Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the awarding of two of its Strategic Partner award to Dominican properties during the Corry Oakes Strategic Partner Award presented at Grand Hyatt Baha Mar during Hyatt’s 2025 Americas Owners Conference.
The Corry Oakes Strategic Partner Award celebrates a company’s culture, philosophies, and strong, multi-brand relationship with Hyatt.
The two winning Dominican hotels were in two separate categories – Best New Property (Secrets Tides Punta Cana) and Best Adaptive Re-Use (Hyatt Centric Santo Domingo).
The Best New Property Award acknowledges recent hotel openings award and was presented to Secrets Tides Punta Cana & Spa (Codelpa) opened in January 2024 in the Uvero Alto north section of Punta Cana. It is the first Hyatt hotel owned by Alvaro Pena, regarded as an industry visionary in the Caribbean. The all-suite resort offers nine restaurants along with three pools, two outdoor hot tubs and an expansive spa.
The Best Adaptive Re-Use Award honors outstanding Hyatt-branded hotels developed from alternative real estate uses. This was awarded to the Hyatt Centric Santo Domingo (Grupo Martinon) that opened in October 2024 as the first Hyatt Centric brand hotel in the Caribbean. This property has undergone a significant transformation and repurposing from a bland office building to one of Santo Domingo’s most vibrant and stylish hotels. Hyatt Centric Santo Domingo marks Grupo Martinon’s first urban property in Santo Domingo.
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Business Wire
18 March 2025