; wedding coordinator and witnesses, if required. Superior and Deluxe wedding packages priced from $1,299 in addition to the room rate are also available. Golf packages are also available at the new Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Moon Palace Golf Resort and at The Golf Club at Playacar. For more information on these Palace Resorts call 1-800-635-1836 or visit www.palaceresorts.com. The new Harmony Convention Center at the adults-only Aventura Spa Palace opened on April 1, 2003. The new conference center offers more than 55,000-square-feet of function space, with a maximum group capacity of 1,800 people. Aventura Spa Palace features 1,266 rooms with private balconies, double Jacuzzis and most with an oceanview, a full service spa with soothing treatments and an array of exquisite gourmet cuisine ranging from Oriental and Mediterranean to Mexican and vegetarian. For more information call 1-800-635-1836 or visit www.palaceresorts.com. One of the newest members of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Ikal del Mar, which means Poetry of the Sea in Mayan, is offering two special 5-night packages. “A Poetic Experience” Package includes accommodation in a Luxury Villa with private pool, daily breakfast and round-trip airport transfers and is priced at $1,879. The “Poetic Sonnets by the Sea” Package includes accommodations in a Luxury Villa with private pool, daily breakfast, two body exfoliations (one per person), an Asparalove massage (for two) and round-trip airport transfers. The package is priced at $2,244. Both packages are available until December 20, 2003 and prices are per villa. For more information call 1-888-230-7330 or visit www.ikaldelmar.com. The 270-room five-star all inclusive Gran Porto Real Resort & Spa in Playa del Carmen, a Real Resort, is offering a selection of packages for honeymooners, families, divers as well as people looking to have a destination wedding. Until December 20, 2003 the resort is also extending a special 50% discount off published rates to all active duty military, active reservists, U.S. Coast Guard, National Guardsmen as well as all coalition forces serving with U.S. troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom. For more information call 1-800-543-7556 or www.realresorts.com.mx. The all inclusive 234-room Viva Azteca and 400-room Viva Maya resorts in Playacar have expanded their dining options with the new off-property Viva Café, a modern Italian restaurant and bar located in Playa del Carmen. The first hotel company in Playacar to offer its guests an off-property dining option in Playa del Carmen the restaurant is open for dinner only and welcomes patrons not staying at the hotels. Viva Maya has also announced the opening of the Renova Spa for September 2003. The resorts are part of Viva Resorts, which has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Wyndham International, Inc. Under the agreement, as of December 1, 2003, the properties will be re-branded as Viva Wyndham Resorts and incorporated into the Wyndham portfolio. At that time the resorts will be renamed Viva Wyndham Maya and Viva Wyndham Azteca. For more information call 1-800-898-9968 or visit www.vivaresorts.com. Through December 23, 2003 Occidental Allegro Playacar, Occidental Grand Flamenco Xcaret, Occidental Caribbean Village Playacar and Occidental Royal Hideaway Playacar are saying thank you to the men and women of the U.S. military and their family members by offering 50% off its fun- and sun-filled vacations. The all inclusive rates start at $43 per person, per night and include all meals, snacks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, nightly entertainment, taxes, gratuities and more. Until December 18, 2003 kids under 12 stay, play (including Occidental Kids Clubs) and eat free at Occidental Allegro Playacar and Occidental Grand Flamenco Xcaret. For more information on any of these Occidental Hotels & Resort call 1-800-858-2258 or visit www.occidentalhotels.com. Iberostar Hotels & Resorts is offering a special travel agent rate of $55 per person, per night based on double occupancy at the Iberostar Tucan, Quetzal, Paraiso Beach and Paraiso Del Mar until December 15, 2003. These resorts are also offering scuba divers 15% off all dives. To take advantage divers need to purchase an all-inclusive hotel stay at any of these resorts with a travel agent or wholesaler and then book diving with Dressel Divers at www.dresseldivers.com. The discount is valid for students and certified divers. A new addition, the Iberostar Paraiso Lindo is expected to open in the Riviera Maya in November 2003. For more information call 1-888-923-2722 or visit www.iberostar.com. Easily accessible from many cities throughout the U.S., the seventy-five mile stretch, known as the Riviera Maya is situated in the Mexican Caribbean on the coastline of the Yucatan Peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Served by all major airlines, the Riviera Maya begins eighteen miles south of the Cancun International Airport in Playa del Secreto and extends to Punta Allen, a small fishing village located within the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve. The region features the tranquility of uncrowded beaches, a vast network of underground rivers, over 100 cenotes, the action of eco-adventure sports including kayaking, mountain biking, scuba diving, snorkeling, trekking, bird watching and deep sea fishing (equipment rentals available), proximity to many of Mexico's most significant Mayan archeological sites, the varied activities of the eco-archeological parks, plus golf courses, shopping, gourmet dining, marina and meeting and convention facilities, and a range of accommodations to suit every lifestyle and budget. For more information on the Riviera Maya call
1-888-604-6044, 011-52-984-87-31260, 011-52-984-87-30003, email at
info@rivieramaya.com or visit
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