Leo wants to Reposition Tourism with Tango Project on north coast

[windeguy]

Cabarete Tango Project seeks to reposition tourism in Puerto Plata

<p>Dominican-Argentine businessman Leonardo Wehe presented the repositioning strategy of the Cabarete tourist destination in Puerto Plata with his company Cabarete Tango. The company has an unprecedented proposal that combines luxury, culture, nature, and sports. “The world is looking for...

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Dominican-Argentine businessman Leonardo Wehe presented the repositioning strategy of the Cabarete tourist destination in Puerto Plata with his company Cabarete Tango. The company has an unprecedented proposal that combines luxury, culture, nature, and sports.

“The world is looking for authentic experiences, and Cabarete has it all: the wind, the surf, the art, the jazz, the warmth of its people and now, thanks to our vision, a luxury offer integrated into nature that does not exist anywhere else in the Caribbean”, he said within the framework of the most important tourism fair, the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) 2025.

Wehe’s proposal is based on three pillars:

● Water sports and nature as a lifestyle.

● Investment in luxury infrastructure inspired by the local identity, taking advantage of the tourist destination’s natural resources.

● World-class cultural and artistic events that celebrate the soul of Cabarete, such as Cabarete Jazz Festival 2025.

As explained by the investor, the vision is already bearing fruit with multiple projects in execution, such as:

Eden Cabarete is a luxury condominium complex facing Cabarete Bay, designed by architect Byron Rodriguez and built by SC Engineering. Inspired by the waves and vegetation of the environment, it has broken sales records in the area.


ICON Cabarete is an avant-garde boutique design development with beachfront residences that redefines exclusivity in the area.


Cabaret Country Club, a 9-hole floodlit golf course in a residential complex of more than 350 units between villas and condominiums. A wide selection of amenities and sports proposals.


Hotel Villa Taina—New approach, a classic of tourism in Cabarete that has been renovated to align with the new vision of the destination. It currently has as a complementary offer the Amazonian store, making available to the market garments made by designers so that people can access high beach fashion. It is a beachfront meeting point with gastronomy with its renovated Serenade restaurant and the Villa Taina Water Club water sports school.


Cabarete Jazz Festival 2025: After its successful return in 2024, Wehe confirmed that the 2025 edition of the festival will be held on June 20-21. International and Dominican artists will perform at an unprecedented oceanfront music event.

 

[windeguy]

Well, once tourism is gone, it doesn't come back. Tourism was repositioned to Punta Cana from the north coast over the past 15 years.

What Leo is building at Eden, ICON and the Cabarete Country Club will attract upscale expats far more than tourists.
I am sure he knows that.

 

[windeguy]

I just heard that Leo's project Tango includes relocating La Cienaga to land above Bombita in government housing so they stop polluting the lagoon there.
Good luck with that part of the plan

Leo also just bought Villa Taina in Cabarete.

 

[Big]

he has nice hair ! Does he know about tie Lifestyles resort that was going to transform Cab and reopen the Casino.

 

[PJP]

That's your criteria, nice hair? Could you be more superficial

 

[Big]

That's your criteria, nice hair? Could you be more superficial

Good point, nice blazer and he has a good dental plan. As far as the transformation of Cab. "Yea sure" , The casinos went under as did several large properties. Of course I am still waiting for the Ritz-Carlton to open.

 

[keepcoming]

That's your criteria, nice hair? Could you be more superficial

I must be also as the first thing that I noticed, he is well groomed.

 

[Notengo]

Looks like his toupet got tangled up in his electric toothbrush.

 

[johne]

That's your criteria, nice hair? Could you be more superficial

lol. The way to be MORE superficial is to look at someone's hair and pass a remark about it. Now THAT is superficial especially when the subject matter is a large investment.

 

[windeguy]

Well for me, he misses post 2's point about tourism not returning once it is gone. He is not building AI resorts or cruise ports.

He is building very expensive condos and I am sure the villas at the Cabarete country club will cost a pretty peso.

