Court Orders Auction of Cancún Hotel to Pay Debt Owed to 240 Workers

Cancún, Quintana Roo — A labor court has ordered the auction of the Gran Golden Parnassus hotel in Cancún’s hotel zone to settle unpaid wages and benefits owed to more than 240 former employees. The ruling became final after the company’s legal representatives failed to file an injunction within the legal deadline.

Martín de la Cruz, state secretary of the CROC labor union, said the decision sets a historic precedent in Quintana Roo, marking the first time a property of this scale will be auctioned to enforce wage obligations. The next step is to register the ruling with the Public Property Registry, after which the auction will be announced in the coming days.

The labor dispute began in September 2025, when employees stopped working because of the company’s recurring failure to pay withheld salaries, grocery vouchers, savings fund contributions, and tips. Under Mexican law, workers’ severance and back pay take priority over any commercial or financial creditors.

The accumulated debt now stands at between 30 million and 40 million pesos, a figure that continues to grow. Union leaders said they had previously tried to reach a payment agreement with management, but after the ruling, the former employees’ sole focus is recovering what they are owed quickly.

Real estate and tourism specialists estimate the shuttered complex’s commercial value at around $120 million. The union has ruled out forming a cooperative or purchasing the property, reiterating that the court process aims only to sell the asset at auction and settle severance for the affected families.