The conference, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, more precisely at the Fairmont Copacabana Hotel, on March 24 and 25, is expected to bring together more than 350 executives and businesspeople.
The event will take place amid a scenario of strong growth for the hotel industry in the region, given the recent announcements by major global hotel chains such as Marriott, Wyndham and Best Western. In Brazil alone, the host country of the event, an investment of around 1.6 billion dollars is expected in the next four years, which will translate into more than 130 contracts signed in various areas of the hotel industry, according to projections by the industry consultancy HotelInvest.
Expectations for the event that serves as a compass for the segment throughout Latin America and the Caribbean are high, and a sign of the strong market movement is the early confirmation of major brands present at the event, such as: Accor, HotelInvest, CityExpress by Marriott, BWH Hotels, Maraey, Hyatt, Peru, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Lighthouse, STR, Horwath HTL, IDB Invest, IFC – International Finance Corporation, ADIT Brazil, in addition to the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro and the Rio de Janeiro Tourism Secretariat.
According to the president and general director of Grupo SAHIC, Arturo Garcia Rosa, “the purpose of the event is to have a meeting that effectively generates business among participants, and this has been happening every year. Highly qualified and innovative content is our trademark and this connects those who want to be one step ahead of the market. By 2025, we will bring highly relevant and essential topics that will guide the sector for the coming years and there is nothing better than being in Brazil, the hottest in the region.”
Event dynamics
The 19th edition of SAHIC Latin America and the Caribbean will bring together investors, investment funds, financial institutions, hoteliers and public institutions from more than 15 countries to discuss strategic issues that shape the development of companies involved in the sector over two days. The agenda aimed at senior management will include more than 50 panelists, round tables, networking sessions and also one-to-one meetings. For more information and registration, simply access the website www.sahic.com .
SAHIC Group specializes in managing and organizing meetings that facilitate business generation for the hotel, tourism and related real estate project sectors. The company is responsible for having built the most powerful business platform for actors in the real estate development of hotel and tourism products. The group has held 18 investment-focused forums in the main cities of the region: Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Cartagena, Santiago de Chile, Lima, Bogotá, Quito, Guayaquil, Cuba, San José, Costa Rica, Medellín and Panama.
Source: SAHIC.