Mayakoba: A Village of Luxuries

Imagine beginning your day on a Greg Norman Signature golf course that loops from mangrove woods to jungle to beach. After that, enjoy a mouth-watering Asian lunch at Banyan Tree’s Saffron restaurant. In the afternoon, it’s time to renew body and soul at the luxuriously pampering. As evening sets, dinner is enjoyed under a graceful palapa at Las Brisas, the Fairmont’s beachside restaurant. This perfect day comes to an end in a Rosewood Mayakoba room with its own dock ... or perhaps a Fairmont casita overlooking a lagoon ...  or in a Banyan Tree villa complete with its own private pool.
 

The typical resort relegates its guests to a single hotel and its facilities. Mayakoba is something new under the sun -- a unique community of luxury brands that offers guests a wealth of choice. Just as the various environments of the site -- mangroves, beach and reefs -- exist in an ecological balance, so each high-end hotel has a different personality that complements the others.

Located at the heart of the development, the 401-room Fairmont Mayakoba is operated by Toronto-based Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, the historic luxury brand known for its international icons including The Fairmont San Francisco, Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac and London’s legendary Savoy. Beyond extensive event facilities and a Willow Stream spa, Fairmont Mayakoba offers the exclusive oceanside casitas overlooking rolling white sand dunes and the Caribbean waters.  Recognized for its operation of premier, Audubon accredited golf courses, Fairmont also manages El Camaleón, the 18-hole Greg Norman designed course. El Camaleón is the host of The Mayakoba Golf Classic, Mexico’s historic first PGA event which was held in February 2007 and will continue to be hosted annually until 2012.

Rosewood Mayakoba comes from Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, a U.S. company that excels in small, one-of-a-kind luxury hotels. Three celebrated properties – The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel in New York City, Las Ventanas al Paraíso, A Rosewood Resort in Mexico and The Mansion on Turtle Creek, A Rosewood Hotel in Dallas – indicate Rosewood’s range and caliber. All Rosewood Mayakoba’s 128 rooms will be on the water, with their own plunge pool, garden and outdoor shower.

With Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts, the Singapore hotel group wanted to bring a little Asia to the Americas. Known for its extraordinary locations and legendary spas, Banyan Tree hotels and spas are found in Bangkok, Phuket, Maldives and Seychelles. At Mayakoba, all 132 Banyan Tree villas come with private pools, outdoor Jacuzzis, meditation salas and spacious poolside terraces.