[1] Iberostar Group is owned by Spanish Miguel Fluxà Rosselló, the third generation heir to a shoe-making business.

[8] In 2004, the Iberostar Group purchased a large area of land in Praia do Forte in the municipality of Mata de São João in Bahia, state of Brazil, to build a resort.

[10] In April 2010, Iberostar announced that the actor Antonio Banderas would be the new face of a global campaign to promote the company's hotels and resorts.

There have been... "numerous reports from others who have told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel they experienced sickness, blackouts and injuries after drinking at Iberostar, and other resorts around Cancun and Playa del Carmen in recent months.".

[12] Iberostar's resort location in Playa del Carmen was also cited in other reports, by the Journal Sentinel and CBS News, regarding TripAdvisor and its controversial review guidelines.