Miguel Loya, Director of Business Development RCI Mexico Pacific, comented that Los Cabos continues to consolidate and maintain it’s self as the highest quality destination nationwide, today we are delivering the highest recognition within RCI, called Gold Crown Hacienda del Mar, also we are delivering an additional recognition called Excellence & Service, which is strictly oriented to the service and quality and the warmth of the human resource within the complex .

After receiving the award, Miguel Guerrero General Manager Hacienda del Mar, expressed his feelings:

Very happy to receive this award after 25 consecutive years, and of course grateful to all the people who make this award possible because without them we could not achieve something so representative in our company.

Located within the tourist corridor, only ten kilometers from Cabo San Lucas, Hacienda del Mar offers the most spectacular views and luxurious rooms to offer visitors the best experience possible.

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The fourth edition of the Mifel Los Cabos ATP Tennis Open 2019 takes place from July 29th to August 3rd at the Delmar International School Campus where a temporary tennis stadium has been in place since 2016.

This year’s event, Jose Antonio Fernandez -Tournaments Director said “We celebrate the fast growth this tournament has achieved; almost 22 thousand attendees in 2018 and with a positive economic impact of more than 100 million pesos. Adding to these numbers, the prestige and grate comments coming from players’ themselves-have made and later voted, making the Los Cabos Open the Best Tournament in Its Category.  (ATP World Tour 250) during 2018. But that’s not all, in a separate vote all players’ part of the ATP favored Los Cabos, in addition to our efforts to position this event on the World Tour, as the Third Best ATP 250 tournament worldwide in 2018; unprecedented considering the

At the beginning, the presence of the defending champion, the Italian Fabio Fognini was confirmed then also will be present for the first time in Los Cabos the Argentine Diego Schwartzman, currently ranked 24th in the world ranking ATP Tour (Istanbul 2016 and Rio de Janeiro 2018). In the season, "Peque" reached the semifinals in Sydney and final in Buenos Aires.

Adding to Schwartzman, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, comes 27 years old, No. 29 in the ranking, will attend. The one born in Haskovo has 8 titles in his record, in which the Mexican Open is one of them (2014) stand out, as well as the Masters 1000 of Cincinnati and the Nitto ATP Finals in 2017.

Accompanying these players, will be Spanish Feliciano Lopez, finalist in 2016, who will participate for the fourth time in Los Cabos. At the age of 37, Lopez is currently playing n his 17th consecutive season in the Top 100 and after his last participation in the Australian Open, he extended his record of uninterrupted participation in Grand Slam to 68.

While presenting other results from the 2018 edition, Fernandez pointed out that the objectives for 2019 are to reach an attendance of 25,000 spectators in the current complex as well as an economic impact of more than 100 million pesos in Los Cabos. The tournament will offer a purse of $ 858,565 dollars, the largest in the Americas.

This will be the last year the tournament takes place at its current stadium, the new stadium will be constructed across the road from Solaz Resort Los Cabos. The stadium will surpass the minimum seating required by ATP tournaments. 3,500 seats will be available in the Centre court and 1,500 in the Grandstand. The new site will also have 5 courts available for practice and competitive matches. It is also planned to build a High Performance Sports Center that will benefit many national and international athletes.

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The current season for observing Gray and Humpback whales in the sanctuaries and coasts of Baja California Sur is about to conclude.

Each year, from December 15 to April 15, Gray whales who conduct the longest migration of any animal on earth, can travel more than 7,500 hundred miles from the ice-cold waters near Alaska, to the plankton rich and warmer waters of sanctuaries in Guerrero Negro, San Ignacio and Bahía Magdalena, in addition to the Humpbacks who continue their journey to the Los Cabos coast line.

Right in front of the beaches of this tourist destination it’s possible to meet up close with these majestic marine mammals.

Megan Sinus, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"It was really great, we watched a whale mom and her little offspring and how she taught her calf how to jump. It was a great experience"

One of the most common questions is, why do whales jump over the surface of the sea, to begin with?

Miguel Ángel Noriega, Tourist Services Provider

"One of the hypotheses is, they clean their skin when they fall and make the splash in the water, all their skin, dead skin and crustaceans that sticks to them, so they cleanse their skin…"

Visitors who go out to see the whales, can also enjoy other species in the area.

Miguel Angel Noriega, Tourist Services Provider

"The most common whales to see at this time are Humpback and Gray whales. We have had sightings of Sperm Whales, also Killer Whales and have also seen Pilot Whales and many dolphins."

Ash Weldon, Tourist from the United Kingdom

"This was a really special trip for us and we came especially to see the whales here ... We have seen some whales and yes, some very playful ones".

Shane Weldon, Tourist from the United Kingdom

"Fantastic, yes, we’ve had the most incredible day, fantastic yes, we've seen lots of humps and it's absolutely wonderful."

Year after year studies are conducted to try to identify individuals.

Regina Domingo, Marine Biologist

“There is a way to identify them by observing the tail and fins, they are like our fingerprints."

According to the National Commission for Protected Natural Areas, to date but only considering two of the three sanctuaries; 1,025 individuals and 298 recent births have been registered, which represents a slight decrease in presence, but still counting.

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Fully enjoying the moment and still arriving in Impressive amounts, the so called “spring breakers” who are mainly university students the United States or Canada visiting Los Cabos, Baja California Sur.

More than 18 thousand hotel rooms in this tourist destination, all register high occupancy.

Paloma Palacios. President, Hotel Association, Los Cabos: "... We are expecting to close March 2019, with an approximate occupation of 80% ... including schools from the United States, we’re talking about 20 thousand students"

As sun sets beach side bars and cantinas start the party rolling, to later be continued by the unmatchable nightlife of Cabo San Lucas. Even though all nightclubs and bars in Los Cabos follow established security measures to insure that only those 18 years of age or older can be served alcoholic beverages; there are some younger who try to bend the rule.

Gabriel Valladares. Restaurant-bar Operations Manager: "... if they aren’t of age, we then  give them a minors bracelet and we take special care of them as well, so that, if we observe they insist or want access alcohol; we politely invite them to leave because they can no longer be here ... " 

When nighttime arrives down town Cabo San Lucas becomes a great party place where streets are flowing with collage aged vacationers as well as the clubs where you can enjoy the music, the drinks, the dancing and the view, till the wee hours of the night.

Pablo Marrón, Bar Owner: " Truth be it Cabo San Lucas has a very healthy spring break, wild, but very healthy at the same time ... we are all well trained here to control minors as well as any kind of annoying situation."

Julia, from California: “I am having the best time of my life, i am in senior springbreak, i am an university student.”

Veronica, from Canada: “ I love here, the poeple are so nice, it is so much fun, like the parties and stuff, it is so much fun.”

Kali, from India: “I love Cabo…, i am going to come to Cabo every year.”

Veronica from Minnesota: "Cabo yes very well, how beautiful. The boys are so handsome. A lot of fun… Minnesota! Go Goph’s!"

Lisa from Rosario, Baja California: "Good, it's really good here, I like it so much, it's my first time here but, it's smooth here, I like it… "

It’s expected that with the presence of spring breakers as well as the upcoming Easter holiday season hotel occupancy and economic runoff will surpass those of previous years for the area.

With information from Armando Figaredo, translation by Tony Perez for Cabo News Today.