HotelChatter - Punta Cana

Barceló Punta Cana to Host the Mr. Universe Competition (Again)

Jennifer Kester — 2011-04-19T11:32:01-05:00

If you love men who love banana hammocks and speedos, you'll want to head to the Barcel� Punta Cana Resort. The Dominican Republic hotel will be full of hard-bodied, tan men when it hosts the finale of this year's Mr. Universe pageant.

You will be able to see the ripped guys flexing their muscles and strutting on the catwalk at the all-inclusive hotel from May 10 to 14. Given that the Barcel� Punta Cana sits on the water, you may also be able to "accidentally" run into a few of the muscular contestants at the beach.

The Real Housewives Of New Jersey Brawl at the Hard Rock Punta Cana

juliab — 2011-02-28T16:01:33-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/Giubar.jpg" class="top"> Oscars, Schmoscars. We may have liked the pretty dresses on display last night but the celeb news were really lubsing from this weekend is that the Real Housewives of New Jersey got into a bar brawl at the <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4831'>Hard Rock Hotel Punta Cana</a>. Thats, like, so Jersey Shore season 1! According to <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2011/02/26/real-housewives-of-new-jersey-attack-dominican-republic-bar-hard-rock-hotel-caroline-manzo-teresa/">TMZ</a>: <blockquote>A couple of castmembers were hanging out at a bar inside the Hard Rock around 1:00 AM Wednesday morning when they got into a heated argument with a male patron. We're told someone involved in the argument grabbed a drinking glass and smashed it over the man's head ... and the guy was hurt so badly, he needed immediate medical attention. </blockquote>

The First All-Inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Hits Punta Cana in a Few Weeks

JetSetCD — 2010-10-13T16:00:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/HardRockPCDom.jpg" class="top"> Are you champing at the bit to get down to the Dominican Republic and party like a rock star on the beach? Well, you'll be able to in a few weeks, if the <a href="http://www.hardrockhotels.com/puntacana/">Hard Rock Hotel Punta Cana</a> is to be believed. The massive complex of 121 acres, boasting more swimming pools than you can count on two hands and almost as many theme clubs and lounges, soft opens to guests on November 1, with it's official grand opening coming next spring. It's an all-inclusive resort, of course, even though it's the first all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel. There'll be photobooths and live performances all over the place, just be sure to budget for some extra playing

Flowers in the Hotel Toilet: Cute or Gross?

JetSetCD — 2010-05-14T16:08:05-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/ToiletFlowers.jpg" class="top"> You know how it is when you check into a hotel and you're so tired, so desperate to just have a private place to lay down and relax? You do a quick little look around the room and the bathroom, and perhaps there's a couple cute little flowers placed on the freshly folded towels, but you never expect flowers to also be floating in the toilet, do you? This is something we encountered for the first time ever last week, at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Puntacana+Hotel/ian/218071">Puntacana Resort</a> in the Dominican Republic. We lifted up the toilet lid and saw something in the toilet bowl, but happily they were only the little pink flowers you see pictured above. A cute

Inside the Restaurants and Pools of Oscar de la Renta's Tortuga Bay Hotel

JetSetCD — 2010-05-11T15:20:43-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/BambooRest.jpg" class="top"> Now that we've already taken you inside of the exclusive, Oscar de la Renta-designed <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/10/114357/662/hotels/Inside_Oscar_de_la_Renta_s_Tortuga_Bay_Hotel_in_the_Dominican_Republic">Tortuga Bay Resort</a> in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, it's about time to show you around the grounds, since this hotel has access to almost every bit of the PUNTACANA complex, aside from the residences where Oscar de la Renta, Julio Iglesias and Mikhail Baryshnikov live. Bamboo Restaurant: Tortuga Bay is not an all-inclusive resort, as they like giving you the freedom to go and eat at local restaurants, but what is included is a continental breakfast buffet in the de la Renta-designed Bamboo Restaurant. It also serves lunch, dinner and drinks poolside, if you don't desire to leave the hotel. Ojos Indigenas