real estate resorts golf courses founded 1974 founder daniel chavez moran headquarters nuevo vallarta mexico area served mexico key people michel beuffe ceo ; ivan chavez executive vice president ; benny michaud director of hotel operations services design construction financing operation of hotels resorts revenue 750 million number of employees 15 000 website official web site grupo vidanta is a mexican conglomerate involved in the design construction financing operation and maintenance of hotels resorts and associated infrastructure . the company also owns and operates the mar de cort s international airport . 1 2 the company was founded by daniel chavez moran in 1974 and is headquartered in nuevo vallarta mexico . 3 contents 1 history 2 key people 3 major projects 4 external links 5 references history edit daniel chavez moran founded the group in 1974 . as of 2015 the company employs 15 000 people with an annual revenue more than us 750 million . 4 key people edit along with the founder daniel chavez moran ceo michel beuffe 5 executive vice president ivan chavez 6 and benny michaud director of hotel operations 7 are key people in the company . major projects edit the mar de cort s international airport located in la jolla de cort s sonora was opened on november 5 2009 . 1 8 9 in december 2010 the company launched a new family resort brand titled vida vacations . 10 vida vacation resort brands include grand luxxe the grand bliss the grand mayan the bliss mayan palace and sea garden . 11 12 13 14 the firm owns six golf courses under the vidanta golf brand at acapulco puerto pe asco riviera maya los cabos and nuevo vallarta . 15 a jack nicklaus golf academy opened in nuevo vallarta in july 2012 and was the fifteenth nicklaus academy worldwide . 16 in 2011 the company organized an annual uniting nations cup golf tournament in puerto pe asco . 17 18 in november 2014 grupo vidanta opened joy a theater resident show of cirque du soleil with a capacity of 600 attendees near the grand mayan resort in riviera maya mexico . 19 20 in april 2015 the company announced plans to invest an estimated 1.3 billion in additional properties including golf courses luxury resorts and theme parks animated by the cirque du soleil . 21 22 external links edit company website references edit a b about mar de cort s international airport . aeropuertomardecortes.com . retrieved 2012 05 19 . invierten 450 mdp en nuevo aeropuerto de puerto pe asco sonora . milenio.com . retrieved 2012 05 19 . grupo vidanta ranks as top hotel and resort company in 2011 best companies to work in mexico . retrieved 2016 03 21 . grupo vidanta ed . . grupo vidanta history . retrieved 2015 04 27 . karantzavelou vicky 12 may 2015 . vida vacations celebrated the opening of the grand mayan puerto penasco . travel daily news . retrieved 10 march 2016 . karabin lorraine 17 april 2015 . grupo vidanta announces 1.3 billion investment in new tourism offerings for mexico . rci ventures . retrieved 10 march 2016 . covey claudette 6 august 2015 . achelor in paradise heads to vidanta nuevo vallarta . retrieved 10 march 2016 . alvarado mariana 2009 10 28 . rocky point airport to open next week for private flights welcome to starnet tucson arizona . azstarnet.com . retrieved 2012 05 19 . calder n da banderazo a nuevo aeropuerto obras . cnnexpansion.com . retrieved 2012 05 19 . new website launched for vida vacation club . timesharepages.com . 2010 10 02 . retrieved 2012 12 08 . what is vida . vidavacations.com . 2010 10 02 . retrieved 2012 12 08 . business wire 2011 03 25 . grand luxxe residence club riviera maya joins interval international . business wire . retrieved 2012 05 19 . quotes delayed at least 15 min 1999 12 31 . business news financial stock & investing news online msn money . money.msn.com . retrieved 2012 05 19 . turen richard 2011 01 26 . grupo vidanta debuts grand bliss . travel weekly . retrieved 2012 05 19 . grupo vidanta s grand bliss resort opens in nuevo vallarta . travelpulse.com . 2011 01 23 . retrieved 2012 05 19 . vidanta golf . vidanta golf . retrieved 2012 05 19 . aml 2012 07 12 . jack nicklaus newest academy opens . california golf news & travel . retrieved 2012 12 08 . vmasideas 2012 04 06 . uniting nations cup 2012 . unitingnationscup.com . retrieved 2012 05 19 . aguilar alberto 2010 11 24 . viento en popa rubro l cteo crecer 3.3 % este a o nulo impacto por escuelas consumo de 15 100 mdl y todo por crecer . milenio.com . monterrey . retrieved 2013 09 10 . cirque du soleil finds a new home in the mayan riviera . huffingtonpost.com . 2014 06 05 . retrieved 7 october 2014 . forgione mary ; blogger travel 2014 02 13 . mexico cirque du soleil dinner theater to land at riviera maya . latimes.com . retrieved 7 october 2014 . pat donnelly 2014 11 21 . cirque du soleil adds mexican jewel to its crown . retrieved 2015 04 27 . vicky karantzavelou 2015 04 13 . mexico president applauds grupo vidanta for 1.3 billion investment in new tourism offerings for mexico . retrieved 2015 04 27 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title grupo vidanta & oldid 741572889 categories tourism in mexicoresorts in mexicocompanies of mexicocompanies established in 1974hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersjalisco articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 10 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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