Local News

Work to Begin on Unfinished Section of the Malecon Extension: Director of public works, Remberto Quintero, announced this week that work will begin on what he calls the " Malecon Romantico" no later than the second week of June, with completion scheduled for next December.
5/29/06

PV Set to Celebrate Anniversary and You're Invited: On May 31, Puerto Vallarta will mark 38 years as a city and 88 years as a municipality by staging a huge free concert.
5/29/06

Eco-Luxury Hotel Joins Prestigious Collection: Rustically romantic and environmentally respectful, the charming barefoot-with-linen Hotelito Desconocido 60 miles south of Puerto Vallarta has become the 46th member of Mexico Boutique Hotels.
5/29/06

Price of Land in and around Vallarta Rose 500% in Five Years: If you ever considered buying property in Puerto Vallarta, our strong suggestion to you is don't put it off much longer! To say Vallarta and the entire Bay of Banderas where it is located is experiencing a real estate boom would be wildly understating what is going on.
5/22/06

St. Regis Hotels & Resorts Breaks Ground in Punta Mita: Steven J. Heyer, CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Osvaldo Librizzi, president of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Latin America, and a host of other dignitaries gathered today in the magnificent tropical paradise of Punta Mita to celebrate the groundbreaking for St. Regis Resort, Punta Mita.
5/22/06

Put More Music in Your Next PV Vacation: Starting in January, two local residents with decades of top recording and touring experience will give music workshops and private instruction here in beautiful PV. What more fertile and creative environment in which to pursue this artistic expression than in a town known for having wonderful music everywhere, even in the streets!
5/22/06

Popular Liverpool Department Store Coming to PV: Wal-Mart will be getting an exciting new next-door neighbor, a $40 million USD shopping center featuring Mexico's best known retailer, Grupo Liverpool (think Macy's), which operates outlets all across this country.
5/22/06

Recap of Exciting May Events Coming Up: If you'll be in Puerto Vallarta in the next few days, you will not want to miss out on these exciting events!
5/15/06

Vallarta Lifestyles' Restaurant Week Is Here!: The year-long wait for exciting gourmet meals at fast-food prices is nearly over, this annual event happening May 15 - 31. So if you've been putting off trying some of those great eateries you've been hearing about, or are dying to go back to some you know you love, these 17 days are your chance to do so without breaking the bank.
5/15/06

PV Airport Operator Reports Passenger Increase: Puerto Vallarta's Gustavo Diaz Ordaz International Airport processed 15,800 more domestic passengers this past month than it did in April 2005, an increase of 39.7%.

Some Local Businesses Wind Down for the Summer: In the old days, Producciones Viva, the operator of this and other websites and numerous print publications, gathered lists of tourist-oriented businesses that were closing for the summer to alert our readers. But now PV has grown to the point where this is no longer feasible.

PV is Hot, Leading Travel Survey Shows: The seventh edition of "The Orbitz Insider Index," an in-depth, online look at travel trends from an industry insider's perspective, named Puerto Vallarta as one of this year's top 10 international holiday destinations — which comes as no surprise to us!
5/15/06

USS Curt Manpower Spiffs Up Local Facility: Sailors on a six-month tour of duty aboard the visiting USS Curt had just two days leave in April. And yet 14 of them chose to spend one of those two free days volunteering here in Puerto Vallarta, painting our important and quite large facility for the disabled.
5/5/06

May Music Festival Expands its Focus: The heart of town will be filled with good free music May 12 through May 17 during Puerto Vallarta's third-annual, city-sponsored May Music Festival.
5/5/06