President Hipolito Mejia went East last Friday for the formal symbolic opening of the Punta Cana shopping center area ? with a bowling alley, shops and restaurants. During the ceremony, Frank Rainieri, president of the Punta Cana Group announced the
start of the expansion works at the Punta Cana International Airport.
The Punta Cana airport is enjoying a boom in traffic, and is the main port of entry of tourists to the Dominican Republic. Punta Cana International received 661,000 travelers last year.
During the symbolic ribbon-cutting event, said that this year they would invest RD$1.23 billion in Punta Cana projects and another RD$3.28 billion from 2004-2005. As reported in El Caribe, Rainieri announced the construction of a luxury 400-room
hotel, two new golf courses, and expansion of the Punta Cana residential development. He said meetings facilities in the Punta Cana Resort & Club would be enhanced to meet the new demand.