The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has agreed a joint venture between Grupo Questro and Trinity Investments to operate a Ritz-Carlton Reserve development at San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.

Scheduled to open in 2014 and the first Ritz-Carlton Reserve project in the country, the hotel will offer a total of 124 one-, two- and three-bedroom villas, each with private infinity plunge pools, outdoor terraces with fireplaces, outdoor showers and butler service. Also to be included in the Puerto Los Cabos mixed-use development are a world-class spa, Desert Botanical Theme Park, Fisherman's Wharf, a 500-slip marina and two private championship golf courses.

Further developments at Ritz-Carlton have seen the opening of the 53-storey, 267-room Ritz-Carlton, Toronto, the company's only Canadian property. Features include a five-storey glass podium at the foot of the guestroom tower, which includes the hotel's public areas, and a fifth floor Urban Sanctuary offering more than 23,000sq ft (2,137sq m) of space housing a pool, fitness facility, kinesis centre, yoga studio, relaxation area and walk-out, wrap-around terrace.

The 13,000sq ft (1,200sq m) Ritz-Carlton Spa offers 16 treatment rooms, including two couples suites, private ladies' and gentleman's wet lounges, steam/sauna areas and dry relaxation dens. Signature treatments include the Cloud 9 Massage, which uses locally grown ground flowers and herbs such as Niagara lavender and Quebec sage.

The hotel's TOCA interactive restaurant includes an open-concept kitchen, walk-through pastry corridor, in-kitchen chef's table, glass-encased cheese cave and an extensive wine cellar. Elsewhere are the TOCA Bar and the DEQ lounge.

Image: Ritz-Carlton Reserve at San Jose del Cabo, Mexico