


I remember asking if they had a hotel in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands we did not. I was invited to join Hilton at an investment conference in the country so I could better understand the company and their plans for the region. One of my first trips with Hilton was to Ecuador, but interestingly, I was not yet an official Hilton team member. I’ve been with Hilton for five years, which feel like a lifetime - a lifetime of positive growth, exciting opportunities and exposure to some of the most desirable destinations in the world. Vice president, development, Caribbean and Latin America, Hilton My conservative aim is to add another 100 hotels in CALA in the next five years this may be too conservative given we have the best people in the business. What’s next on the horizon is to keep the momentum strong, elevating the team to be even more successful (a stretch, I know), nurturing the incredible owner relationships we’ve established, and organically discovering the opportunities to deliver exceptional experiences in the destinations our loyal guests most want to be, like we did with our all-inclusive expansion. Today, we can say we tripled our portfolio in the last 10 years and did so with a team of exceptional in-market professionals who made a very demanding job seem like a piece of cake, because of their incomparable expertise and undeniable commitment. That was the goal, but the dream was to do it with an incredible team. When I moved from my Hilton role in Europe to join the Caribbean and Latin America team nearly 10 years ago, I did so with one goal in mind – grow Hilton’s portfolio in the region exponentially.

Senior vice president, development, architecture and construction, Caribbean and Latin America, Hilton
