Travel Tech
It is a conference focused on technologies applied in hospitality, travel and tourism, bringing together several professionals and companies with national and international renown.
Participating companies
Special Speakers
Patricia Boo Area Director – LATAM at STR
Patricia Boo, Area Director for Central & South America, is based in Colombia and is responsible for the organization’s
expansion throughout Latin America. Patricia spent her career +View more
expansion throughout Latin America. Patricia spent her career in the hotel industry at property level, between Madrid and
London, until she joined STR in 2008. Patricia often attends and presents at industry conferences and client meetings.
Patricia has been a regular lector at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Spain specialising in benchmarking for their
Revenue Management courses. Patricia holds a degree in Tourism and a Strategic Leadership for the Hospitality
Professional Certificate by Cornell University.Candidate to GXMBA at IE.
Carrie Wilder – Director Market Management, Expedia Group
Experienced regional director for South America with a demonstrated history of results, growing businesses in different industries. Skilled in e-commerce +View more
Alejandro Salazar – Director of Sales, LATAM Sojern
Sojern is built on more than a decade of expertise analyzing the complete traveler path to purchase. The company drives travelers from dream to destination by activating multi-channel +View more
Recognized as a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 company six years in a row, Sojern is headquartered in San Francisco, with teams based in Berlin, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Mexico City, New York, Omaha, Paris, Singapore, and Sydney.
Salim Arkuch – Vice President, Sales and Business Development – Sabre Corporation
Experienced multicultural executive with a successful history of working in the Travel, Tourism and Technology industries. Highly skilled in Management, Negotiation, Sales, Marketing +View more
Javier Moreno – Market Manager México & Latam at myHotel
Commercial Engineer. Currently Country Manager of myHotel for Mexico, a technology company that provides tools for hotels to measure the quality of service, enhance their online reputation +View more
Cristina López – Sales Director Spain & Latino América ReviewPro
Experienced Sales Director with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. Skilled in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Marketing Management, Negotiation, Sales, and E-commerce. +View more
Rodrigo Teixeira – CEO at Asksuite
I am dedicated to helping hotels and resorts professionalize customer service and improve direct bookings with high technology, artificial intelligence +View more
We won the Best Livechat & Chatbot Tool in Hotel Tech Award 2020! Join us and be part of the revolution!
Ildefonso Moyano – Managing Director at MEWS
Since 1996 dedicated to hospitality and tourism industry. I am gratified being able to turn one of my passions into my profession, and this allows me to enjoy +View more
I am gratified being able to turn one of my passions into my profession, and this allows me to enjoy each moment of my daily duties and projects.
My extensive education in tourism and business management, along with my experience developing diverse positions in multiple companies, contributed to reach an upper-level of knowledge and skills that contributed to have a broad and global vision of the travel and hospitality industry.
I also perform teaching activities that forces me to stay updated on trends, technology and being in constant training and learning. Teaching is for me much more than transmission of knowledge, is to share information and experiences that enrich all participants.
Specialities: hotel management, openings, conceptualization, brand development and positioning, quality management, leadership and team motivation, sales strategy, revenue & e·commerce.
Skills: strategic vision, goal orientation, priority planning, adaptability and flexibility, creativity and innovation, communication, motivation and team leadership.
Federico Elmer – CSO HS LATAM
With over 20 years of experience in the hospitality field. He served as Commercial Director at LoiSuites Hoteles Argentina and Brazil. He is currently the commercial director for +View more
Diego Alejandro Torres – Director of Revenue Management GHL Hoteles
More than 10 years in the Hotel sector performing administrative, logical and especially strategic management in the Revenue Management Department +View more
Nicola Seghi – Evangelist at QNT Simple Booking
I have extensive experience utilizing IT for distribution management and e-distribution systems. I have extensive exposure to EU-wide Hotel booking processes, systems, set-up, management and expansions +View more
My major consumer retail chain exposure (hard/soft/white and brown) which includes warehousing, distribution, logistics and new product store entry also places me in an ideal position to assist with retail exposure projects, expansion, establishment of critical partnerships, analyse possible opportunities and evolve a product campaigns from project to marketing to sales EU wide.
Specialties: Marketing Analysis, Web distribution project planning, match making between developers and industries, companies, venture investors, new projects management and set up.
Carlos Rentero – Director Spain & Latam at Bookassist
Director of the Master in Marketing, Commercialization and Revenue Management at Ostelea Business School. Master in Hotel Management Management at EADA Business School. +View more
His professional career as a business executive focused on results is supported by more than 20 years of experience and success in the hotel industry at a national and international level.
Director of Revenue Management and Online Distribution of Vincci Hoteles for more than 8 years. With extensive experience as Hotel Director in Tryp and Solmelia, he knows the problems faced by
establishments when marketing their rooms.
