privately held company industry hospitality travel tourism founded 1969 1969 1 headquarters newtown square pa united states area served united states canada mexico europe latin america key people alejandro zozaya ceo javier coll executive vp jeff mullen coo john hutchinson cfo 2 services resort management brand management tour operations online travel agency destination management revenue 3 billion 3 number of employees 25 000 4 parent bain capital subsidiaries amresorts apple vacations travel impressions cheapcaribbean.com amstar dmc unlimited vacation club website appleleisuregroup.com apple leisure group alg is a vertically integrated travel and hospitality conglomerate focused on packaged travel and resort brand management in mexico and the caribbean . it is the parent company of resort and brand management company amresorts and its loyalty program unlimited vacation club . alg also oversees tour operators apple vacations and travel impressions online travel agency cheapcaribbean.com as well as destination management company amstar dmc . 5 contents 1 history 2 subsidiaries 2.1 amresorts 2.2 apple vacations 2.3 travel impressions 2.4 cheapcaribbean.com 2.5 amstar dmc 2.6 unlimited vacation club 3 references 4 external links history edit in 2001 current alg ceo alejandro zozaya founded resort sales marketing and brand management company amresorts . over a decade later he led the effort to form apple leisure group by making tour operator apple vacations a sister company of amresorts . alg received an influx of equity in late 2012 when it sold an undisclosed stake in its business to boston based global private equity firm bain capital . in 2013 apple leisure group quickly added to its family of companies with the acquisition of online leisure wholesaler cheapcaribbean.com and b2b tour operator travel impressions from american express . rounded out by destination management company amstar dmc and amresorts guest loyalty program unlimited vacation club . 6 apple leisure group amresorts and apple vacations headquarters in newtown square pa subsidiaries edit amresorts edit view of puerto vallarta from suite in now amber founded in 2001 by alejandro zozaya amresorts operates all inclusive beachfront resorts under 6 different brands in mexico the dominican republic jamaica costa rica curacao and panama . 7 the brands managed are zoetry wellness and spas secrets resorts & spas breathless resorts & spas dreams resorts & spas now resorts & spas sunscape resorts & spas amresorts have said that by the end of 2018 they expect to operate at least 57 resorts in 27 destinations and 8 countries . 8 apple vacations edit in 1969 john mullen and his brother in law al atkinson founded a small travel company called atkinson & mullen . years later mullen renamed the company apple vacations as he became the sole proprietor and entered into one of the larger travel package operators in the u.s. 9 travel impressions edit in 1967 arnold tolkin purchased a travel agency called ats . seven years later tolkin formed a group incentive and convention travel company out of ats and named it travel impressions . in 1998 the tolkin family along with partner ira theodore sold the tour operator to american express . in 2013 american express and alg announced an agreement under which alg would acquire travel impressions and american express international tour operator american express vacations international aevi . in the agreement travel impressions would become the exclusive marketer and operator of americanexpressvacations.com 9 cheapcaribbean.com edit founded by jim hobbs and established in 2000 cheapcaribbean.com is an e commerce vacation company providing last minute deals on beach travel to the caribbean and mexico . in august 2013 cheapcaribbean.com was acquired by apple leisure group . the company continues to operate as a separate wholly owned entity with offices in dallas phoenix and philadelphia . 10 the online travel agency was named one of inc. magazine s top 5000 fastest growing private companies in america in 2013 . 11 amstar dmc edit amstar dmc has provided destination solutions and excursions in mexico jamaica and the dominican republic since 1989 . amstar s corporate headquarters are located in cancun and punta cana . in 2008 amstar became the first mexican destination management company to open a representation office in shanghai china . five years later an office was officially opened in hawaii through amstar s sister company worldstar . in 2014 it commenced operation in costa rica . 12 unlimited vacation club edit the unlimited vacation club is a guest loyalty program founded in 2010 operated by amresorts . members are granted access to benefits including preferred rates at amresorts managed properties in mexico and the caribbean . 13 references edit apple vacations . apple leisure group . retrieved 25 july 2016 . http www.appleleisuregroup.com hispanic executive . hispanic executive . retrieved 19 june 2015 . http www.appleleisuregroup.com apple leisure group . investments . bain capital private equity . retrieved 10 april 2014 . http www.travelpulse.com news features apple leisure group sells undisclosed stake to bain capital.html amresorts development chart . amresorts media site . july 11 2016 . retrieved july 11 2016 . http 23.21.66.147 mediasite documents 2013 12 new developments chart.pdf a b http www.travelpulse.com news features apple leisure group acquires competitor travel impressions.html http www.cheapcaribbean.com about us.html http www.travelpulse.com news vacation packages apple leisure group buys cheapcaribbeancom vacation booking website.html https www.amstardmc.com pages about us.html https www.unlimitedvacationclub.com cluboverview external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title apple leisure group & oldid 743071032 categories 1969 establishments in pennsylvaniabain capital companiescompanies based in delaware county 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