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The Villa Group Resorts is an ARDA (American Resort Development Association) affiliated resort conglomerate with properties in Mexico. Founded in 1982, the Villa Group Resorts owns, operates, constructs, finances and markets hotels, resorts, spas, residences and vacation ownership products. Brands associated with the Villa Group Resorts are Villa del Palmar, Villa la Estancia, Villa del Arco and Villa Preferred Access.

History
The history of the Villa Group Resorts has its origins in a marketing company formed in 1982 to promote and sell timeshare and vacation products in Mexico. The company began by marketing and selling timeshare in Puerto Vallarta until 1984, when it purchased its first purpose built vacation ownership property, Villa del Mar, a 131 suite complex with swimming pool and common areas. The Villa Group Resorts subsequently bought the land next to Villa del Mar in Puerto Vallarta to construct a purpose built timeshare resort, and thus the Villa del Palmar brand was born.

Locations

 * Puerto Vallarta
 * Cabo San Lucas
 * Islands of Loreto
 * Cancun

The Villa Group Resorts also extended their portfolio of resorts to include the Villa La Estancia brand.

Structure
The Villa Group Resorts has business interests in the following divisions:


 * Resorts
 * Spas
 * The Villa Group Timeshare
 * Full and Fractional real estate
 * Marketing
 * Construction
 * Leisure
 * Weddings

Resorts

 * Villa del Mar
 * Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa Puerto Vallarta
 * Villa del Palmar Flamingos (Riviera Nayarit)
 * Villa La Estancia Riviera Nayarit
 * Villa del Palmar Cabo San Lucas
 * Villa del Arco
 * Villa la Estancia Cabo
 * Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto
 * Villa del Palmar Cancun

The Villa Group timeshare
The Villa Group timeshare division offers a variety of vacation ownership products, including vacation club membership such as Villa Preferred Access, in Mexican beach vacation destinations. The current Villa Group timeshare model is based on a points scheme membership.

Exchanges
The Villa Group, through the services of Universal Vacation Club (UVC), a mutual benefit company, offers the possibility for Villa Group members to make internal exchanges at Villa Group resorts in Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, Cabo San Lucas, Cancun and the Islands of Loreto. International exchanges are facilitated by The Villa Group’s long-standing affiliation with one of the worlds largest exchange networks, Interval International.

Philanthropy
The Villa Group is a primary patron of the Eagle’s Wings Foundation., which is an organization co-developed by The Villa Group Resorts and Universal Vacation Club (UVC) to help non-profit organizations primarily in the locations where the Villa Group Resorts has developed its properties in Mexico: Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun and Loreto, as well as other charitable relief projects.