IHG’s Six Senses takes five Mexican haciendas from Marriott

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• Magic Mike says:

  4 May4 May 05:15

  I think that pic is the San Jose Hacienda, as we stayed there several years ago, in the top suite which takes up the entire building in your picture. It has its own private terrace, garden, and pool. I booked the base points room, was upgraded as Platinum, so that was a good day 🙂

  It was a Luxury Collection property so the standards were high, and only has 10 rooms so a real boutique feel We had an amazing stay, would highly recommend. The gardens are a particular highlight.

  • Rob says:

    4 May4 May 08:29

    Thanks, uodated.

    • Magic Mike says:

      4 May4 May 19:12

      Thanks Rob! We had a lovely private dining candelit dinner on that terrace one evening, so it’s a memorable spot!

  • Chris says:

    4 May4 May 11:31

    The SS Bhutan lodges operate in a similar way; the expectation is you would tour between them rather than stay in one place for a week.

• JDB says:

  4 May4 May 05:35

  Seems quite a strange move as these haciendas are a totally different concept to that of the Six Senses brand; does not bode well. It feels like IHG will debase both SS and Regent.

  • Rob says:

    4 May4 May 07:38

    Agreed

• TGLoyalty says:

  4 May4 May 07:41

  Surely these are more vignette collection than six senses

• Oliver says:

  4 May4 May 07:56

  Just at T5, the First Security lane is open!

  • Tariq says:

    4 May4 May 08:43

    Thanks for the update.

    My perception of the previous strike in April was that the security process and staff in T5 were more efficient and friendly than usual…

    • No longer Entitled says:

      4 May4 May 08:54

      Unions often don’t inform their members of what may happen if strike action actually improves services. LHR are probably wondering how easy it is to make this change permanent.

      Meanwhile I have just had a passport returned within two weeks all during the five week strike. I guess that is an area the government will be looking for saving from in the near future.

      • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

        4 May4 May 09:44

        HAL are more likely wondering how long it can afford to pay the agencies who are providing many of these workers at higher cost than their pay their own workforce.

        Any company / government can throw resources at a short term problem but it does nothing to fix the long term issues..

        All those that commented that all the passport desks were open during the Border Force strike and had never been through so quickly need to realise that the military basically provided free / cheap labour to the Home Office.

        The Home Office could choose to man every passport desk every day of the week but it isn’t prepared to pay the cost for the Officers to do that.

        • No Longer Entitled says:

          4 May4 May 10:03

          The military aren’t free. They are Gov’t employees that the Gov’t elected to deploy to cover for other Gov’t employees. We have 150,000 active service personal. Why not hand them control of the borders? When last asked (1939-45) they did an amazing job!

        • JDB says:

          4 May4 May 10:09

          @BA Flyer – the cost of conceding to this small element of the workforce that has voted to strike and is refusing to put this offer to staff is considerably greater than the cost of agency staff. It would actually be cheaper for HAL to use all agency staff but they choose not to do this. There is additional pressure on HAL to control cost in light of the harsh H7 regulatory settlement which the airport and three airlines are now seeking to appeal.

        • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

          4 May4 May 10:27

          Indeed the military aren’t free but the Home Office didn’t reimburse the MoD for the full costs of their salaries etc. the HO did apparently fund a £20 a day bonus – money that could have gone into the pot to meet pay awards.

          .

    • Stu_N says:

      4 May4 May 09:08

      Agreed – passed through Heathrow at Easter – quick and friendly security staff.

      Passed through last week during normal operations – surly staff barking orders at passengers. Asked me three times to take my laptop/ iPad out my bag. Told them each time I didn’t have any electronics with me, then very slow screening.

      Based on this experience I’d be happy with the temporary arrangements becoming permanent.

  • The Original Nick says:

    4 May4 May 12:07

    Cool, thanks Oliver.

• Cal says:

  4 May4 May 10:52

  Travelling on the 10th via LHR to Canada. Will there be any impact if we are only connecting?

  • Rob says:

    4 May4 May 10:57

    Minimal, based on the previous strike.

• Alex Sm says:

  4 May4 May 12:11

  Received an email update from BA yesterday as my partner and I will be flying to GOT on Tue. Contains warning about the hand luggage but says that BoB will be available

• Harrier25 says:

  4 May4 May 13:34

  “The five hacienda properties have now quietly moved over to IHG and appear, unrbanded, on the IHG website.”

  If I joined the IHG brand, I think I’d want to be quiet about it and remain unbranded too! 😂

• newbie says:

  4 May4 May 17:07

  I stayed at these haciendas and loved them – it was part of a longer roadtrip through the Yucatan peninsula hitting some of the more off-the-beaten track ruins and cenotes.

  Uayamon has the biggest wow factor, with a pool inside the ruins on the site. Loved the vibe of Santa Rosa and San Jose – small, intimate, beautiful. Temozon was my least favorite one. The one in Campeche is really just a hotel in the city and given the proximity of Uayamon, makes sense to just stay at Uayamon.

  I don’t think they’d be Six Senses without a refurb – all of them very quite dated, not really anything upscale, but absolutely lovely places with a lot of character.

  Food was disappointing – the menu was exactly the same at San Jose, Santa Rosa and Temozon, which was a bit odd; also very average quality.

  Not sure where the “local wildlife and flora” comes from – no different from elsewhere in Yucatan really 🙂 You definitely don’t visit for that.

  Anyway, highly recommended!

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