SPEAKERS 2025
SAHIC’s speakers are prominent members of the hotel investment community. Their expertise, practical advice and forecast will provide attendees with the latest information on development, trends and best practice in the hotel investment industry.
If you would like to be considered to be one of the Speakers in 2026, please contact us.
Cláudio Castro e Silva
Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Eduardo da Costa Paes
Mayor of Rio de Janeiro -Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro
Carlos Menezes Sobral
National Secretary for Infrastructure, Credit, and Investments – Ministry of Tourism of Brazil
Sergio de Almeida
President - TurisRio
Thomas Dubaere
CEO - Accor Americas - PM&E Division
Chieko Aoki
Founder & CEO, Blue Tree Hotels
Bojan Kumer
Regional Vice President, Hotel Development, Caribbean & South America, Marriott International
Arturo Garcia Rosa
President & CEO, SAHIC
Abel Castro
Chief Development Officer - Accor Americas - PM&E Division
Patricia Boo
Regional Director, Latin America, STR
Diogo Canteras
Founding Partner, HotelInvest
Emilio Izquierdo
CEO Proyecto “MARAEY”
Luis Mirabelli
VP Development - Accor - Hispanic America & Caribbean - PM&E Division
Ricardo Mader
Managing Director LATAM - JLL VALUATION & ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC.
Cristiano Gonçalves
VP Development, South America & the Caribbean, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Peter Greenberg
Travel Editor, CBS News
Luis Barrios
Executive President, Promotora y Operadora de Hoteles Norte 19
Ana Ramirez
LEED AD, WELL AP. - Principal, KALĀ Design Group - Co-Founder Ancestral Handmade Hotels
Raúl Calvet
CEO, Managing Partner, Market Intelligence & Advisory,
Colliers CAAC
Amrita Bhalla
Advisory Board Member for Women in Tourism and Hospitality in Canada
Maurice Chartier
Founding Managing Partner, Grupo Consutur
Caio Calfat
President, ADIT Brazil
Moise Politi
Managing Partner, REC Gestao de Recursos
Liora Haymann
Managing Director & Principal, OBMI
Claudia Piña
Development Manager - Accor - Colombia, Ecuador & Peru - PM&E Division
Luis Alberto Tito
Hotel Development Director Latin America, BWH Hotels
Emilio Izquierdo Jiménez
Founder - MARAEY
Gastão Valente
Managing Director - GIC
Victor Venãncio Dias
Director of Digital Solutions LatAm - SAMSON GROUP
Paula Muniz
Head of Development, Melia Hotels International
Fernando Fernandez
VP Development - Inclusive Collection - Hyatt
Ricardo Manarini
Country Manager - Brazil,
BWH Hotels
Paula Peláez Zambrano
Director of Gender and Social Inclusion, IDB Invest
Vinicius Medeiros
Chief Editor - Hotelier News
Paulo Augusto Mendonca
Partner - Marrey Mendonca Advogados
Ricardo Souza
Revenue Growth Leader - Mexico, Latin America and The Caribbean - Lighthouse
Jessica Alomía Mendez
Investment and Connectivity Director - Ministry of Tourism Ecuador
Juan Carlos Ordoñez
Development Director - SIXSTAR Hotels
Pedro Cardoso
VP Procurement Astore – Accor Americas - PM&E Division
Osvaldo Chudnobsky
Managing Partner - Brazil , Horwath HTL
Pedro Simōes
Gerente de inteligência de mercado - Invest.Rio
Marcelo Dzik
CFO - Even
Santiago Porta
Head Origination Structuring – Real Estate and Manufacturing - IFC World Bank Group
Rodrigo Reali
Director of Investments - HSI
Paulo Eduardo de Oliveira Malheiros
Director - Westin All-inclusive - Porto de Galinhas
Gustavo Rezende
CEO - Grupo GR - Wyndham Olimpia - Wyndham Gramado
Gustavo Tutuca
State Secretary of Tourism of Rio de Janeiro - State Secretariat of Tourism of Rio de Janeiro
Kathleen “Leeny” Oberg
CFO & Executive VP Development - Marriott International
Camil Yazbeck
Global Chief Development Officer - Accor - PM&E Division
Sidney Levy
President - Invest.Rio
Gustavo Viescas
President, Wyndham Hotel & Resorts LATAMC
Rogerio Basso
Head of Tourism, IDB Invest
Ron Pohl
President of WorldHotels and International Operations,
BWH Hotels
Carolina Pinheiro
VP Development LATAM, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Tiffany Cooper
Head Development Americas, Mandarin Oriental
Luca Franco
CEO & Founder, Luxury Frontiers
Reinier Schliesser
Principal Economist, CAF Development Bank of Latin America and The Caribbean
Richard Rehwaldt
Vice President, Latin America, BWH Hotels
Daniel Cordova
Director of Business Investment Promotion Division, PROMPERÚ
Andrés Fajardo
CEO, GHL Hoteles
Mauro Rial
Chief Operations Officer - Accor - NHAM region (North, Hispanic Americas) - PM&E Division
Joanna Ayala
Director of Development CALA,
Marriott International
MIchael Leon Volko
Senior Director Development, South America, Marriott International
Marco Larrea
Principal, EDSA
Luciana Kuzuhara
Sr. Manager, Development Brazil - Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Paulo Mancio
Executive Director – CBRE Hospitality
Juan Paredes
Director of Development Latin America & Caribbean,
Marriott International
Santiago Berraondo
Senior Vice President,
JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group
Daniel Arevalo
Senior Investment Officer,
IDB Invest
Gabriela Patocchi
Vicepresident, EDSA
Hiram Della Croce
Director, Operations Brazil, Bolivia & Chile - Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Renato Carvalho
Hotel Development, CALA - Marriott International
Edouard Schwob
SVP Development - Accor Americas - Luxe & Lifestyle
Danilo Monteiro
Senior Director – CBRE Capital Market
Leonardo Mesías Martínez
Principal Executive - Sustainable Tourism Division- CAF- Development Bank of Latin America and The Caribbean
Fernanda Bertolini
Sr. Director Design & Project Management | CALA Marriott International
Jorge Zaragoza Alaniz
Director, Development – Accor - Mexico, Central America & Caribbean - PM&E Division
Juan Camilo Castaño
CDO - GHL Hoteles
Armando Ramirez
Director, Development Argentina, Brazil & Paraguay Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Raphaela Freitas Rocha
Executive Manager - AgeRio