The hotel Xaloc Resort consists of 18 palapas of 7 meters height, with the circular roof made out the palm leaves...
 
 
 

The palapa is the traditional construction in Mexico and Holbox. The original construction was very simple: trunks of palm trees for the walls and the leaves for the roofs. These "cabañas" were built close to the beaches to protect from the sun. Little by little, Caribbean hotels have integrated this type of construction in the local arquitecture.
This kind of construction is also very appropriated for the warm clima of this area.