Marriott is making an enormous splash in the Dominican Republic: The world’s first all-inclusive W resort is now formally open.
Although it started welcoming friends earlier this yr in a gentle opening part, the W Punta Cana, Adult All-Inclusive is reimagining what we learn about all-inclusive resorts. It brings the W model’s playful sense of luxurious and lifestyle-forward hospitality — and its fashionable clientele — to the gorgeous seashores and turquoise waters of Punta Cana, nearly 45 minutes from Punta Cana Worldwide Airport (PUJ).
On the first W all-inclusive resort, followers of the model can anticipate lots of its signature parts: The Dwelling Room, a classy foyer bar, a Match gymnasium and the Away Spa, which presents signature therapies and massages. The property additionally encompasses a Moist Deck, W’s signature pool bar expertise; right here, it has an all-inclusive twist the place the drinks hold flowing (and you do not have to fret concerning the worth).
W accommodations are additionally recognized for his or her fashionable, typically over-the-top design aesthetic, however the more moderen iterations (like the one in Nashville) have been extra subdued and fewer in-your-face. In Punta Cana, the 340 visitor rooms and suites are recent and trendy with a tropical vibe. They function both a personal balcony or a swim-up pool or plunge pool, in addition to massive TVs, floor-to-ceiling home windows and a impartial tone with delicate pops of shade.
All-inclusive resorts have been upping the eating recreation in recent times, and expectations are excessive for the W Punta Cana, which boasts 13 eating places and bars. Along with The Dwelling Room and Moist Deck, friends can dine at a world buffet, a faucet room with craft beer, an elevated Dominican and Caribbean restaurant, a Japanese road meals joint, a moody speakeasy, a rooftop uncooked bar, a Mediterranean seaside membership with a bar and restaurant, a plaza-style outside restaurant and a classic cabaret-style Italian cocktail bar, amongst others.
Through the day, friends can sit back on loungers and take within the Dominican solar by the seaside. Or, they will head to one of many swimming pools, such because the Chill Pool with its swim-up bar or the infinity pool at Moist Deck. Leisure is offered all through the keep, so you’ll be able to anticipate DJs and dancing in addition to wellness-focused actions like dawn yoga and exercise lessons. The resort additionally touts a each day calendar with musical experiences, cultural workshops, journey actions, and food and drinks experiences which can be all designed to “foster connectivity” all through the resort.
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Marriott is likely one of the manufacturers main the cost in revolutionizing the all-inclusive area; it’s flagging resorts with manufacturers and collections acquainted to vacationers and loyalists. Marriott’s Luxurious Assortment has already opened resorts within the Dominican Republic and Mexico, and there are extra on the best way. It has been rumored that different luxurious Marriott manufacturers are planning to enter the all-inclusive area, too. Outdoors of Marriott, Hilton launched its eponymous all-inclusive resort, and IHG opened a Kimpton-branded all-inclusive resort in Mexico.
Tips on how to e-book the W Punta Cana
Money charges via the top of 2025 begin round $594 per evening or 137,000 Marriott Bonvoy factors, based mostly on double occupancy. When reserving an all-inclusive resort, remember to make sure you have the right variety of friends within the reserving. In any other case, you is perhaps in for some shock funds when you present as much as the remaining with out friends which can be unaccounted for.
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