Awards

The Barceló Punta Cana hotel was awarded the Blue Flag international certification at the beginning of 2011 for its well maintained beaches.

It is a recognition that the non-profit organization NGO Environment Education Foundation (EEF) awards. Blue Flag is an international certification of environmental quality standards that creates environmental awareness and fosters sustainability.

When this flag waves over a beach, as in the case of the Barceló Punta Cana hotel, that means that the beach is clean, healthy and safe for users.

The Barceló Punta Cana hotel confirms its commitment to the sustainability and conservation of the facilities' surroundings, and therefore has registered in Green Globe, which is a sustainability certification based on internationally accepted criteria for the operation and management of businesses in the travel and tourism industry. The goal is to reduce and prevent the negative impact of our tourism activities.

As a result, and in its commitment to environmental respect and sustainability, the Barceló Punta Cana hotel states its policy in six fundamental principles:

1. Waste Management: Reduce waste management as much as possible. Reuse everything possible before discarding. Recycle waste to make new products.

2. Energy and Water Conservation: Employees as well as customers contribute to the conservation of our country's renewable resources.

3. Training: We offer a training program with the fundamental goal of creating a greater greener awareness of the entire staff.

4. Information: We provide information so that the implementation of green measures in the hotel is effective.

5. Recuperating the Native Ecosystem (Flora and Fauna): We are committed to maintaining and alleviating consequences brought about by the development of tourism, environmentally and socially, to aide in the region's sustainable development.

6. Socio-Cultural: We foster and inform about cultural, sport and recreational activities in the neighboring communities with the prior consent from those involved. The company supports the area's community development initiatives by carrying out activities for common welfare.