TESTIMONIALS
2025
Camil Yazbeck
Global Chief Development Officer Accor
Leeny Oberg
CFO and Executive Vice President - Marriott International
Andres Fajardo
CEO - GHL Hoteles
Patricia Boo
Regional Director LATAM - STR
Emilio Izquierdo
CEO Proyecto “MARAEY”
Ricardo Mader
Managing Director LATAM - JLL VALUATION & ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC.
Sidney Levy
President - Invest Rio
Paulo Mancio
Executive Director – CBRE Hospitality
Daniel Córdova
Business Investment Director - PromPerú
Carlos Henrique Menezes Sobral
National Secretary for Infrastructure, Credit, and Investments – Ministry of Tourism of Brazil
Paula Peláez
Director Advisory Services - IDB Invest
Raúl Calvet
CEO, Managing Partner, Market Intelligence & Advisory, Colliers CAAC
Abel Castro
Chief Development Officer - Accor Americas - PM&E Division
Luis Javier Iserte
General Manager Latin America & The Caribbean-QUBICA AMF Worldwide
Osvaldo Chudnosbsky
Managing Partner - Brazil - Horwath HTL
Bojan Kumer
Regional Vice President Hotel Development, Caribbean & Latin America - Marriott International
Gustavo Tutuca
State Secretary of Tourism of Rio de Janeiro - State Secretariat of Tourism of Rio de Janeiro
Gustavo Moura
Asset Management Director -BHG SA
Juan Camilo Castaño
CDO - GHL
Michael Leon Volko
Senior Director Development, CALA - Marriott International
Diego Rodriguez
Managing Partner - Horwath HTL Argentina
Carolina Pinheiro
VP Development LATAM - Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Cristiano Gonçalves
VP Development, South America & the Caribbean - Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Jessica Alomía Mendez
Investment & Connectivity Director - Ministry of Tourism of Ecuador
Richard Rehwaldt
Vice President, Latin America - BWH Hotels
Gustavo Rezende
CEO - Grupo GR - Wyndham Olimpia Wyndham Gramado
Mariana Fournier
Director of Tourism Infrastructure – PROCOMER – Costa Rica
Ricardo Souza
Revenue Growth Leader - Mexico, Latin America & The Caribbean Lighthouse
Ramiro Fidalgo
Assistant Secretary of Tourism State - Secretariat of Tourism of Rio de Janeiro
Ron Pohl
President of WorldHotels and International Operations - BWH Hotels
Luca Franco
CEO & Founder - Luxury Frontiers
Luis Alberto Tito
Director Hotel Development Latin America - BWH Hotels
Chieko Aoki
Founder & CEO - Blue Tree Hotels
2024
Sergio Rivas
Costa del Sol
Miguel Campo
SB Architects
Mara Seminario Marón
Consultant
Julio Cesar Puentes
ProColombia
Ron Pohl
BWH Hotels
Ricardo Souza
Lighthouse
Liora Haymann y Giovanni Medina
OBMI
Cristian Roberts
PRIME & CREO Capital
Andrés Sanchez
GHL Hotels
Daniel Cordova Espinoza
Promperú
Christian Glauser Benz
Mandarin Oriental
Mateo Estrella
Ministry of Ecuador
Daniel Grew
CPG Hospitality
Bojan Kümer
Marriott International
Ghisela Angulo
Booking.com
Juan Stoessel
Casa Andina Hoteles
Bernd Kuhlmann
Lifestyle Resorts Solutions
Daniel Soria
Valor Agregado Desarrollos Inmobiliarios
Lisandro Liguori
Amek Group
Viviane De Faria
Ministério do Turismo - Brasil
Damian Tabakman
Entrepeneur
Peter Greenberg
CBS News
Emilio Perez
Marriott International
Gustavo Viescas
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Federico Greppi
Marriott International
Luis Javier Iserte
QUBICAAMF Mexico
Cristiano Gonçalvez
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Ana Ramirez, Ancestral Handmade Hotels
Marco Larrea, EDSA
Carlos Crovato
Standard International
Camila Rodriguez Taylor
IDB Invest
2023
Vijesh Patel
Six Senses
Greg O'Stein
Aimbridge Hospitality
Francisco Uribe
Brigard Urrutia
Carlos Hernandez
Pellas Development Group
Peter Greenberg
CBS News
Larry Cuculic
BWH Hotel Group
Angela Musgrove
Turks & Caicos
David Gaviria
Grupo Argos
Gustavo Viescas
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Abel Castro
Accor
Diogo Canteras
HotelInvest
Philippe Trapp
Accor
Kaleil Dov Isaza Tuzman
Kit Capital LLC
Raul Calvet
Colliers
Daniel Cordova
PROMPERU
Nicola Schiess
Patagonia CoLab & Teatro del Lago Foundation
Maria Carolina Pinheiro
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Daniela Correia
DC Globant Talent Inc
Nataly Arenas Dominichetti
KIT Capital LLC
2022
Sanaa Abouzaid
Regional Manager, IFC - World Bank Group
Alejandro Acevedo
Regional Vice President Development Caribbean & LATAM Marriott Int.
Rafaela Lia
Director of Development and Communication -DPA Arquitectos & Diseñadores
Sandra Ro
CEO - Global Blockchain Business Council - GBBC
Alex Mai
VP Development CALA - Radisson Hotel Group Americas
Mara Seminario Marón
Consultant & Former Minister of Tourism - Government of Peru
Mauricio Elizondo
Development Director - Grupo Posadas
Gustavo de la Serna
Director Development LATAMC - Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Carrie Wilder
Senior Director of Market Management for LATAM - Expedia Group
Daniela Correia
Founder & Managing Director - D.C. Global Talent Inc.
Alberto Santana
SVP Sales - Service Optimization - Amadeus Hospitality
Peter Greenberg
Travel Editor - CBS News
Hilen Meirovich
Head of Division in charge of Advisory Services at IDB Invest and the Head responsible for the Climate Change agenda
David Tarr
Senior Vice President of Development - Americas - Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Andrea Monroy
Travel Market Lead - Colombia & Central America - Google
Niels Olsen
Minister of Tourism Government of Ecuador
Arturo Garcia Rosa
President & Founder - SAHIC
Ivan Eskildsen
Minister of Tourism - Panama
Thomas Dubaere
CEO, South America - Accor
Rogerio Basso
Head of Tourism - IDB Invest
Bojan Kumer
Regional VP, Development, Caribbean and South America, Marriott International
Adriana Arreaza
Director of Macroeconomic Studies CAF -Development Bank Latin America
Cristian Roberts Castro
President - Prime
Managing Partner - CREO Capital
Jorge Apaez
COO Mexico, Latin America and The Caribbean - IHG Hotels and Resorts
Patricia Boo
Area Director Central & South America - STR