What he is doing is attracting expats and wealthy Dominicans to buy expensive condos and in the future villas. Toursim? Not really ...

In person he is like an Argentine Robert Redford..

 

[JD Jones]

Windy, have all of those projects already started?

Imagine an illuminated golf course.

 

[windeguy]

Windy, have all of those projects already started?

Imagine an illuminated golf course.

Eden Cabarete is being painted, next doors and window and the interior work

ICON Cabarete is starting on the foundation

The Cabarete Country Club has some resistence to the wall Leo is building along the south side of the golf course from those squatters who had businesses there and need to go. The wall is necessary to prevent people entering the property and will run about 1.5 Km before the condos, villas , restaurants, etc are built for the that project.

As for Leo and the government removing La Cienaga and putting them in Bombita, I understand Leo owns the land in Bombita and is working with the DR government.

So, three projects are under way, with the Country Club having some issues to resolve on the wall, and the relocation of La Cienaga being on a wish list.

 

[JD Jones]

I've always thought La Cienaga days were numbered.

 

[Taylor]

Anyone close to the road can attest to the development at the country club - the moved all the sand from the Icon project to the golf course. one truck load at a time. It's been going 24/7 for the last 6 months.

The Eden project is taking bookings fox Xmas this year, so they are likely on track for that

The Villa Taina he bought a year and a bit ago, you can notice from all the events in the restaurant there, all well done.

The Jazz festival is coming up. Ironic that none of the Cabarete condo owners complaining about the lack of rentals bother doing small things like sharing the event on their social media to try and help promote it.

Likely the biggest impediment to even more development is the lack of waste water processing.

For the lagoon side of La Cienga, all those were illegal lots, I'm guessing a lot of them will happily take something to avoid all the flooding. It seems to be getting worse.

 

[CristoRey]

Your eyes are clearly bigger than your stomach. Now please take your seat.

 

[windeguy]

Anyone close to the road can attest to the development at the country club - the moved all the sand from the Icon project to the golf course. one truck load at a time. It's been going 24/7 for the last 6 months.

Most don't get to see that. I see huge dump trucks going by my house all day long going to the Cabarete Country Club project via La Cienaga road.

The Eden project is taking bookings fox Xmas this year, so they are likely on track for that

Eden Cabarete Project is being painted now, doors and windows and tile are next. I suspect much of the fill for the Cabarete Country Club trucks is from ICON Cabarete project just East of Eden...

The Villa Taina he bought a year and a bit ago, you can notice from all the events in the restaurant there, all well done.

The Jazz festival is coming up. Ironic that none of the Cabarete condo owners complaining about the lack of rentals bother doing small things like sharing the event on their social media to try and help promote it.

The Jazz festival has always been a non-event for me. They don't actually have any jazz at it, Just a bunch of acts that play varous latin music styles that are not jazz. I cannot see it making any real impact on the Airbnb market which is way oversaturated.

Likely the biggest impediment to even more development is the lack of waste water processing.

There are no sewers at all in my area. Not seeing that ever changing here.

For the lagoon side of La Cienga, all those were illegal lots, I'm guessing a lot of them will happily take something to avoid all the flooding. It seems to be getting worse.

Swamp land (Public Park Protected El Choco Park wetlands) filled in and "sold" by a former now dead mayor of Cabarete was how La Cienaga came to be. I have no idea if they will need tear gas to make that happen like was needed in the El Rocon down to Sea Winds area to displace those squatters. Time will tell if La Cienagans end up as Bombitans.

 

[PJP]

lol. The way to be MORE superficial is to look at someone's hair and pass a remark about it. Now THAT is superficial especially when the subject matter is a large investment.

That IS the point sir. The matter at hand is important and comments about personal appearance should not included. That someone likes how someone else is dressed should not be criteria for elevating their importance or credibility. Just like not liking someone else because you don't appreciate their clothes should, within reason, not diminish their credibility.