Palmera Destination Services is a tour operator and DMC (Destination Management Company) based in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic. The company has been operating since 2000 and has grown steadily year after year; specializing in golf travel, groups & incentives and providing high quality services to individual travellers & groups of all sizes.

In 2005 Palmera Destination Services was bought by Mr. Anders Bogebjerg and Mrs. Rawnie Bogebjerg Hansen. Anders is a former professional golf player and European Junior Champion. He has been working in the travelling industry since 2000 and has been working in the Dominican Republic since 2001 representing Danish travelling agencies. Anders is in charge of our golf department. He speaks English, German, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian.

Rawnie Bogebjerg Hansen has a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Master’s degree in international business communications from the University of Southern Denmark. She has been working for a convention center in Denmark, handling the planning of international conventions. During the winters of 2004 and 2005 she was working in the Dominican Republic as sales representative and office manager for other tour operators. Rawnie is in charge of our groups department and communications. She speaks Danish, English and Spanish.

In 2007 Mr. Robert Rillema came onboard as our Operations Manager and became responsible for all daily activities including planning of transfers, excursions, hotel reservations, etc. Robert is from Holland, where he used to work for IBM. He came to the Dominican Republic as a diving instructor and has spent more than 5 years in the country. He speaks Dutch, English, Spanish, German and French.

In 2008 Robert was put in charge of our sales department and Ms. Kenia Binicio came onboard as the operations assistant to Robert. Kenia is from the Dominican Republic and has been working in one of the high end hotels, she has been working in operations with another excursion company, and is now in charge of the administration of Palmera. She speaks Spanish and English.

Today Palmera Destination Services proudly represents more than 25 different travelling agencies from Europe, the United States and Latin America, and we handle groups of all sizes from Europe, Canada, the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.

To provide the best destination services for our individual clients and groups and to ensure that our services are personal and of the highest standard.

We believe that the most important aspect of any person’s vacation or business trip is that everything works smoothly in the planning phase and especially on the destination - from the moment of arrival to the departure. Our success lies in working hard to make sure our clients’ vacation or business trip is a success. The key to a wonderful and memorable vacation or a successful business trip is to have a DMC working not only for you to make sure things fall into place but also to have a DMC who works with you and understands your needs.

We take pride in our values which are the keys to our success:

For individual travellers and groups we guarantee the following services: