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I'm Fabian Rodriguez-Suarez,
professor at the National
University of La
Plata in Argentina,
member of International
Society of Hospitality
Consultants
and founder of FAROS Advisory.
Welcome to this session
where I will explain
certain fundamentals of
hotel real estate investments
and based on that,
we will understand
how these types
of investments have
been developed and
operated in most countries
in Latin America over
the last decade and up
to the present day.
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We specialize in
providing education and
guidance to the private
sector and government
in hotel real estate
investments in the
Caribbean and Latin America.
Throughout my career, I've held
key regional executive
roles at Hilton,
ACCOR and Cencosud,
in addition to leading
the consulting area
of Horwath HTL.
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Here we have the agenda
for this session
where we'll address
the following topics,
why hotels are considered real
estate investment assets,
the characteristics
of both investors and
those key players involved
in the value chain,
the most prevalent business
models in Latin America
and the agreements among
their main participants,
certain aspects of
the development of
strategies being pursued
by several hotel
companies in the region,
a discussion on hotel brands
and their peculiarities,
the interests and motivations
of key participants,
recommended considerations
for crafting agreements among
key stakeholders
and finally a recap
of the key points discussed.
