Put Vallarta on your company's agenda for one of your HOTTEST meetings yet! Here in Puerto Vallarta - where a silken crescent beach hugs a glistening blue bay and re-tiled roofs and cobblestone streets exude colonial charm - business travelers can mis pleasure with business in a matchless setting. Plus, for those who prefer to stay active between conferences, big game fishing, horseback riding, snorkeling and excursions to jungle waterfalls also await in beautiful Puerto Vallarta.

Along with its international reputation for tropical grandeur and nonstop excitement, Puerto Vallarta offers a full range of services and accommodations that make it especially attractive to business groups. Easily accessible through any of nine airlines that provide service from key markets in the United States, Puerto Vallarta boasts 15,000 quality hotel rooms in accommodations ranging from large resorts to intimate hideaways. Whether it's a large convention, incentive tour or small executive meeting, Puerto Vallarta's full-services hotels are prepared to meet your group's needs.

Puerto Vallarta's full-services hotels offer not only superb facilities for executive meetings and incentive groups, but their professional meeting and convention staff can also create a full range of events and activities, including colorful theme parties. Some activities can even be conducted during breaks to motivate your group.

Throw a "Mexican Fiesta" in a simulated "pueblito" alive with the color and spectacle of a traditional Mexican Fiesta, featuring a 45 minute show depicting the regional dances of the country. Or imagine a torchlit, swashbuckling pirate's beach theme-party rich with tropical fruits, palm fronds and a "jarocho" band for rhythm. This "tropical Pirates Night" on the sand with an open bar and open sky bathed in moonlight also make for an unforgettable adventure. Events such as "Aztec Night," complete with pyramids, and an " Oriental Food Festival", serving sushi and dim sum, can also be created for your group.

Or spice up your gathering with a "Tamiahur" - a Polynesian-style party --, where you will witness an age-old dance-and fire ritual in thanks for a good oyster season tradition still practiced by the fisherman of Tamiahur island in northern México. Most hotels offer spacious poolside or beach function areas, and their in-house catering departments provide superb food with the finishing touch of warm and friendly service.

Puerto Vallarta's newest development, the impressive Marine Vallarta area, boasts eight luxury hotels all within walking distance. A festival specialty center, centrally located from all hotels in the marina, adds a unique and colorful site for larger exhibition space or parties. Various nautical services offered at the marina add an element of prestige and sophistication to any business gathering. For those whose passion is fishing tournaments can be arranged through a number of quality tour operators serving Puerto Vallarta or you can arrange tournaments directly with your hotel's sales department.

Tennis, golf water skiing, parasailing, scuba diving or just lazing by the blue Pacific - what better way to fill in free time between meeting! Yes, escape to Puerto Vallarta - ranked among the most prestigious Mexican destinations for international tourism - for your next business gathering.

For more information contact: Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board
Phones: (3) 221-2676 to 78 or e-mail us at: vallarta@go2mexico.com