Sandos Hotels & Resorts is renovating its Sandos Caracol Eco Resort & Spa on the Riviera Maya, Mexico with the goal of creating the region’s most environmentally friendly property through the implementation of conservation and preservation programs and projects to protect the environment.

The all-inclusive Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa, in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., will open July 1 with special “Summer Getaway” rates starting at $387 per night (double occupancy) for travel through Sept. 30, 2010, plus a family special offering 50 percent off a second room to accommodate up to four children.

From June 1 through Aug. 31, 2010, the luxury all-inclusive Velas Resorts at three Mexican beach destinations are waiving the single supplement fee for single parents traveling with their children.

A new property, Hotel Matilda, will open this September in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

The former Barceló La Jolla de Mismaloya has rebranded as Barceló Puerto Vallarta, emphasizing its premier location in the Mexican destination.

It has been said that one person cannot change the world, but one hotel in the Riviera Maya, Mexico, is working hard to become the most environmentally-conscious resort in the industry and hopes that, by example, it will lead to greater efforts among hotels worldwide.