Cancun Today

If you have a Mexican cell phone (Telcel, Movistar) that you activated before April 2009, it will probably stop working on April 10th unless you register it with the new national registry of mobile phone users (RENAUT). Since April 2009 new phones (actually the sim cards in them) have been registered at the time they were activated, so they’re OK. Older phones have had a one-year grace period to get registered, that year expires on 10 April 2010. It’s important to register older numbers before then if you want to continue using them.

Read the instructions at Registering a Mexican cellphone with RENAUT – San Felipe Life.

A BRITISH couple struggling to afford their dream wedding have made porn films in order to finance the venture.

Lisa Brand, 34, and Tommy Barnes, 36, from Macclesfield, Cheshire, have already earned more than $2000 from three X-rated movies.

They plan to make four more to raise cash for a beach ceremony in Cancun, Mexico, next June.

The pair, who have four children, have played a photographer and lingerie model who strip for sex, and also appeared in a threesome and spanking scene.

via Porn to pay for dream wedding Weird News – The Mercury – The Voice of Tasmania.

Aeromexico is taking a lesson from cell phone companies by introducing its own version of a family plan. Buy three or four tickets depending on where you are flying on select routes between the U.S. and Mexico and receive one ticket — for an adult or a child — for free. Some destinations included in this offer are Los Cabos, Guadalajara, Cancun, Leon, Monterrey, and Mexico City.

via Free family flights to Mexico on AeroMexico – Deals- msnbc.com.

The Mexican state of Quintana Roo, home of Cancun and the Riviera Maya, last week banned the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags.The move, which will benefit the Quintana Roo real estate market, follows a similar bag ban in Mexico City in September and will be implemented with a 180 day transition period.The law was put forward by Mexico’s Green Party and unanimously approved by the government of Quintana Roo.

via Investment Property News from Mexico: Quintana Roo Bans Plastic Bags.

From “Travel” Magazine

Officials hope to convince tourists that travel there is now safe

TULUM, Mexico – The last time Bud Olson visited Mexico, he ended up in a hospital with kidney stones and missed the ancient Mayan ruins in the seaside town of Tulum. So when he heard that swine flu was sweeping through Mexico just weeks before he was to return this year, the 43-year-old Seattle resident and his friends threw all caution to the warm Caribbean breezes and went anyway.

His reward? No lines, great service, empty beaches –- and lower prices.

“There was no one at our resort,” said Olson’s friend, Penny Moeller, 44. “The service was spectacular. But it’s a shame for the economy.”

Some of the promotions being advertised:

Flu-free guarantee: Several hotel chains in Cancun are offering a free vacation a year for three consecutive years if guests come down with swine flu within 14 days of their departure and can produce the blood tests to prove it.

Free insurance: Mexico City is offering tourists free health insurance.

Package deals: Expedia Inc. says average price of vacation packages to Cancun in which a flight and hotel are booked together has dropped 26 percent compared to last summer.

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QUINTANA ROO, Mexico, June 4, 2009 (ENS) – To establish Mexico as a global model for conservation, a new alliance today announced an initial investment of US$100 million for the promotion of sustainable development and protection of biodiversity in six priority regions. The global conservation group WWF, along with the foundation established by telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim, and the Mexican federal government, launched the initiative to support conservation in areas of exceptional natural richness. Continue Reading »