This information was shared during a meeting with representatives of the media, led by the executive president of Banco Popular Dominicano, Mr. Christopher Paniagua, who highlighted the good moment that the Dominican Republic is experiencing in the eyes of international investors:<\/p>\n\n\n“At Banco Popular, we firmly believe in the potential and the high level of maturity that Dominican tourism has reached, now converted into one of the main poles of attraction for international investment. We are not only the bank that finances the most tourism projects in the country; we are, above all, the financial partner of reference for the sector. Our leadership is based on the trust built, on the depth of our relationships and on a long-term commitment to the growth, innovation and transformation of our clients,” said the executive president of Popular.\n\nMore investment and new projects for tourism development\n\nDuring the year 2025, Banco Popular financially supported about 15 tourism projects, both in the East zone and in the North region of the country, and currently has about 17 projects in the pipeline to be evaluated, whose total investment will exceed US$2.3 billion with potential financing of US$1.3 billion that will impact more than 7,000 rooms, contributing to about 6,000 new direct jobs and 18,000 indirect jobs, also distributed between the North zone and the East zone.\n\nLooking ahead to 2026, the financial entity already has an estimated amount of US$400 million in approved and pending credit facilities, which guarantees the continuity of strategic projects and the incorporation of new investments in hotel infrastructure and associated services.\n\nCommitment, innovation, and vision for the future\n\nAs part of its agenda at FITUR 2026, Banco Popular will develop a program focused on continuing to boost tourism financing, promoting a more diversified offer of the destination, and strengthening strategic relationships with the different actors in the sector.\n\nIn this context, the entity has scheduled nearly forty meetings with hotel chains, developers, and national and international tour operators. 50% of these meetings will focus on studying financing formulas for new projects, of which four correspond to investors who had not yet invested in the country.\n\nIn addition, four of the business meetings planned at this FITUR will be held with clients from major hotel multinationals, who are looking for a structuring project similar to the one that Popular agreed with Meli\u00e1 Hotels International in 2025 and which was recognized as “Transaction of the Year” by ASONAHORES (Hotel and Tourism Association of the Dominican Republic). On that occasion, the guild described said operation as a before and after in the way in which tourism investments are conceived and executed in the country, which places Popular as a regional benchmark in financial structuring for the hotel sector.\n\nThis innovative transaction consisted of structuring the acquisition of 25% of the companies that own the Paradisus Palma Real Golf & Spa and ZEL by Meli\u00e1 hotels, located in the country, while also being completed with direct long-term financing from the bank.\n\nFinancial relationship of decades\n\nBeyond the volume of financing granted and the structuring of transactions, Popular’s leadership is also expressed in the depth of the financial relationship it maintains with many of its tourism clients, with whom it has been collaborating for decades, which demonstrates a level of trust, connection and excellence in service that distinguishes the banking institution.\n\nAlong with Mr. Christopher Paniagua, the following individuals participated in the meeting with the media: Mr. Luis E. Esp\u00ednola, Senior Executive Vice President of National and International Business; Antonia Ant\u00f3n de Hern\u00e1ndez, Senior Executive Vice President of Human Management, Cultural Transformation, Credit Administration and Compliance; Robinson Bou, Executive Vice President of Business and Investment; Jos\u00e9 M\u00e1rmol, Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications, Reputation and Responsible Banking of Grupo Popular; Juan Manuel Mart\u00edn de Oliva, Vice President of the Tourism Business Area; Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez Caama\u00f1o, Vice President of the Engineering and Maintenance Area; Mariel Bera, Vice President of the Corporate Relations and Responsible Banking Area; and Karina Vallejo, Senior Manager of the Tourism Business Division.\n\nAlso present were Mr. Eugene Rault Grull\u00f3n, Executive Vice President of Popular Digital Services; Luis Jos\u00e9 Jim\u00e9nez, Executive Vice President of AFP Popular; and Jos\u00e9 Manuel Cuervo, Vice President of the Securities Market Subsidiaries Area of Grupo Popular.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Banco Popular Dominicano, within the framework of its participation in the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) 2026, reaffirmed its leadership as the main financial entity in the country’s tourism sector, by announcing that the balance of its total portfolio dedicated to this tourism sector amounts to US$1.9 billion, including here the financing of the banking entity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25yG","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Mart\u00edn Adames","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-11-at-11.04.20-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}