WHY IT RATES: The Cancun Riviera Maya Wine & Food Festival has quickly become one of the ‘must-do’ events. Sandos is smart to become one of the hotels affiliated with the event. – Rich Thomaselli, TravelPulse Senior Editor

PHOTO: The Cancun Riviera Maya Wine & Food Festival begins April 28. (Courtesy Wine & Food Festival)

The Cancun Riviera Maya Wine & Food Festival will be celebrating its fifth anniversary for its 2016 edition, which will take place April 28-May 1.

Each year, this festival invites some of the best chefs in Mexico and the world to share their talents through several days of dinners, workshops and social events in some of the most stunning locations in Cancun and the Riviera Maya. This year, most of the events will take place in the famous Cancun Hotel Zone. A welcome cocktail party at Sandos Cancun Luxury Resort will be the first event of the festival, offering the opportunity to meet talented chefs in a beautiful place by the Caribbean Sea, on April 27.

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Not only is it the host of the welcome cocktail party, Sandos Cancun also offers an excellent location where you can easily access the rest of the events for the Cancun Riviera Maya Wine & Food Festival – and enjoy our luxury amenities. If you have already booked your stay at Sandos Cancun Luxury Resort on these dates, we invite you to purchase your ticket for the festival’s welcome cocktail party this April 27.

To book a room at any Sandos property, check out the website or call your travel agent.

SOURCE: Sandos Hotels and Resorts press release