Comments on: Heads in the sand and empty pockets http://www.afterwilma.info/2006/04/11/heads-in-the-sand/ The Story of how Cancún & the Riviera Maya got back on its feet. Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:24:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tony http://www.afterwilma.info/2006/04/11/heads-in-the-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Tony Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:42:34 +0000 http://www.afterwilma.info/2006/04/12/heads-in-the-sand-and-empty-pockets/#comment-909 Regarding your last article. Everyone is to blame in the wake of Wilma. In 1996 I stayed at the Fiesta Americana Cancun - to the right of the property was an abandoned building that most likely was the beginnings of a hotel project. When I asked about the building, I was told the project was abandoned because there was a moratorium on the construciton of new hotels. <br /><br />That same space is now home to a very large Riu property... As long as there is money to be made in Cancun, hotel owners will build, and they will build large. Common sense must be used when developing properties in vulnerable areas, and Cancun is very vulnerable. Regarding your last article. Everyone is to blame in the wake of Wilma. In 1996 I stayed at the Fiesta Americana Cancun – to the right of the property was an abandoned building that most likely was the beginnings of a hotel project. When I asked about the building, I was told the project was abandoned because there was a moratorium on the construciton of new hotels.

That same space is now home to a very large Riu property… As long as there is money to be made in Cancun, hotel owners will build, and they will build large. Common sense must be used when developing properties in vulnerable areas, and Cancun is very vulnerable.

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