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Cancun Welcomes its very own Maya Museum

Cancun Welcomes its very own Maya Museum

Posted 28 November 2012 | By | Categories: Arts and Culture, Current Travel Press Releases, News Flash | 2 Comments

Cancun, Mexico (November 13, 2012) – The Cancun Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) is proud to announce the inauguration of one of the destination’s most anticipated attractions: Cancun’s Maya Museum. Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, presided over the inauguration ceremony on November 1. After six years of construction, the museum’s modern structure has become the largest [...]

Funding for Forest Protection in a New Sustainable Mexico

Posted 22 June 2012 | By | Categories: Ecology, News Flash, Travel | No Comments

Mexico Today News Mexico has just received almost $400 million from the World Bank in the form of a loan and from the Forest Investment Program (FIP) in order to develop a stronger forest protection plan. The Forest Investment Program, part of the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF), strives to combat deforestation and prevent the degradation [...]

Cleantech Challenge Mexico Promotes Green Industry Development and Green Economy in Mexico

Posted 18 June 2012 | By | Categories: Ecology, News and Current Events, News Flash, Travel | No Comments

Mexico Today News In 2008, Mexico followed in the environmental footsteps of cities like Boston and London in the creation of the Cleantech Challenge Mexico (CTCM). Cleantech Challenge Mexico is a tournament of sorts that was originally initiated in Nairobi, Kenya. The competition helps bring green entrepreneurs together in order to instigate real change and [...]

Alejandro Ramirez of the B20 Talks Economics

Posted 12 June 2012 | By | Categories: Business, MP News, News and Current Events | No Comments

Mexico Today News Recently Alejandro Ramirez, the chair of the organizing committee of the B20 Summit 2012 spoke on Bloomberg’s TV show “InBusiness” about the current economic situations in the US, Europe, and Latin America. He explained the role Latin American economies have played and will play in the future of the world’s political economy. [...]

Mexico Still Tops the List for Spring Break

Posted 28 May 2012 | By | Categories: News and Current Events, News Flash | No Comments

Today’s Travel News Living in Arizona, Mexico has always been the destination of choice for Spring Break. It’s good to see things are still going strong. Mexico has retained its position as a top Spring Break location for American students, as well as students from around the world. This year alone, 600,000 tourists visited Mexico, [...]

Tourism on the Agenda

Tourism on the Agenda

Posted 28 May 2012 | By | Categories: Events, News and Current Events, News Flash, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Today’s Travel News The T20 meeting was held on May 15 and 16 in Merida, Yucatan.  At the forum, the Ministers of Tourism from the 20 most developed economies in the world discussed the topic of “Tourism: an Opportunity to Generate Jobs”. This meeting was a lead up to the G20 Leaders Summit which will take [...]

Mexican Jockey Could Make Horse Racing History

Mexican Jockey Could Make Horse Racing History

Posted 24 May 2012 | By | Categories: Events, News Flash | No Comments

By: Lisa Coleman It’s no secret that I’m a big horse racing fan. My father starting taking me to the track when I was 12 years old, and I’ve been hooked ever since. I’ve been to the Kentucky Derby 22 of the last 25 years and it’s always an incredible thrill. On June 9th, a [...]