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Hey Steve,
I just came accross this blurb on the home port project that I thought you and the others may find interesting-
Home Port project going ahead, says Xcaret president
By Diario Financiero
10 February 2005
Corporate Mexico
The business group Xcaret assured that this year it will build the Home Port, a dock designed for cruise ships, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, in which it will invest US$80 million. Francisco Córdoba Lira, executive director of Xcaret, stated in a press conference that 2004 was an "extraordinary year" for the group, as its income grew 28% year-on-year to 1.3 billion pesos (US$117 million). He explained that with its various tourist projects, profits were up 53% year-on-year and it hired 4% more staff. Córdoba Lira stated that the delay in defining the future of the Home Port project was due to political issues, as the municipal president Gabriel Mandicut refused to give the group the go-ahead and hotel firms were strongly against the project. Nevertheless, the insider expressed his confidence that works would be started this year, especially considering the boom in cruise ship activities.
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