Grupo Piñero Expands its Eco-Bahia Foundation to the Dominican Republic

Miami, FL (May 8, 2023) -  Grupo Piñero, owners of Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts, launches its Eco-Bahia Foundation in the Dominican Republic. Created in Mexico in 1999, its mission is to undertake projects for the conservation, maintenance, and improvement of natural resources, as well as to raise awareness of the importance of the environment. To this end, it has implemented programs for the recovery and management of fauna, promotion of native and endemic flora, conservation of marine resources, protection of coral reefs, and maintenance of protected areas. The foundation's awareness-raising activities have evolved into educational and environmental awareness-raising actions with local communities, schools, employees, clients, and owners of tourist and residential developments.

These projects will now be replicated in the Dominican Republic, one of Grupo Piñero's most important markets, where it has 13 hotels. Specifically, the Foundation is already starting to work on the restoration of the whale lookout at Punta Balandra together with the Dominican Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MIMARENA) and on the delivery of containers for waste separation in schools as part of the “Biodiverse Samaná” project. Its objectives for 2023 also include the opening of composting centers in several locations and establishing cooperation agreements to promote its environmental education initiative, and the start of the ecosystem restoration program.

In the words of Grupo Piñero’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Isabel Piñero: “The arrival of the Eco-Bahia Foundation in the Dominican Republic demonstrates our commitment to offering a model of regenerative tourism based on responsibility and sustainability. Absolute respect for the environment is part of our DNA and we look forward to continuing to contribute to the care and conservation of all the natural resources of the destinations in which we operate.”

Preserving biodiversity for over 20 years

Since its beginnings in 1999 with the management of the program for the protection and conservation of sea turtles in the central coast of Quintana Roo, the Eco-Bahia Foundation's projects in Mexico have continued to grow with the aim of increasing the sustainable impact of its actions, releasing more than 110,000 sea turtle hatchlings and attending to more than 1,000 cases of wildlife recovery and management.

In addition, the Eco-Bahia Foundation has also created its Environmental Education program, which manages collaborations with local schools, environmental events and scientific research partnerships to raise awareness of the scope and repercussions that human actions can have on the environment, thereby promoting a real change in the habits of all the people who participate in its activities.

With the expansion of the Eco-Bahia Foundation, Grupo Piñero continues in its mission to inspire change in the sector, promoting a better understanding of the importance of caring for the environment and encouraging the implementation of sustainable practices in the natural capital in which it operates.

About Grupo Piñero 

Grupo Piñero is a Spanish multinational family company founded in 1977. ​With a team currently comprising more than 14,000 professionals, the Group has evolved to extend its value proposal beyond the tourism sector, structuring its activity into three business units with the aim of maximizing synergies and guaranteeing consistency in the quality and innovation of its products and services. Living Resorts comprises its hotel activities, residential resorts and golf courses in Spain and the Caribbean under the Bahia Principe brand. Travel comprises the tour operating activities managed by Soltour Travel Partners, operating mainly under the Soltour brand, and the inbound activities under the Coming2 brand. Finally, the Mobility division groups together other mobility services at the destination, including its commitment to the development of sustainable mobility.

Grupo Piñero’s purpose is to create exciting experiences. To make this possible, it is committed to responsible management that allows it to offer the best experience to clients and employees and to actively contribute to society as a whole, with sustainability at its core and sustainable growth and innovation as the fundamental pillars of its strategy.