Gay Nagle Myers
Riu Hotels & Resorts will open the Riu Palace Peninsula in Cancun on May 4. The all-inclusive resort will be the company’s fourth in Cancun, joining the Riu Cancun, Riu Caribe and Riu Palace Las Americas.
The new $140 million resort is one of 20 worldwide bearing Riu’s Palace luxury brand and one of six in Mexico: Besides the two Cancun locations, Los Cabos and the Riviera Nayarit are each home to a Palace property, while Playa del Carmen has two. 
Riu has a total of 16 hotels totaling 8,635 guestrooms in Mexico, accounting for approximately 50% of the chain’s worldwide properties in16 countries.
“We hope the new Riu Palace Peninsula will give a new push to this destination, which recently turned 40 years old,” said CEO Luis Riu. “For us, this is another example of the importance that Mexico has in our development plans and the high quality we seek to offer here.”
The 562-room Riu Palace Peninsula, located next to the Riu Caribe, will feature six specialty restaurants and a main restaurant, seven bars, watersports, two freshwater pools — one heated in the winter and the second with a Jacuzzi and swimup bar — daily entertainment and a Renova spa.