Xel-Ha Blog

Players for the little league basketball team, from the 1997-1998 category, which will be representing Quintana Roo in the 1st National Primary School Sports Games which will be held in Cuernavaca, Morelos, received backpacks, t-shirts, and caps as extras to their sports equipment; and as another bonus sponsored by Xel-Ha, they were able to meet and share some time with the Quintana Roo Pioneers, from the National Professional Basketball League.

These young athletes won their right to represent the state after the contest for the state finals was held in Chetumal, where they defeated the team from Cozumel with a score of 36-27. The team were students of Cancun’s Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez Primary School. (more…)

An average 25,355 gallons of water a day are reused for the watering of vegetation in Xel-Ha, after efficient treatment with automated aerobic systems. This is an important part of the Environmental Management System that controls the operation of this 200-plus acre natural reserve, declared Ricardo Saenz, Sustainable Development manager for one of Mexico’s thirteen Natural Wonders.

When questioned about how he applies the sustainable administration in Xel-Ha, during the World Environment Day context, Ricardo Saenz explained how, regarding the recycling of waste waters, the company has established a system of three septic tanks since 1995, which was upgraded to 5 water-treating plants in 2000, with automated aerobic systems that constantly maintain quality standards for these treated waters, within the norms currently in use. (more…)

Three manatees, weighing a combined total of nearly a ton, arrived on Tuesday to Xel-Ha Natural Wonder, which will be their new home from today, a natural niche that will additionally serve to display their habits and lives for the appreciation and joy of visitors.

The specimens’ names are Bu’ul, the youngest, a male 8 months old, weighing around 220 lbs, whose name means “bean” in Mayan; Bu’ul’s mother Pompom, thirteen years old and weighing around 1,100 lbs; and Baaxal, an adolescent female whose name means “toy” in Mayan, weighing almost 650 lbs. (more…)

Xel-Ha, designated among Mexico’s Natural Wonder in 2007, became the first company in Quintana Roo to clearly and voluntarily share its social and environmental contributions, within the context of the 10 principles for the United Nations’ Global Compact, and based on the international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Entitled “Thirteen Years of Sustainability”, Xel-Ha commenced the publication of its Social Balance for 2007, document that describes the most relevant actions taken since 1995, to guarantee the preservation of the environment in which the company operates, the social development within its area of influence, its own financial viability, and the rescue and conservation of resources the use and enjoyment of future generations.

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Andres Roemer, the well-known television host for the show “Entre lo Público y lo Privado” (Between Public and Private) on Canal 40, visited Xel-Ha during a brief hiatus of projects in Cancun and the Riviera Maya, taking time to plant a seedling in the Chacah Garden. Evidently excited over the event, he remarked “I have three marvellous children, and I will name this Chacah ‘Davalex’ in their honour: David, Valeria, and Alejandro.”

Roemer, concerning the event, commented to the press: “What is the meaning of planting a tree. The significance of letters engraved in stone? More importantly, doing so in the soul of these trees of kindness, in this earthly paradise: Xel-Ha. It means spreading roots, transcending, never dying, creating. For this opportunity, purpose of life that regenerates, reinvents, and allows us to play with perpetuation, with the eternal. For myself and my children: Davalex, gratitude. (more…)