Nicolò Rolle – VP of Sales Iberia & LATAM at Lybra
Currently Vice President of Sales for the southern Europe area at Lybra. I have been working for more than 15 years in the hotel and travel sector where I have been able to acquire different +View more
Specialties
• Sales & Marketing
• Account Management
• Online Travel Distribution
• Technology for the Hospitality, Travel and Equine sector
• Revenue Management Solutions, Online Distribution, Rate Shopper and Online Reputation
Jason Lugo Sr. – Regional Sales Manager at SiteMinder
Led by a belief in the power of digital technology, Jason Lugo has established a career fostering growth and innovation within market-leading brands, including SaaS-based LJ Logic Software Solutions +View more
Logic Software Solutions, where he witnessed first-hand the potential of a cloud platform that offered intelligent and simple solutions for users. Jason doubled revenue for the business within a year.
In 2016 Jason joined the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, SiteMinder, where he remains today to drive the company’s fast-growing footprint throughout the dynamic Latin American region. His intimate understanding of the different landscapes and market trends that exist within each country have proven invaluable for local hoteliers looking to best compete for today’s traveller.
Jason holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma, with a specialisation in marketing and supply chain management.
Sergio Rosarios – Regional Vice President, Latin America & Caribbean Amadeus Hospitality
An accomplished Senior Executive and Consultant with more than 30 years of success spanning the hospitality industry. Leveraging extensive experience in strategic leadership for global businesses and operations +View more
Soraia R. A. Letra – Chief Business Development Officer
Global Director of Business Development at YieldPlanet where she plans, develops and executes the business strategy of the indirect channel (strategic partnerships), globally. YIELDPLANET +View more
YieldPlanet is a premium provider of distribution and revenue management solutions for the hospitality industry. We help hoteliers to manage online sales channels efficiently and centrally, so they can make price decisions quickly. Our Channel Manager offers connection to almost 500 channels. About 15,000 properties in more than 60 countries rely on Channel Manager YieldPlaned.
In addition to the Channel Manager, in cooperation with scientists at Princeton University and the Technical University of Warsaw, we have developed an RMS (Revenue Management System) based on artificial intelligence – the Price Optimizer. The system is connected with the Channel Manager in order to increase the RevPar and in an autonomous and fully automatic way to optimize hotel prices in all online sales channels.
Bernardo Chabert Pires – Head of Sales & Relationship TOTVS Hospitality
With more than 17 years working in the hospitality software business, Bernardo is the Head of Sales & Relationship for the Hospitality Business Segment of TOTVS, a brazilian company based in São Paulo +View more
Having worked in several countries, including Germany, Portugal, Spain and Brasil with a diverse team and cultures, Bernardo has developed deep knowledge of hospitality software and operacions all around the world.
Bernardo has Strong enterpreneurial spirit , strategic and leadership skills and a focus on business development.
With this role Bernardo is the Sales Responsible for the TOTVS hospitality offices of Brazil, Latin America and Europe.
Franco Roberto – CTO at HSystem
Software architect, specialist in the .NET platform, with more than 10 years of experience in software development for the most varied segments. +View more
Julian Lindt – Latin America Sales Director at eRevMax
eRevMax is the leading provider of online distribution, channel connectivity, market intelligence and revenue management solutions to the hospitality industry. The company delivers its premium hotel channel management +View more
Pablo Delgado – CEO at MIRAI
Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the leisure, travel & tourism industry. Skilled in digital strategy, sales distribution to optimize net RevPar (GopPar), and moving OTA +View more
Daniel Espinosa – Director Comercial Mexico Ezee Technologies
eZee is one of the few companies that offers the full range of integrated solutions exclusively for the hospitality industry. We offer internationally recognized high quality products that meet all hotel and restaurant requirements +View more
Diego Flores Ramirez – Business Development Manager LATAM – Cloudbeds
Diego Flores, Manager of Strategic Alliances in Latin America for Cloudbeds, the world’s leading PMS for independent hospitality. He leads the strategy of current and new partners in the region +View more
Diego’s partners include payment processing solutions, guest experience and loyalty tools, and new technologies that seek to improve the guest’s stay. It also seeks to maintain and improve the relationship with online travel agencies such as Booking.com, Expedia.com, Despegar.com, etc., and alliances with hotel associations in different locations in the region.
Before assuming this position, Diego worked in the sales area for five years, covering the territories of Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania, at different times, serving the last two years as Regional Sales Manager in North America and Latin America.
After studying Industrial Engineering at the University of Lima, Diego began his professional career working as a Purchasing Manager at the Tottus supermarket chain, but it was in 2014 that he officially began his career in the hotel technology industry, working for Hostelworld. com back then.
Diego has participated in different events in the last six years being a speaker at the first “1st American Hostel Conference” held in Charleston, SC, in January 2018 and at the “1st Hostel Summit Playa del Carmen”, organized by Cloudbeds in September 2019.
For two years he has been based in sunny Puerto Escondido, Mexico, where he spends at least an hour at sea, every morning before starting work.
Lucy Gazdik – Director of Sales, LAC (Latam & Caribbean) at Revinate
Revinate, ranked the #1 hotel CRM for both 2019 & 2020 by Hotel Tech Report, helps hoteliers know, delight, and earn their guests with Hotel CRM, Guest Feedback, and Marketing on Revinate’s Guest Data Platform +View more