), and the residence and golf unit, which runs six luxury resorts and four golf courses.As the first news aggregate for the hotel industry, Hotel-Online is the industry’s must-read daily news source for everything hotel curated for busy professionals. Encarna, Isabel y Lydia son las flamantes hijas de Pablo Piñero, el fundador de los hoteles Bahía Príncipe. Encarna Piñero, CEO, Grupo Piñero.

Grupo Piñero, the parent company of Bahia Principe, had a very strong 2017, according to the company’s latest data report. El próximo ministro de Turismo de la República Dominicana, David Collado, sostuvo el miércoles en España reuniones con los grupos Piñero e Iberostar, quienes tienen la mayor cantidad de habitaciones hoteleras en el país con un total de 10,100 habitaciones y generan más de 11,000 empleos directos.

It is also a move towards a greater involvement of the second generation of the Piñero family in management positions. Ms. Piñero’s promotion is part of Grupo Piñero’s generational succession plan and was included in the family protocol established in 2012. MADRID — Grupo Piñero, parent company of Bahia Principe, reported an 8% sales increase in 2017 over the year 2016, marking its sixth consecutive year of growth.According to its 2017 financial results, which were revealed at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid, the company also enjoyed a 5% EBITDA increase from 2016 as well as gross operating profit of US$250 million. Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts, which accounts for 72% of the family-owned business, achieved 82% occupancy for the year.Following the appointment of Encarna Piñero as Chief Executive Officer, and the passing of company founder and previous president, Pablo Piñero, the group maintained a business strategy that focused on conservative financial management and organic growth.“Our results last year are the best tribute we can pay to my father, and it would have been impossible without the family of more than 15,000 professionals who make up Grupo Piñero,” said Encarna Piñero.

130 Queens Quay East, Suite 512, Toronto, Ontario M5A 0P6 | Tel: (416) 365-1500 | Fax: (416) 365-1504 | travelweek@travelweek.ca Hija de Pablo Piñero, fundador y presidente de esta empresa turística española creada en 1977, la directiva compagina sus funciones de CEO con las de vicepresidenta, labor que ejerce desde 2007. Encarna Piñero, consejera delegada de Grupo Piñero, considera a la República Dominicana su segunda casa. In her new role as CEO, Ms. Piñero will report directly to her father, Grupo Piñero founder and President, Pablo Piñero. “In 2018 we embark on a new brand architecture to simplify the way we organize ourselves and strengthen the operations of each of our businesses, while in the second half of the year we will open our 27th hotel, in Tenerife. Spanish hospitality company Grupo Piñero recently reported its 2018 financial results at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid, Spain. Encarna Piñero es la consejera delegada de Grupo Piñero desde 2017. The brand expanded operations to two new destinations in Portugal – Saïdia and Sardinia – and in 2018 will add Agadir, Morocco. This will be a year of continuity and consolidation of our leading position in the holiday segment.”Bahia Principe made the greatest contribution to the group’s sales in 2017, accounting for 72% of the total. ©Copyright 2019 | Hotel-Online.com | All Rights Reserved Grupo Piñero, Bahia Principe’s Parent Company, Names Encarna Piñero CEO Sunday August 16, 2020 Encarna Piñero, Chief Executive Officer, Grupo Piñero Encarna Piñero is on Facebook. Her new responsibilities will include overseeing the development and execution of the company’s strategy, including the vision and success of Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts.“This promotion marks another step forward in one of the projects of which I feel most proud following a lifetime dedicated to Grupo Piñero: ensuring the next generation leads the company’s continued growth while maintaining our identify and values at the forefront,” said Pablo Piñero.For Encarna Piñero, her new role “represents a logical, well-thought and consistent progression given our commitment to remain a family-owned group.” The new CEO also believes her appointment “will take us to a new stage where our main strategic goals will remain while we face new challenges, such as the integration of corporate social responsibility in our business model and our irrevocable digital transformation.”Encarna Piñero holds a BA in Economics from Universidad San Pablo CEU and an MBA from IE. As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Playa Hotels & Resorts has expanded existing guest safety procedures and developed new safety protocols for their entire portfolio of all-inclusive resorts based on guidance from global healthcare professionals, existing partnerships with Hyatt and Hilton and elevated guest expectations.

Join Facebook to connect with Encarna Piñero and others you may know. Before her appointment as Vice President of Grupo Piñero in 2007, she held various leadership roles in the contracting and sales departments of its hotel division. Also in 2017, Coming2, Grupo Piñero’s tourist reception and at-destination services unit, became the only destination management company to operate charter flights to Jamaica from Spain and Portugal.Moreover, in 2017, Bahia Principe unveiled its second 18-hole professional golf course at Playa Romana Nueva in the DR, its fourth golf course overall.Lastly, the group continues to make strides in sustainability, integrating six of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals into its corporate social responsibility strategy. Copyright © 2009 - 2020 Concepts Travel Media Ltd. Virtuoso releases poll results for 2020 travel intentions and moreHolland America pauses operations on all ships through Dec. 15Expedia TAAP’s incentive program aims to support travel agencies in Canada as demand returns