In December 2010, the company launched a luxury, private destination club named Vida Vacations. The resort hotel brands associated with Vida Vacations' private club membership include Grand Luxxe, The Grand Bliss, The Grand Mayan, The Bliss, Mayan Palace, and Sea Garden.
In November 2014, Grupo Vidanta opened JOYÀ, a resident show of Cirque du Soleil with a capacity of 600 attendees within the Vidanta Riviera Maya resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico.
In 2015, the company invested in the James Bond film Spectre whose opening scene was filmed in Mexico.
In April 2016, Grupo Vidanta signed an exclusive partnership agreement with the Hakkasan Group. The deal, worth $150 million, led to the development of new concept beach clubs, nightlife venues, restaurants and a hotel at Mexico's Vidanta Resorts. In February 2018, three such concepts opened at the Vidanta Los Cabos resort: OMNIA Dayclub, SHOREbar, and Casa Calavera.
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The company is in the planning/building stages of a $1.3 billion theme park-resort in Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico, in partnership with Cirque du Soleil.
Along with the founder Daniel Chávez Morán, his son Ivan Chavez forms the core leadership team at the company. Ivan Chavez joined the company as executive vice president in 2007 and currently oversees the company's resort and entertainment interests. Grupo Vidanta employs around 17,000 people across its businesses.
In July 2019, the company launched Jungala, a luxury waterpark at its resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Among other attractions, it features the longest lazy river setting in Latin America, spanning more than 1 kilometer in length.
Mar de Cortés International Airport
The Mar de Cortés International Airport, located in La Jolla de Cortés, Sonora, was opened on November 5, 2009.
Vidanta Golf
Grupo Vidanta owns seven golf courses under the Vidanta Golf Brand at Nuevo Vallarta, Riviera Maya, Los Cabos, Acapulco, and Puerto Peñasco. A Jack Nicklaus Golf Academy opened in Nuevo Vallarta in July 2012, which is the fifteenth Nicklaus Academy worldwide.
In 2011, it organized an annual Uniting Nations Cup golf tournament in Puerto Peñasco. In 2014, Mexican golfer Carlos Ortiz became the brand ambassador for Vidanta Golf.
In May 2015, the company opened a new golf course, designed by Greg Norman, in Riviera Nayarit in Mexico. The course can only be accessed by the longest golf cart suspension bridge in the world.
In 2016 and 2017, Grupo Vidanta held the Vidanta Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament. In October 2017, the company opened The Lakes Course, a 10-hole course, at Nuevo Vallarta.
In late 2021, Vidanta Vallarta was announced as the new host venue for the PGA Tour's Mexico Open from 2022.
Vidanta Cruises
In 2017, Grupo Vidanta acquired and rebuilt a cruise ship. The renovations include a new engine, new technology, and custom redesign of the ship's interior and exterior. Renamed as VidantaWorld Elegant, the vessel has a passenger capacity of 298. and is currently set to debut April 14, 2022.
VidantaWorld
VidantaWorld is an entertainment and theme park of 2,500 acres currently under construction in Vallarta, consisting of three "dream parks" along with accommodations. Among many of its themes will be a "realm" dedicated to Cirque du Soleil and the SkyDream Parks Gondola which will provide transportation between the parks and the hotels on a loop of 4 miles and 150 feet in height. The park was originally scheduled to open in 2023.
