Karisma Hotel and Resort announced the construction of a hotel in Punta Bergantín, Puerto Plata, which will add 300 rooms.
MIAMI - David Collado, Minister of Tourism, signed several agreements on Wednesday totaling more than $220 million during the Tradeshow taking place in Miami with the participation of more than 500 tour operators from the United States market and Latin American countries.
The Karisma Hotel and Resort group announced the construction of a hotel in Punta Bergantín, Puerto Plata, which will add 300 rooms to that project that already has 1,100 rooms planned and under development, belonging to different chains.
It will be a combination of hotel rooms with condominiums, plus a water park aimed at the whole family, which will involve an investment of 209 million dollars.
Punta Bergantín will be a project with 4,500 rooms and 2,500 residential units on a plot of five million square meters.
Other agreements signed during the event included those with Expedia, a global online travel company offering a wide range of planning services; Signature Travel Network, a global network of luxury travel agencies; Internova Travel Group, travel agencies and tourism-related service providers; and Virtuoso Travel, a
global network of luxury travel agencies and high-end tourism service providers.
In addition, agreements were signed with Despega Travely Agency, a leading online travel company in Latin America, Price Travel, an online travel agency and tour operator based in Mexico, El Corte Inglés, which is characterized by offering customer service in the travel industry, WestJet, a low-cost airline based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and JetBlue, an American airline focused on offering affordable fares.
Upon initiating the negotiations, Collado specified that more than 30 agreements were signed through 1,100 scheduled and held meetings between representatives of 70 Dominican companies, which is categorized as the largest tourism operation that has taken place in the state of Florida.
The event is part of the ongoing efforts to further develop tourism in the Dominican Republic, which last year set a record with more than 10 million visitors, and which this year projects 11 million tourists.
The Dominican Republic's offering at the event includes tourist attractions from the provinces and Santo Domingo, which are displayed on giant screens. In addition, attendees have the opportunity to feel like they are in the country, as they are provided with handcrafted items, gastronomy, music and dance, mamajuana, coffee, chocolate, sweets and other details.
Hundreds of tour operators from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and other Latin American countries are participating in the event, which has become an attraction for those involved in the tourism sector.
Collado announced that this event will become a fixed date for the country, in which the Dominican Republic will show its strength by holding an event like this in the city of Miami.
Around 70 co-exhibitors will showcase the richness of Creole culture through exhibits, as well as culinary and artisanal demonstrations. Coffee, rum, chocolate, and sweets will be available, and there will also be music, artisans presenting their creations, and a conference room where tourism officials will be showcasing the various destinations in our country.
Last night, as a pre-event activity, the Minister of Tourism held the 60th Roadshow before more than 500 people, where David Collado showcased the destinations of the Dominican Republic, everything this nation has achieved to reach 10 million tourists in 2023, and the goals that lie ahead.
