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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.〔Robb Report Vacation Homes. "Dominican Republic", December 2007. "Indeed, Rainieri’s 15,000 acre residential complex will be, when fully actualized, a microcosm of the region, containing-in addition to miles of sandy beaches, its own international airport, a 288-room resort, a horse ranch, a nature sanctuary, a 72-par golf course, and a dozen or so restaurants and bars."〕 ==History and development== In 1969, Frank Rainieri, a Dominican entrepreneur in his 20’s with a crop-dusting business〔 and Theodore Kheel,〔Entrée Magazine. "Tortuga Bay", Holiday, 2009. "The resort was the vision of American labor lawyer Ted Kheel and a spirited, young Dominican named Frank Rainieri."〕 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.〔〔Airways Magazine. "Punta Cana Airport: From Jungle to Caribbean Showpiece", May 2009. "Late in the Sixties, Frank Rainieri and Ted Kheel, along with other investors, bought a large parcel of land, for what was then the bargain price of $200,000 at the eastern end of the Dominican Republic, which occupies the eastern part of the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola, itself part of the Greater Antilles archipelago."〕 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.〔 In late 2013, a Westin Resort property to be named "The Westin Puntacana Resort" with 204 rooms and 16 suites will open in the Playa Blanca area of Puntacana Resort & Club.〔 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.〔Condé Nast Traveler. "World Savers Awards: Education", September 2009. "To keep up with the growth, it built a well-equipped high school, where the staff’s offspring study alongside the CEO’s grandchildren."〕〔Austin Monthly. "Mother Nature's Getaway", April 2009. "They invested in the local economy: building schools, a hospital and a police station and establishing the now world-renowned ecological foundation, which proved their commitment to protect the environment."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Puntacana Resort and Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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