HOPING TO EASE CONGESTION, Cancun Airport rolled out mobile wireless check-in counters designed to streamline the check-in process for boarding passes. According to airport officials, the wireless check-in system can be used by any airline that needs to handle high numbers of check-ins. Cancun Airport has experienced increased congestion in recent years and now handles some 800,000 passengers a month during high season.

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AMRESORTS ended its management and operation of the Secrets Excellence Riviera Cancun, effective Oct. 1. AMResorts’ three brands are Secrets Resorts & Spas, Dreams Resorts & Spas and Sunscape Resorts & Spas. Future plans for AMResorts’ Secrets brand include a new property in Cancun, the 410-suite Secrets Maroma Riviera Cancun, that will feature a 20,000-square-foot spa, two pools, seven restaurants and six bars. The resort is scheduled to open in the fall of 2007.

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JETBLUE will enter the Mexico market when it launches nonstop service between New York’s Kennedy Airport and Cancun, effective Nov. 30. The daily flights will depart New York at 8:15 a.m. and arrive in Cancun at 11:25 a.m. On the return, flights will depart Cancun at 12:20 p.m. and arrive in New York at 5:05 p.m. The service will be operated aboard an A320 plane. For information or reservations, visit www.jetblue.com or call (800) JETBLUE.

–From Travel Weekly

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