Hot Opening: Aura Cozumel, A Wyndham Grand Bay Hotel

-- Hotels, 3/5/2008 9:07:00 AM

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts and Islander Collection, a Mexico-based property management group, have opened the 96-suite Aura Cozumel, A Wyndham Grand Bay hotel. The US$22 million luxury boutique resort is Wyndham’s first newly constructed Grand Bay property. It is adjacent to the 402-room Wyndham Cozumel Resort and Spa, which became the first Wyndham-branded property in Cozumel last August, also managed by Islander Collection. Aura Cozumel is the island’s first inductee to Preferred Boutique, a group of luxury boutique hotels recognized for unique travel experiences that emphasize quality, service, style and personality.

Contemporary in design, the hotel's spacious suites are dispersed in four low-rise buildings. Ground-level rooms offer direct pool access from their patios. Each area pool is connected to a central "lazy river" pool, a focal point of the property.

The resort offers two gourmet restaurants, three bars, 24-hour room service, two dive shops, a private pier, two meeting rooms, a business center, wireless Internet and a comprehensive activities program. In-room amenities include luxury bedding and linens, minibars, plush bathrobes and slippers, 32-inch LCD flat screen televisions, iPod docks, premium brand bath accessories, cordless telephones and laptop-sized electronic safes. Sliding glass doors open onto expansive fully furnished private terraces with stylish chaise lounges.

Located along Cozumel’s southwestern coast, the resort is 20 minutes from Cozumel International Airport, 10 minutes from downtown San Miguel, 30 minutes from the Cozumel Country Club golf course and minutes from several of the most popular reefs and dive spots in the Caribbean.