Puntacana Resort and Club
| Puntacana Resort & Club | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
| Opening | 1971 |
| Owner | Frank Rainieri |
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| Developer | Frank Rainieri, Ted Kheel |
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Puntacana Resort & Club is a resort and residential community located in Punta Cana, La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic; established in 1969 by businessman and hotelier Frank Rainieri and Theodore Kheel, a New York labor lawyer. The area now encompasses over 15,000 acres and includes Tortuga Bay hotel, The Westin Puntacana, a Six Senses Spa, an ecological reserve, five residential communities, nine restaurants, a full-service marina, two golf courses and the Punta Cana International Airport.
In 1969, Frank Rainieri, a Dominican entrepreneur in his 20’s with a crop-dusting business and Theodore Kheel, a high-powered New York attorney and labor mediator, acquired a 58-million square meter lot on the eastern end of the Dominican Republic, which was covered with jungle and six miles of beach. Their first project was a 40 guest hotel called the Punta Cana Club.
In 1979, they constructed The Puntacana Hotel and the Punta Cana International Airport followed in 1984. In 2000, the first of the residential community developments began and six years later Tortuga Bay opened, a boutique hotel designed by fashion designer Oscar de la Renta. Puntacana Resort & Club has since grown to encompass over 15,000 acres and has served such guests as Henry Kissinger,Charlize Theron, Gabriel Byrne and the Clintons.
Corporate environmental and social responsibilities and policies have been pursued since the resort was built. The Puntacana Foundation- made of the Ecological Foundation and Community Services- has a 1,500-acre reserve that now serves as a research base for universities and a sanctuary for endangered species and has opened two schools- the Ann & Ted Kheel Polytechnic and the Puntacana International School- and a free health clinic in the local community of Véron.
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