A 45-year hospitality story. Sharon reports from Grupo Lomas's 45th anniversary celebration, tracing the company's growth from a "sleepy, sleepy coast" she first visited in the 1980s to today's eight-property Riviera Maya collection.

More Inclusive, not just all-inclusive. Beyond meals and drinks, Lomas's More Inclusive concept covers catamaran tours, horseback riding, and vetted airport transportation — Sharon calls it "a different world" from a typical all-inclusive stay.

Bonanza Ranch and cenote swimming. Sharon visits the resort's rescue ranch, born from the founders' daughter's love of horses, and swims in a cenote — one of the natural underground pools connected by tunnels across the Yucatán.

Coral, reefs, and an unexpected wind farm parallel. Sharon describes the resort's coral-habitat structures just offshore, right off the second-largest reef system to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Celebrating women in hospitality. At the Fuentes Culinary Theatre, women chefs from across the resort collection take the stage to create and present their dishes, four nights a week.

Snorkeling with sea turtles at Maroma Beach. A day trip to the resort's sister property brings catamaran snorkeling with sea turtles and stingrays.

From family resorts to overwater bungalows. The Lomas collection spans family-friendly properties, an au naturel resort, and the adults-only Palafitos overwater bungalows — "like Tahiti, but closer to home."