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