Dolphin Company's Contested Sale Puts Excursion Bundles at Risk
The Dolphin Company — parent of Dolphin Discovery and marine-park excursions widely packaged into wedding and honeymoon itineraries across Cancun, Riviera Maya, Cozumel and Punta Cana — is fighting over its own Chapter 11 asset sale. Former management is publicly disputing current leadership's chosen buyer, Delphinus, and challenging the integrity of the court-supervised process. Nothing has closed yet, and excursions are still operating, but a contested bankruptcy sale is exactly the kind of situation that produces sudden operator changes, pricing shifts, or activity cancellations with little warning. Advisors with group wedding blocks that include these excursions as add-ons or welcome-day activities should flag the accounts now: confirm what's contractually locked in, have a backup activity in mind for Mexico and Caribbean itineraries, and check in closer to travel dates rather than assuming current bookings will honor original terms through closing.
Baoase Curaçao Grows to 37 Rooms, Easing a Perennial Buyout Squeeze
Baoase, the intimate boutique property long popular for full-property wedding buyouts in Curaçao, is rebranding as Baoase Curaçao and adding 14 rooms — bringing total inventory to 37 by early 2027. It's a modest number in absolute terms, but for a property whose appeal has always been its intimacy, it meaningfully eases the capacity crunch advisors have had to navigate for larger wedding parties or full buyouts, where every extra room matters when a resort tops out under two dozen keys. This is worth flagging to clients still in early planning for 2027 dates who want a boutique Caribbean setting without abandoning full-buyout ambitions for a family or friend group that's grown larger than the old room count could comfortably hold.
Aman Adds a Baja Honeymoon Alternative to the Cabos Corridor
Aman has opened Amanvari on Mexico's East Cape, an 18-casita property (plus private homes) with access to the 1,500-acre Costa Palmas estate near San José del Cabo. It's a genuinely new build, not a rebrand, and it gives advisors a low-density, ultra-luxury honeymoon option distinct from both the all-inclusive Caribbean coast and the busier Los Cabos strip — useful for high-end clients who want privacy and space without leaving Mexico's Pacific side. Positioning is squarely upmarket: this isn't a volume play, but a name to have ready for honeymoon shoppers who've already ruled out the Riviera Maya and are asking what else Mexico has at the top end.