ALIS CALA allows the former CHRIS and HOLA conferences to build on their successful localization with many countries/destinations involved while leveraging the recognition and reputation of the ALIS brand.
ALIS CALA MISSION
To create one event that best serves the hotel-investment communities throughout the Caribbean and Latin America regions as they continue to evolve and feed off mutual interests that create lucrative cross-border and inter-regional opportunities ALIS CALA promises to create an enriched and more comprehensive conference experience for sponsors and attendees by:
Continued growth and collaboration reaching investors, owners, and developers
Continued focus on local equity, debt, and development firms
Showcasing the collective power of investment and development opportunities in CALA region
Programming for localized and regional content
Offering a time-efficient event that maximizes networking, learning and deal-making opportunities in one location.
2025 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Tuesday – 4/29
8:00am to 7:15pm
Speed Meet
Hotel Investments 101
Networking Lunch & Investment Opportunities
Plenary Session – Views from the Boardroom, Hotel Performance, and More
Breakout Sessions
Geographic specific topics
CALA investment topics
Plenary Session – Global Check-In, Lifetime Achievement Award, Investment Insights, and More
Opening Networking Reception on Event Lawn (Hosted by Loews Hotels & Resorts)
Wednesday – 4/30
8:00am to 7:30pm
Continental Breakfast
Plenary Session – Views from the Boardroom, Rising Star Award, Deal of the Year Awards, Global Check-In, and More
Breakout Sessions
Geographic specific topics
CALA investment topics
Networking Lunch & Investment Opportunities
Plenary Session – Development Strategy for Global and for Regional
Breakout Sessions
Geographic specific topics
CALA investment topics
Networking Reception
2025 Confirmed Speakers
(as of January 14, 2025)
Jose Carlos Azcarraga, CEO, Grupo Posadas
Rogerio Basso, Head of Tourism, IDB Invest
Andrea Belfanti, CEO, ISHC
Patricia Boo, Regional Director – Latin America, STR
Jolyon Bulley, CEO, Americas, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Enrique Calderon, COO, Grupo Posadas
Raul F. Calvet, Managing Partner, Colliers Market Intelligence & Advisory
Mario Carbone, Managing Director, Development, CALA, Hilton
Juan Corvinos, SVP Development, Architecture, Design, & Construction, Latin America & Caribbean, Hilton
Larry Cuculic, President & CEO, BWH Hotels
Isabel de Caires, Director, Investment Banking, CIBC Caribbean
Sloan Dean, CEO, Remington Hospitality
Hermes Navarro del Valle, Head of the Department of Connectivity & Investment Attraction, Costa Rican Tourism Board
Daniel Diaz, Executive Vice President, Sunwing/Blue Diamond Resorts
Mauricio Elizondo, Development Director, Posadas
John Fareed, Global Chairman, Horwath HTL
Felipe Galeano, CEO, Metro Hotels
Oriol Gimenez, Managing Partner, CPG Hospitality & Alojica
Daniel Hansen, Head of Americas Development, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Jeff Higley, President, The BHN Group by Northstar
Eileen Kett, SVP, Development and General Counsel, Club Med
Vanessa Ledesma, CEO, Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association
Thursday – 5/01
8:00am to 1:30pm
Continental Breakfast
Plenary Session – Views from the Boardroom, Global Check-In, and More
Breakout Sessions
Geographic specific topics
CALA investment topics
Equity, Debt, etc.
