Massive new Playa Mujeres resort expected to create 3,000 jobs

A ample edifice from hotelier Excellence Collection Group has opened successful Playa Mujeres, Quintana Roo, wherever it is expected to make 3,000 jobs.

“Today is the clip to humanize tourism, to admit that its existent spot lies successful its people,” Governor of Quintana Roo Mara Lezama Espinosa said astatine the inauguration of the adults-only edifice Excellence Coral Playa Mujeres.

Attendees astatine the ceremonial included Quintana Roo tourism officials, arsenic good arsenic Excellence Collection Group CEO Antonio Montaner and investors Bernat Pascal, Pedro Montaner and Martín Santandreu, among others.

With an concern of US $220 million, the all-inclusive edifice features 470 rooms, 7 pools and a spa. Located connected Playa Mujeres northbound of Cancún, it is Excellence Collection’s sixth spot successful the Mexican Caribbean.

The radical besides operates five-star hotels successful the Dominican Republic and Jamaica nether 3 brands that encompass the conception of all-inclusive luxury: Excellence Resorts are adults-only hotels located successful Cancún, Riviera Maya, Punta Cana and Montego Bay; the Beloved Hotels marque which offers adults-only resorts successful Cancún; and Finest Resorts, which cater to guests of each ages successful Cancún and Punta Cana.

“We couldn’t beryllium much excited to grow our adults-only all-inclusive offering with the arrogant debut of Excellence Coral Playa Mujeres successful February,” Deputy CEO Domingo Aznar said successful a statement.

🏨 Inauguramos el Hotel Excellence Coral Playa Mujeres, una obra que fortalece nuestra oferta turística con 470 habitaciones, una inversión de 220 millones de dólares y la generación de 3 mil nuevos empleos, prosperidad compartida y más bienestar para las y los trabajadores que… pic.twitter.com/Q0B7RiERub

— Mara Lezama (@MaraLezama) February 12, 2025

“Our squad strives to make unforgettable, elevated experiences, and this caller spot volition supply the highest level of work and sophistication to travelers seeking romance and relaxation,” helium added.

Lezama said the edifice radical plans further investments successful Quintana Roo, including a caller improvement successful Puerto Morelos, betwixt Cancún and Playa del Carmen successful the Riviera Maya, amounting to US $200 million.

According to Marissa Setién, caput of the Costa Mujeres Hotel Association, the municipality of Isla Mujeres (which encompasses the land Isla Mujeres and portion of the coastal country northbound of Cancún) volition have 11,000 edifice rooms successful the adjacent 2 years and 25,000 rooms by 2030. There are presently 9,000 edifice rooms successful the municipality.

With reports from Reportur and El Economista