Temptation will be closing its doors

With the publication of the article in today's local newspaper it looks like the cat is out of the bag so I can now chip in with information that I have heard from reliable sources. I've known for a while now about the current plans but was told under commercial confidentiality, and in order to maintain a good relationship with the hotel I think it was important to respect that.

First, a little conjecture. The plans that were previously mentioned about a year ago I think have been pretty much shelved in favor of a much grander project. What we are looking at now is a complete shutdown, levelling of the site and total rebuild, although I guess that some outlying areas of the current hotel may well remain.

I understand the project to be a $34 Million investment and that funding has already been secured. Contrary to a previous recent post the concept will not change and the current owners will remain the owners. I think it's fair to say that the hotel will be considered more upscale than it is presently once complete.

The tentative date for shutdown I was told is from June 2015 thru December 2015. The newspaper does say 10 months, but I heard 6. However, we all know how the timetables of such construction projects can slip and slide.

Permits are still awaited and can take a long time to come through, however, I am sure they will be approved as there is a city commitment to build an extra 46,000 hotel rooms in Cancun over the next 16 years

The main feature will be a central tower block, the newspaper says 8 storeys, I heard 10. I heard the hotel will have approx 800 rooms when complete, the newspaper says 500 (although their own figures add up to 600).

My understanding is the hotel will have two tiers, the current lobby will become offices on the lower tier and a raised entrance way will lead to the new lobby on the 2nd tier. I have not seen the plans but understand that there will be new locations for pools, bars, restaurants etc.

Forget about shade over the sexy pool, crowds at Paty O's and restaurants etc. Everything is changing, it will be unrecognisable from what we know today.