Networking Lunch
Valentina Luque, Sr. Development Manager, Caribbean & Latin America, Hilton
Ricardo Mader, Managing Director, JLL
Yasmine Martin, Owner & Founder, Estrategias Turisticas MiraMartin ERL
John McCarthy, Executive Chairman, Leisure Partners
Donald McGregor, Managing Director, Latin America, Gencom
Angela Musgrove, CEO, Invest Turks and Caicos
Keith Oltchick, Chief Development Officer, Remington Hospitality
Gilda Perez-Alvarado, CEO, Orient Express and Group Chief Strategy Officer, Accor
Keith Pierce, President, Franchise & Development, Sonesta
Brian Quinn, Chief Development Officer, Sonesta International Hotels
Gustavo Ripol, Partner, Leisure Partners SAPI CV
Nicolas Rodriguez, Director of Development, Mexico, Hilton
Edouard Schwob, SVP Development, Luxury Americas and Raffles & Orient Express Global, Accor
Simon Taylor, Director, BCQS International
Evan Tillett, Director of Tourism, Belize Tourism Board
Jeff Tisdall, Chief Business Officer, Accor One Living
Aalia Udawala, Director of Strategic Hospitality Advisory, Luxury Frontiers
Gustavo Viescas, President, Latin America & Caribbean, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Paul Weimer, Senior Managing Director, Berkadia
Jeff Weinstein, Editor in Chief, Hotel Investment Today by Northstar
Jonathon S. Zink, COO, The BHN Group by Northstar
2025 Program Planning Committee
Letvia Arza-Goderich, Preston Arza LLP
Nadim Barrage, Loews Coral Gables Hotel
Rogerio Basso, IDB Invest
Carlos Beckmann, Agave Holdings
Andrea Belfanti, ISHC
Greg Bohan, FAU
Camilo Bolanos, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Patricia Boo, STR
Gary Brough, Baker Tilly
Gene Budler, Dick Construction & Management Company
Andy Burrows, The Bahamas Investment Authority
Ben Butler, BCQS International
Katherine Button, Mullen Real Estate Capital
Rayshell Campbell, Invest Turks and Caicos
Daniel Campos, Caribe Hospitality
Patricia Caripa, Arcadis
Bill Clegg, BWH Hotel Group
Rebecca Cocchiola, Singerman Real Estate
Juan Corvinos, Hilton
Isabel de Caires, CIBC Caribbean
Fernando Delgado, BDH
Sanovnik Destang, Bay Gardens Resorts
Marie Dexter, Resort Development Consultants
Clay Dickinson, FIU
Ali Elam, Fortress Investments
Lissette Maria Elías Pérez, INTRADE
Mauricio Elizondo, Grupo Posadas
Justin Epps, HAMA
John Fareed, Horwath HTL
Neil Freeman, Aries Capital, LLC
Jason Gold, Highgate Hotels
Adam Greenfader, Puerto Rico Builders Association
Andy Ingraham, NABHOOD
Alexandra Lalos Church, Hodges Ward Elliott
Alana Lansiquot, Invest Saint Lucia
Vanessa Ledesma, CHTA
Robert MacLellan, MacLellan & Associates
Nicola Madden-Greig, Courtleigh Hotel Group
Ricardo Mader, JLL
Vinicius Medeiros, Hotelier News
Marta Molina-Seal, CPG Real Estate and Alojica
Juan Mosseri, E-Finity
Fernando Mulet, Playa Hotels & Resorts
Jonas Niermann, HotelAVE
Andro Nodarse-León, LionGrove
Keith Oltchick, Remington Hotels
Tracy Prigmore, She Has a Deal.
Mark Purcell, Purcell Hotel Advisory Services
Laura Resco, Hotstats
Marco Roca, Sonesta
Marco Roca Jr., Reveille Hospitality
Gustavo Ripol, Leisure Partners
Edouard Schwob, Accor
Andrei Tomilin, IFC
Gustavo Viescas, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
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ALIS CALA offers numerous sponsorship opportunities to expose your brand to the hotel industry’s key leaders and decision makers. ALIS CALA is the key platform for fostering connections and driving growth in the Caribbean and Latin Amercian regions.
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ALIS CALA delivers an unrivaled combination of compelling content, top-tier delegates, and extraordinary networking opportunities. If you are looking to invest or develop hotels across the Caribbean and Latin America, you will not want to miss this premier event.