ASTA Mexico Summer 2012 Hotels & Resorts According to tourism officials, an estimated $1.5bn will be spent on new hotel developments in Mexico over the next five years. This includes around $500m by InterContinental Hotels Group to create 47 new properties. Starwood Hotels & Resorts will be adding three Mexican properties to its existing...

  Budget Travel: Mexico's Next “It” Destinations “People think they know Mexico, but they don't,” says Gloria Guevara, Mexico's Secretary of Tourism. “Mexicans don't even know Mexico.” Though the resort towns of Mexico's Pacific and Caribbean coasts are frequently visited by Americans, most of the country's interior—all 1,220,610 square miles of it—is barely on...

When I first started traveling to Mexico, lodging choices veered between humble homegrown pensions or rather dingy motels and the massive El Presidente, Fiesta Americana and similar hotel chains. There was virtually nothing in the middle. As more comfortable, well-run but still small and locally owned inns and small hotels sprung up, they weren't...

Puerto Vallarta, MEXICO (March 27, 2012) – Excellence in travel writing comes in many forms and, in Mexico, recognition for these endeavors now comes in the form of the Nick Gallo Award, created by MexicoPremiere.com  and co- sponsored by Mexico Boutique Hotels four years ago in honor of one of the country’s fondest admirers....

Puebla This sleepy colonial town in central Mexico claims a stake on the map for its beautiful cathedral, famous university and the fact that it is the birthplace of the ubiquitous, faintly chocolaty mole poblano sauce. Locals say it was first concocted by nuns in a panic over the archbishop’s sudden visit. Today’s poblano...

HEADING to Puerto Vallarta for some sunshine this winter? Book one of its boutique hotels, where your stay is a worthy vacation experience in itself. These six are unique, intimate and have loads of character.

Puebla, Mexico, is famous for its namesake dish, mole poblano (meaning mole of Puebla). Mole is a heady, exotic sauce made of some 30 or so ingredients, including unsweetened chocolate, various chilies, corn tortillas, cinnamon, spices, nuts, tomatoes and onions. It is a rich, dark brown and a tantalizing topping for chicken and sometimes...

David Simmonds Our old friend and colleague Nick Gallo tragically died just over four years ago. Please read about that here. The following year we at Mexico Premiere started the Nick Gallo Award, dedicated to Nick’s memory and the lofty standards he brought, yes, demanded, to travel writing.  The Gallo Award fills the void...

Inside the brilliantly hued Talavera-tiled kitchen, I was learning a seriously important "don't" of poblano cuisine. Don't inhale. At least not while leaning above chiles roasting over a stove's open flame. It's not as painful as rubbing chile oil in your eyes, but spicy steam will fill your lungs. The resulting coughing fit, however,...

During my stay in Puerto Vallarta, my husband and I had the absolute pleasure of spending 3 nights at a boutique hotel located in the heart of the city (a honeymoon treat). The Hacienda San Angel is one of the most beautiful hotels I have ever seen and I had to share my experience...