ALIS CALA Deal of the Year Award Finalists Announced
Miami, Florida, USA – – ALIS CALA announced its finalists for the prestigious ALIS CALA Deal of the Year Awards. Among these finalists are hotels and companies who are responsible for the most influential hotel industry deals. Nominees for the awards are evaluated based on outstanding business performance in various industry sectors. Nominations are reviewed according to specific ranking criteria by the ALIS CALA Award Committees to determine the three finalists. Then information is reviewed and voted on by delegates of ALIS CALA to determine the winner. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, during the morning plenary session at the Loews Coral Gables Hotel in Florida.
The Development of the Year Award recognizes a newly built, redeveloped, or repositioned (after significant product renovations and/or enhancements) hotel that opened, reopened, or completed their repositioning in the Caribbean or Latin American regions between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. Finalists in the category include:
• Royalton CHIC Antigua, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort – St. Johns, Antigua & Barbuda
• Sandals Saint Vincent and The Grenadines – St. Vincent & The Grenadines
• The Strand, Turks & Caicos – Turks & Caicos Islands
The Transaction of the Year Award recognizes hotel(s) and/or resort(s) in which more than a 50 percent ownership stake has been acquired (transaction closed) in the Caribbean or Latin American regions between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. Finalists in the category include:
• Hotelaria AccorInvest Brazil – Brazil
• Jewel Palm Beach Resort – Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
• Zemi Beach House Anguilla, LXR Resorts – Anguilla
We would like to express our gratitude to those who served on the Deal of the Year Awards Committees. For the ALIS CALA Development of the Year Award, we thank Rogerio Basso (Chair), Patricia Boo, Gary Brough, Liam J. Day, Marie Dexter, John S. Fareed, JP Ford, John McCarthy and Darrin Phillips. For the ALIS CALA Transaction of the Year Award, we thank Paul Weimer (Chair), Letvia M. Arza-Goderich, Raul Calvet, Alexandra Lalos Church, David Larone, and Ricardo Mader.
ALIS CALA will be held at the Loews Coral Gables Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida on April 29-May 1, 2025. For more information about the conference, please visit the ALIS CALA website.