Recycle when you travel for sustainable tourism
17 May is World Recycling Day and so we want to help you make your holidays more eco-friendly and protect our planet. These days there are many ways to minimise waste at home or anywhere we visit. Planet Earth is a wonderful place, and if you’re a traveller you’ve seen it for yourself. Did you know you can reduce waste when you travel too? If you care about the planet and want to be a green tourist keep reading. Here are a few tips to make your holiday more sustainable: 1.Cloth bag We already use cloth bags in everyday life to reduce single-use plastics. Why not do it when you travel too? They are very practical and come in handy…
The Rhythm Of Nature
The Caribbean is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. In terms of marine biodiversity, the conditions here are special thanks to the water temperature,salinity, depth, and turbidity. In our land ecosystems, mangrove swamps extend along numerous sections of coastline, as well as reservoirs, forests, desert formations, and more. This new project at Cayo Levantado Resort will invite guests to discover the other rhythm of the Dominican Republic, the “Hidden Rhythm.” An experience that brings the concept to life and in turn inspired the renovation of the resort, which will be based on three pillars of sustainability. One is the Environment. This idea is based on sustainability at all levels, and the environmental focus is one of the…
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A unique, sustainable Resort!
In the Dominican Republic rhythm goes well beyond dance, music and lifestyle. You’ll soon discover there is a rhythm which comes from nature, which seeps into your very soul, and becomes authenticity and well-being. On the island of Cayo Levantado, Samaná peninsula, we are creating a unique, sustainable resort, where you can enjoy the experience of feeling that hidden rhythm. That’s why we want you to know more about this project, and our Global Director for Investment & Construction, Juan Mateo, is here to tell us how the idea for the remodelling project came about, and how it expresses the concept of “Hidden Rhythm”. The idea of this project is…
Protecting the Caribbean Ecosystem
At Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts we are fully aware of our ecosystem and the need to protect it. That’s why we are conscious of moving forward with sustainable landscape management at our properties in the Caribbean. Turquoise seas, clean beaches and coral reefs. These landscapes are a source of pride for those who live there and a wonder for visitors. One of our commitments is to integrate local ecosystems into their usage environment. For this reason, at our properties we nurture native flora as a way of attracting biodiversity, therefore improving the conditions of the ecosystems present there. The company continues to promote a sustainable business model that contributes…
We are ecocentric, discover our movement and how to become a part of it.
We are ecocentric. Yes. We are concerned about our environment. We want our beaches to remain crystal-clear, so that our families can continue to take a swim in them. And we have decided to talk about it to see if we can bring out the ecocentrist inside us all. Did you know we manage 12 million sq. m of land? Our Tourism Group, Grupo Piñero, has 27 hotels and a number of residential complexes in Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Jamaica; 4 golf courses surrounded by nature and 7 kms of beach in the Caribbean. We know that represents a major responsibility to the environment and to society, so we…
