Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit (CHICOS) 2018 | HVS Conferences | 8 November 2018 | Fairmont Southampton, 101 South Shore Road, Southampton SN02, Bermuda

The Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit has proven itself as the premier hospitality conference in the region. Having just completed its 7th year, this event brought together nearly 300 regional and international investors and operators as well as the region’s leading decision makers. Also attending and speaking were governmental representatives, opinion leaders, developers, bankers and other lenders, tourism officials, investment funds, hotel chain executives, individuals/companies seeking investors for their tourism projects, franchise and operations companies, public and private institutions, consultants, advisors and architects and designers – all to discuss the region’s markets and possibilities.

2018 Speakers

Ahmer Naushad
SVP Development & Managing Director Caribbean , Gencom

Alejandro Acevedo
Regional Vice President, Development Caribbean and Latin America , Marriott International

Alejandro Penagos Moreno
President & Managing Director LATAMC, Wyndham Hotel Group

Alessandro E Colantonio
Executive Vice President – Acquisitions & Capital Markets, Gencom

Alison Hoyt
Senior Director, Consulting & Analytics, STR

Andres Osorio
Associate & Lead Hospitality Designer, OBMI

Andro Nodarse-Leon
Managing Partner, Leon, Mayer and Company

Beverly Nicholson Doty
Commissioner US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, United States Virgin Islands

Bill Stadler
EVP Chief Investment Officer, Aimbridge Hospitality

Camilo Bolaños
VP Development and Real Estate, Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Chris C Barbe
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Global Sales & Project Development, DCK Worldwide

Christian Charre
Sr. Vice President / CBRE Hotels CBRE | Capital Markets, CBRE

Claude Duncan
VP Sales and Promotions, JAMPRO

David Larone
Senior Managing Director Valuation and Advisory Services, CBRE Hotels

Fernando Fernandez
VP of Development, Caribbean, AM Resorts

Fernando Mulet
Senior Vice President, Head of Development, Playa Hotels & Resorts

Gary Brough
Managing Director, KPMG

George Spence
Director General, Leading Property Group

Gillian Charles-Gollop
Executive Director, Corporate Finance & Advisory, CIBC First Caribbean

Glenn Haussman
Editor at Large & President Rouse Media, No Vacancy Podcast

Gregg H Anderson
Global Vice President for The Registry Collection Program, The Registry Collection/RCI

Gregory Bohan MS ISHC
Instructor Special Programs, Florida Atlantic University

Honorable Jamahl S Simmons JP MP
Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, Government of Bermuda

Ian Ricci
Vice President, Development, Canada and Caribbean, Accor Corporation

Joan Bertran
Global Commercial Real Estate & Hotels, Banco Sabadell

John Lancet, MAI
Senior Managing Director, HVS

Jonas Niermann
Hospitality & Leisure, Real Estate Consultant, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Jose Matheu Guila
Director de Expansión, Palladium Hotel Group

Juan Corvinos Solans
Vice President Development Latin America & Caribbean, Hilton

Ken Greene
President, Americas, Radisson Hotel Group

Lance T Shaner
Chairman & CEO, Shaner Hotels

Laurent de Kousemaeker
Chief Development Officer, Caribbean & Latin American Region, Marriott International

Liam Day
Managing Director, BCQS

Marco Roca
President Global Development and Chief Development Officer, Caesars Entertainment

Mark E Durliat
Chief Executive Officer and Principal, Grace Bay Resorts

Martyn C W Bould, FRICS MCIArb MAPM
Chairman, Bould Consulting

Mathieu Sauvestre
Director of Development, North America and Caribbean, Club Med

Matthew J Norton, Esq.
Practice Area Leader - Real Estate, K&L Gates LLP

Mauricio Elizondo
Director de Desarrollo de Hoteles Resorts, Grupo Posadas

Michael Register
Principal, Trust Hospitality

Michael D Morton
Vice President of Owner Relations, Best Western

Nicholas Hecker
Principal, Och-Ziff Capital

Pablo Gonzalez Carpizo
Director of Development of The Americas°, Melia Hotels International

Parris Jordan
Managing Director, HVS

Plato Ghinos
President, Shaner Hotels

Ramon Koffijberg
Director, CINEX

Ray T Klien
Head, Investment Banking Division, Republic Bank

Rebecca Cocchiola
Vice President, Singerman Real Estate, LLC

Robert MacLellan, ISHC
Chief Executive Officer, MacLellan & Associates

Robi Das
Managing Director, NGKF Captial Markets

Rochelle Thompson
Investment Services Executive, Invest Turks & Caicos

Rogerio Basso
Head of Tourism, IDB Invest

Rowland B Bates
Executive Vice President, Acquisitions & Development, Southworth Development

Shamsah Fatima Dhala
Principal Investment Officer, IFC

Stephanie M Ricca
Editor in Chief, HNN

Stephen Gould
Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager, Corporate Banking, Butterfield Bank

Stephen F D’Angelo
President and Chief Executive Officer, DCK Worldwide

Tim Peck
Chairman, OBMI

Todd J Ruff
Vice President of Development, The Americas, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Tom Riley
Vice President, Acquisitions and Development, Kimpton Hotels

2018 Sponsors

HOSTED BY:
• HVS

HOST PATRONS:
• Bermuda

PATRONS:
• Accor
• Aimbridge Hospitality
• Caesars
• Gencom
• Rosewood Bermuda

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• Invest
• OMBI
• KMPG
• Marriott International

SILVER PARTNERS:
• BCQS
• Best Western
• Butterfield
• CBRE
• Cisneros
• Clarien
• ClubMed
• CINEX
• DCK
• Fairleigh Dickinson University
• Posadas
• Hilton
• Hyatt
• IHG
• Invest
• Jampro
• K&L gates
• Lennox Paton
• Melia Hotels International
• Radisson Hotel Group
• RCI
• The Registry Collection
• Wyndham

SUPPORTERS:
• School of Hospitality Administration
• Florida International University
• The School of Hospitality Business
• BHI

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Lodging News
• GlobalHotelsNetwork.com
• Hotel News Now
• HotelExecutive.com
• Str