MND Local: November news in Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta continues to fortify its presumption arsenic 1 of Mexico’s starring destinations, with caller developments and assemblage initiatives shaping the city’s maturation up of the 2026 tourism season.

Federal tribunal ruling whitethorn wide the mode for Uber pickups astatine Puerto Vallarta Airport

A national tribunal has granted Uber a definitive injunction that allows its drivers to run wrong federally regulated airdrome zones crossed Mexico portion a broader law lawsuit proceeds. 

Can Uber prime you up astatine Puerto Vallarta Airport? That depends connected who you ask. (Puerto Vallarta Airport)

The decision, issued October 27 by District Judge Adriana Judith Uribe Vidal, prevents authorities from detaining oregon fining drivers who are completing app-based trips astatine much than 70 terminals nationwide.

In Jalisco, Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro confirmed that the authorities volition grant the ruling, authorizing pickups and drop-offs astatine Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta airports. However, section reports bespeak that the National Guard has yet to person ceremonial notification of the injunction, starring Uber drivers successful Puerto Vallarta to hold their operations wrong the airdrome portion to debar imaginable detentions. 

The politician has called for a “piso parejo,” oregon a level playing field, betwixt ride-hailing platforms and airdrome taxi concessions.

At Puerto Vallarta’s Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, the ruling could soon extremity years of restrictions that forced travelers to conscionable Uber drivers extracurricular terminal grounds. However, the national authorities is presently claiming that the judge’s determination does not code Uber’s close to run successful Mexico’s airports.

In an October 29 property release, Mexico’s national transport authorization (SICT) clarified that the measurement requires the National Guard to “follow the Federal Roads, Bridges, and Motor Transport Law, and the corresponding applicable regulations, preventing them from being arbitrary and discriminatory” but does not regenerate the existing permitting strategy and frankincense does not let Uber to run successful airports, since the institution does not person a national licence to bash so. 

No Supreme Court ruling issued

Despite what immoderate Mexican societal media channels and section media reports person reported since the national judge’s ruling, the Mexican Supreme Court has not precocious weighed successful connected the debate.

A caller ruling from a territory justice should let Uber drivers to run astatine much than 70 airdrome terminals crossed Mexico, but immoderate imaginable roadblocks remain. (Shutterstock)

As the vacation play approaches, authorities are moving to coordinate curbside entree and signage to guarantee creaseless work for passengers.

City advances connected Agua Azul ecological parkland plans

Puerto Vallarta is moving guardant with plans to make Agua Azul Park, a caller ecological and recreational country designed to beforehand biology conservation and assemblage use. The task aims to alteration an abandoned earthy abstraction into a sustainable parkland featuring hiking trails and outdoor gathering areas, portion maintaining the site’s ecological balance.

The inaugural is portion of Mayor Luis Munguía González’s broader strategy to grow greenish spaces passim the city. PV’s Manager of Territory and Sustainable City, Vincent O’Halloran Lepe, precocious led a coordination gathering with representatives from academic, taste and backstage sectors to refine the park’s plan and purpose. 

Attendees included Dr. Alberto Reyes from the Jalisco Higher Technological Institute, Óscar Morán from the Office of Cultural Projects (OPC) and Luis Salazar and Eduardo Tapia from the Banderas Bay Project.

Officials accidental that collaboration among the government, civilian nine and backstage assemblage is simply a cardinal to ensuring the parkland reflects assemblage needs and biology goals. The projected plan emphasizes eco-friendly recreation, specified arsenic hiking and quality observation, arsenic tools for acquisition and preservation. 

Once complete, Agua Azul Park is expected to go a exemplary for sustainable municipality improvement and a caller gathering spot for residents and visitors.

TAFER Hotels expands its PV portfolio successful 2026

A caller Garza Blanca Sanctuary Tower volition connection much pampering excavation options for travelers to the destination successful 2026. (TAFER Hotels and Resorts)

TAFER Hotels & Resorts has announced the upcoming opening of Garza Blanca Sanctuary Tower, a caller summation to its Garza Blanca Preserve Resort & Spa analyzable successful Puerto Vallarta. 

The archetypal operation is scheduled to unfastened successful aboriginal 2026, with a 2nd Sanctuary operation acceptable to debut aboriginal adjacent year.

The 20-story improvement volition diagnostic 118 oceanfront suites overlooking Banderas Bay, featuring backstage balconies and Jacuzzis. Accommodations volition see family-friendly and adults-only options, with designs ranging from themed suites to luxury penthouses.

Guests volition person entree to the neighboring Garza Blanca Preserve’s amenities, including aggregate pools, Jacuzzis, a white-sand beach, TierraLuna Gardens, a fittingness halfway and a Kids’ Club. The culinary offerings volition diagnostic 8 restaurants and 2 bars, including caller Mediterranean and Japanese concepts, positive an adults-only rooftop lounge.

The task expands TAFER’s beingness successful Puerto Vallarta, wherever it already operates respective properties nether brands specified arsenic Garza Blanca Resort & Spa, Hotel Mousai and Villa del Palmar. Reservations for Garza Blanca Sanctuary are expected to unfastened this month.