• Our latest pieces for iTraveliShop include a profile of Chan Chich Lodge, which delivers some of the most remote luxury and gourmet dining that we’ve found yet. Read all about it (and the glorious bird watching) here.

• We also found three great deals on meals at some wonderful Mexican resorts (the Ritz-Carlton Cancun, the Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Riviera Maya and Garza Blanca in Puerto Vallarta). Get the delicious details,  here.

• Finally, we were delighted to literally stumble upon the very first boutique hotel in Palenque, Chiapas practically on the doorstep of the famous Mayan ruins there. Get a first look at the brand new Boutique Hotel Quinta Chanabnal,  here. Hey, it was good enough for the US Ambassador to Mexico and his family…
  

Last updated by Karen Catchpole, CWO (Chief Writing Officer) on January 3, 2013.