Story of Mar de Cortés International Airport Opening (another Grupo Mayan achievement)

We would like to share a recently published story about the latest accomplishment by Grupo Mayan.

Mar de Cortés International Airport Opens New Grupo Mayan Timeshare Vacation Destination to U.S., Canada and the World

PUERTO PEÑASCO, Mexico

One of Mexico’s best kept secrets is about to be discovered. The first international airport in Puerto Peñasco, and the first completely privately built airport in Mexico, opened on November 5 of 2009 for commercial service. Vacationers across the world, will, for the first time, have quick and easy access to Sea of Cortez beaches, natural beauty and recreational offerings.

The inaugural festivities were attended by Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderón, and other high officials as well as representatives from the tourism industry, including Grupo Vidanta. Known as "the world’s aquarium" and designated a World Heritage Site, the Sea of Cortés is renowned for its beaches, perfect weather, water sports, fishing and wildlife, including migrating whales and birds.

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For decades, Puerto Peñasco has been known by residents of the Southwest as Rocky Point or even "Arizona’s Beach," because of its proximity to Phoenix and Tucson, both three hours away by car. But inaccessibility has kept the numbers of visitors low. Now, spearheaded by the Mar de Cortes International Airport, all that is changing. With it, the destination will be less than an hour by air from Phoenix; less than two hours from Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Albuquerque. In the near future, additional scheduled and charter service is expected to provide access to Puerto Peñasco from all over the world.

As one of Latin America’s largest developers of luxury resorts/timeshares, tourism facilities and infrastructure, Grupo Vidanta has 30,000 acres and seven miles of beachfront property to develop in Puerto Peñasco. The luxury vacation mega-plex planned by Grupo Vidanta is equivalent to approximately twice the area of Manhattan island; interconnecting 10,000 luxury vacation homes and 7,000 high-end hotel rooms from estuaries to ocean, by a system of canals, entertainment and beach club centers throughout the complex. The Grand Mayan, The Grand Bliss and Ocean Breeze are under construction. All facilities are expected to be completed in the next five years.