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.
Secretário de Estado de Turismo, Rio de Janeiro
Sergio de Almeida
Gustavo Tutuca
Presidente - TurisRio
Sidney Levy
Reinier Schliesser
Principal Economist, CAF Development Bank of Latin America and The Caribbean
President Invest.Rio
CEO - Accor Americas - PM&E Division
Kathleen “Leeny” Oberg
Thomas Dubaere
CFO & Executive VP Development - Marriott International
Camil Yazbeck
Reinier Schliesser
Chieko Aoki
Ron Pohl
Cristián Roberts
Cristián Roberts
President, PRIME / Managing Partner, CREO CAPITAL
Cristián Roberts
Abel Castro
Luis Mirabelli
Luca Franco
VP Development - Accor - Hispanic America & Caribbean - PM&E Division
CEO & Founder, Luxury Frontiers
Luis Barrios
Executive President, Promotora y Operadora de Hoteles Norte 19
Daniel Cordova
Mauro Rial
Ana Ramirez
LEED AD, WELL AP. - Principal, KALĀ Design Group - Co-Founder Ancestral Handmade Hotels
Ricardo Mader
Cristiano Gonçalves
Managing Director LATAM - JLL VALUATION & ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC.
VP Development, South America, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Raúl Calvet
Amrita Bhalla
Maurice Chartier
Peter Greenberg
Founding Managing Partner Grupo Consutur
Travel Editor,
CBS News
Founder - MARAEY
Director of Development CALA,
Marriott International
Cristián Roberts
Paula Peláez Zambrano
Director of Gender and Social Inclusion, IDB Invest
Head of Global Design | CALA Marriott International
Hotel Development, CALA - Marriott International
Ricardo Manarini
Country Manager - Brazil,
BWH Hotels
Cristián Roberts
Fernando Fernandez
VP Development - Inclusive Collection - Hyatt
Cristián Roberts
Ricardo Souza
Revenue Growth Leader - Mexico, Latin America and The Caribbean - Lighthouse
Cristián Roberts
Paulo Augusto Mendonca
Partner - Marrey Mendonca Advogados
Cristián Roberts
Jessica Alomía Mendez
Investment and Connectivity Director - Ministry of Tourism Ecuador
Luis Alberto Tito
Gastão Valente
Hotel Development Director Latin America,
BWH Hotels
Managing Director - GIC
Cristián Roberts
Luciana Kuzuhara
Sr. Manager, Development Brazil - Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Pedro Cardoso
Edouard Schwob
VP Procurement Astore – Accor Americas - PM&E Division
SVP Development - Accor Americas - Luxe & Lifestyle
Danilo Monteiro
Senior Director – CBRE Capital Market
Juan Camilo Castaño
CDO - GHL Hoteles
Santiago Berraondo
Senior Vice President,
JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group
Daniel Arevalo
Senior Investment Officer,
IDB Invest
Gabriela Patocchi
Vicepresident, EDSA
Cristián Roberts
Juan Carlos Ordoñez
Development Director - SIXSTAR Hotels
Principal Economist, CAF Development Bank of Latin America and The Caribbean
Global Chief Development Officer - Accor - PM&E Division
Gustavo Viescas
Rogerio Basso
President,Wyndham Hotel & Resorts LATAMC
Head of Tourism, IDB Invest
President of WorldHotels and International Operations,
BWH Hotels
Founder & CEO, Blue Tree Hotels
Arturo García Rosa
Emilio Izquierdo
CEO Proyecto “MARAEY”
President & CEO,SAHIC
Chief Development Officer - Accor Americas - PM&E Division
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
Carolina Pinheiro
VP Development LATAM, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Advisory Board Member for Women in Tourism and Hospitality in Canada
CEO, Managing Partner, Market Intelligence & Advisory,
Colliers CAAC
Richard Rehwaldt
Vice President, Latin America, BWH Hotels
Moise Politi
Caio Calfat
Managing Partner, REC Gestao de Recursos
President, ADIT Brazil
Andrés Fajardo
CEO, GHL Hoteles
Vinicius Medeiros
Marco Larrea
Chief Editor - Hotelier News
Principal, EDSA
Joanna Ayala
Emilio Izquierdo Jiménez
Paulo Mancio
Executive Director – CBRE Hospitality
MIchael Leon Volko
Liora Haymann
Senior Director Development, South America,
Marriott International
Managing Director & Principal, OBMI
Xiaochen Zhang
Claudia Piña
Executive Director &.Chief AI Officer, AI 2030; CEO, FinTech4Good
Development Manager - Accor - Colombia, Ecuador & Peru - PM&E Division
Hiram Della Croce
Renato Carvalho
Emilio Perez
Armando Ramirez
Director, Development Argentina, Brazil & Paraguay Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Pedro Simōes
Gerente de inteligência de mercado - Invest.Rio
Director, Operations Brazil, Bolivia & Chile - Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Leonardo Mesías Martínez
Principal Executive - Sustainable Tourism Division- CAF- Development Bank of Latin America and The Caribbean
Jorge Zaragoza Alaniz
Director, Development – Accor - Mexico, Central America & Caribbean - PM&E Division
Diogo Canteras
Founding Partner, HotelInvest
Juan Paredes
Director of Development Latin America & Caribbean,
Marriott International
Osvaldo Chudnobsky
Managing Partner - Brazil , Horwath HTL