A New Resort Just Became the Caribbean's Biggest All-Inclusive — Here's Where It Opened
A $1.5 billion all-inclusive with 2,171 suites just opened in the Dominican Republic, claiming the title of the region's largest.
The Caribbean's largest all-inclusive resort is now open, and it sits on the beaches of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Moon Palace The Grand Punta Cana welcomed its first guests on June 1, opening with 2,171 suites across two 18-story towers built on a reported investment of more than $1.5 billion.
Scale is the headline. Roughly 66 percent of the suites face the ocean directly, which the resort says gives it more oceanfront rooms than any property in the country's history. The opening lineup includes 19 restaurants, eight bars, nine outdoor pools, a water park, a casino, and what the resort bills as the largest spa in the Dominican Republic. An 18-hole Greg Norman Eco Signature golf course rounds out the grounds.
The vertical design is deliberate. By stacking rooms into two high towers rather than spreading low-rise buildings across the site, the developers preserved more than 228,000 square meters of vegetation, including a stretch of protected mangrove forest, with elevated walkways carrying guests to the beach.
The property is the newest flagship for Palace Resorts, the operator behind well-known Mexican properties such as Moon Palace Cancun. Moving into the Dominican Republic at this scale signals how aggressively the brand is chasing the Punta Cana market, already one of the busiest all-inclusive destinations in the hemisphere.
Opening-week rates started around $849 per night all-inclusive for an entry-level room, with swim-up suites running roughly $300 more. Some nightlife venues and additional concepts are scheduled to come online later in 2026, so the full resort will keep expanding well past its debut.
