News from Banderas Bay
One more deadline for the Malecon came and went. The renewal works at Vallarta’s iconic walk continue, even when Sunday was the established deadline by the mayor Salvador González Reséndiz to finish the project.
Last Friday in Guadalajara, the 16th edition of the Pan American Games were officially inaugurated with an impressive ceremony. On Sunday, competitions started in Puerto Vallarta with the beginning of the beach volleyball tournament.
Investours is a start-up non-profit organization which combines the power of microfinance and tourism in the form of "microfinance tours".
Mijo! Brands in collaboration with the Puerto Vallarta Conventions and Visitors Bureau and Canacao Servytur hosts the first in a series of training work shops to provide local businesses with training and tools to promote the destination online.
UPDATE (Wednesday October 12, 10:18 am CST): According to the public advisory number 27 of the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Jova has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm and continues weakening as it moves farther inland.
UPDATE (Tuesday October 11, 20:28 CST): According to the CFE, Jova will make landfall in the first hours of Wednesday (1:00 am CST is Stormpulse forecast) in the area around Cuitzmala, Jalisco.
According with the latest public advisory issued by the Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil (SINAPROC) at 4:30 CST, hurricane Jova is expected to hit the Mexican coast today in the afternoon or early night.
UPDATE (Monday October 10th, 22:08 CST): The Government of Mexico has changed the tropical storm watch to a tropical storm warning North of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco Nortward to San Blas, Nayarit. It has also issued a tropical storm warning North of San Blas to El Roblito.
We received notice that the Tsunami sirens sounded in the marina area around 7 PM CST. pv pulse spoke to Octavio Saucedo at Protección Civil and he explained that the purpose of sounding the system was to test the system and keep people alert. He mentioned that hurricane Jova, a…
Yesterday was a great day in Banderas Bay. The Pan American Torch arrived by sea at Nuevo Vallarta, then it started its journey to the Malecon of Puerto Vallarta with vallartenses all over the city participating in the "Fiesta de America".
The innovative project “I Like Vallarta” is an initiative of “Vallarta Centro”, a group of Hotels from Downtown Puerto Vallarta strongly committed in promoting the destination.
According to the National Hurricane Center of 8:00 AM PDT Oct 7, 2011, Hurricane Irwin, a category one hurricane was located 1,490 KM SW of the Southern Tip of the Baja California Peninsula and had Maximum sustained winds of 85 MPH (140 KM/h).
The “Fiesta de America” has begun, and today the spirit of Guadalajara 2011, the Pan American Torch, arrives to the Banderas Bay.
The one sports facility specifically built in Puerto Vallarta for the Pan American Games, the Beach Volleyball Stadium, is ready for the upcoming “Fiesta de America”.
Los Arcos of the Malecon are one of Puerto Vallarta’s most iconic images. So, when they had to be demolished as part of the renewal project along the malecon, it felt like if a big part of this town’s soul was taken away.
In the age of the smart phone, everything comes in an app. Now, starting in January 2012, Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit will have a free, bilingual, cross-platform, custom-designed city app: When in Phone (Wip-PVR).
A group of cyclists that are trying to recover public spaces for their favorite way of transportation: the bike; took to the roads today in Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta following the same path that the Pan American flame will follow in a few days.
Now or Never is the response of artists who have a history of participating in exhibitions and projects in Puerto Vallarta and who recognize the need to change the cultural landscape of the city at this moment in time.
If you ever wanted to learn how to cook the Mexican way, now it's your chance as El Arrayán has just announced their Mexican Cooking classes for the fall season 2011. Once again they will be sharing a few of their secrets during a series of up-coming cooking classes.
In the last two days, two different campaigns were introduced to the public with the same goal of promoting Puerto Vallarta. Both campaigns are based on a similar strategy of creating positive buzz about the destination on the social networks.
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