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Riviera Realtors adds News Sales Manager to Team

by J.P. Money 

Riviera Realtors is pleased to welcome Shanna Giannakis as Sales Manager for Riviera Realtors. A welcome addition to their team, Shanna is originally from Montreal, Canada and now calls Playa del Carmen her home.

Educated at university in Montreal Canada and with work experiences in Saint Martin and elsewhere around the world, Shanna brings her a high level of professionalism, enthusiasm, and world class business acumen to Playa del Carmen and our Riviera Maya.

With a background in marketing and the leisure travel industry she brings a fresh and energetic approach to our vacation and investment property industry. 

 “If it takes a village to raise a child then I believe it takes a great team to find the best investment and vacation properties for our clients.” Shanna was quoted as saying when we visited with her at her office in Playa del Carmen.

You've Purchased Your Vacation Condo, now what?  Learn how to make the connections that get things done here in Playa del Carmen from one of the area's top professionals.

Remember, Rome Was Not Built In a Day!

by Elizabeth Gregg

Let´s face it.  Most of us aren´t interior designers.  So when you purchase your new home or condo in the Mexican Riviera you realize,  "  Now I have to furnish this!"  In most of our past experiences with properties we have grown accostomed to moving to a new home with at least some furniture and belongings from the previous one, making it somewhat easier to decorate.

Five years ago when we purchased our first property here in the Riviera Maya of Mexico it came with no appliances, air-conditioning was not installed (not included), no overhead fixtures/ceilling fans and no toilet seat covers!  Imagine the quagmire with rusty Spanish to have to search all over Cancun for everthing from ceiling fans to towel bars not to mention the furniture.  After that we had to hire a moving truck to haul all of our stuff back to Playa del Carmen or wait to have it delivered.  Whew!  Just remembering that experience makes me break out in a sweat.

by Marzena Romanowicz

President-elect Felipe Calderón is scheduled to be inaugurated as President of Mexico on December 1 in an elaborate ceremony in Mexico City.  Meanwhile, sore-loser and presidential runner-up Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador held his own ceremony in the capital two days ago and installed himself as head of a “shadow” government. Still refusing to recognize the results of last July’s election, Lopez Obrador vows to continue his fight against Calderón’s administration.

By all accounts, many of those who formerly supported Lopez Obrador have now lost interest in his antics. Some top-ranked officials in his Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) have voiced concerns over his civil disobedience tactics. (Lopez Obrador and his followers have recently been involved in forceful opposition to Wal-Mart’s plans to expand its operations in Mexico.)

This Week in Riviera Maya Real Estate

News from the Week Ending 11/17/2006

• Video of First Big Party of the Year
• Top Agent Sells 2 Condos in 1 Day
• New Office Opens in Puerto Morelos

Come On Playa Let's Go Party 

The TM Real Estate Group from Spain headed by Director Abel Garcia, Manager Joaquin Serna, and Sales Director Miguel Rico presented the first major real estate party of the high season here in Playa del Carmen Mexico.  Held last night at the Royal Porto Real Hotel, the packed house sipped cocktails while they learned all about the brand new XCalaCoco Beach Resort development project.  "We are ready to sell it" said Ricardo Barton of Riviera Realtors and past President of AMPI. 

The coming out party was a major success with the after party held at OM just off 5th avenue.  Hey, don't take our word for it.  Check out the video.  That's right.....instead of showing you a few boring picures, we've created a little fun slideshow video for you to enjoy.  Real Estate is a serious business but sometimes are local professionals just gotta get out there and have a cocktail or two.  Enjoy!  

Watch the XCalaCoco Beach Resort Party Video

XCalaCoco Beach Resort will be posting their listings on MLS 4 Riviera Maya shortly so stay tuned.  For more information on this project, contact Miguel Rico via email at  This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  or at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

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