Grupo Intur - formerly BHD Real Estate - has developed and built several of the most important housing projects in the Dominican Republic, thus helping to alleviate the country's housing shortage problem and to satisfy demand in the middle to high market segments.

Furthermore, it has made major contributions to the modernization of the Dominican real estate market, by partnering with the renowned American real estate firm Coldwell Banker and introducing the most advanced marketing and sales techniques to the country.

Grupo Intur's resort business division is headed by the Coral Hotels and Resorts hotel chain, which owns and operates four beach resort hotels in the Dominican Republic, together offering about 4 thousand rooms under the all-inclusive regimen.

In 2003, Coral Hotels and Resorts formed a strategic alliance with Hilton International to create the Coral by Hilton brand name, thereby projecting it globally through Hilton's marketing and distribution network. Coral is also the owner of the Hilton Santo Domingo hotel, which is operated by Hilton International in the Dominican capital.

Although Grupo Intur was incorporated in December 2005, its subsidiary units have more than 20 years of experience in the national and international markets, previously as a part of the BHD Group, one the most prestigious Dominican financial institutions, with interests principally in banking and insurance.

In the BHD Group shareholders' assembly, held on December 19, 2005, the members agreed to create a new organization that would group its real estate and hospitality units, separating them judicially and in securities from their financial holdings, in accordance with the best international practices.

In this fashion, Grupo Intur not only began its operation as the proprietor of important real estate and hospitality companies, but also inherited the business traditions of the BHD Group, which for three decades has been a driving force in the economic and social growth of the Dominican Republic. Grupo Intur has the support of over 1,400 shareholders at the forefront of which are several major Dominican Corporations.