Florida & Caribbean Hotels & Hospitality Summit

Tue Jun 30, 2026

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Florida & Caribbean Hotels & Hospitality Summit

Redefining Luxury, Loyalty, Experience, & RevPAR Beyond the Room

Tuesday June 30 2026 @ 8:00 AM EDT

$122.00

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Speakers and Panels

Jason Reader

COO, Davidson Hospitality Group

Pablo Maturana

VP, Development Latin America & The Caribbean, Hilton

Rika Lisslö

VP, Development, Hyatt Hotels

Maurizio Piedra

Sr. Development Manager, Central America/Caribbean, IHG

Tommy Pacanins

Partner, Meta-Phosis

Felix Bendersky

Principal Owner, F+B Hospitality Leasing

Moderator

Todd Tyler

Chief Creative Officer, Studio IDC

Samantha Ahuja

Samantha Ahuja, Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig's Hospitality Practice, focuses her practice on hotel acquisitions, operations, development and finance, hotel management agreements, licensing agreements, and commercial real estate acquisition and sale. She advises domestic and international clients on the acquisition and disposition of hotels and other commercial property, hotel management and operations, franchising, licensing and branding, restaurant management agreements, lease negotiations, and casino agreements. She regularly prepares and negotiates purchase and sale agreements, financing and development agreements, and other documents related to the acquisition, financing, development, leasing, management, and disposition of real and personal property with a focus on hotels and resorts. Samantha regularly works on complex transactions involving a combination of hotels, resorts, condominiums, food and beverage facilities, and other shared access amenities. She also advises her clients on traditional and investor financing, joint ventures and capital and legal structures for complex transactions. She works regularly with her clients on piecing together the various aspects of a deal while taking into balancing the business and legal objectives of the client. Samantha works closely with her clients to address operational issues that arise over the course of ownership. Most recently, she counsels clients on a wide range of blockchain related matters, from anti-money laundering and know-your-customer best practices for cryptocurrency transactions to legal issues associated with novel uses of blockchain within the hospitality industry. Samantha also serves as pro bono counsel to many affordable housing cooperatives and tenant associations with the District of Columbia. She works with her clients to find alternative financing, investors or other government grants to maintain long-term housing affordability.

Greenberg Traurig

Co-Chair, Global Hospitality Practice

Moderator

Samantha Ahuja

Co-Chair, Global Hospitality Practice, Greenberg Traurig

Moderator

Claudia Jean

Luxury Hospitality Leader, Lutron

Why Attend Bisnow's Florida, Caribean, Latam Hotels & Hospitality Summit

The 2026 hotel and hospitality industry is unrecognizable from what it was just a few years ago.

Today, it’s not about keys, checklists, or square footage. It’s about memory. Emotion. Relevance. Story.

So how do you create that? That’s exactly what Bisnow’s Hotel & Hospitality Summit in Miami on June 30th sets out to answer.

Across Florida and the Caribbean, the two most dynamic hospitality corridors in the Western Hemisphere, brands are reinventing what it means to stay, dine, gather, and belong. New projects are launching. Legacy hotels are being reborn. Restaurant groups are anchoring identity. Operators are rewriting the rulebook on loyalty, and guests are demanding more than perfection. They want something they’ve never felt before.

This is not a conference about shovel-ready pipelines.

This is a singular container for the hospitality industry’s most experienced leaders, developers, owners, GMs, operators, brand strategists, and experience architects, to share what is actually working.

How do you stay relevant in a market that changes every season?

How do you create a magical moment?

How do you drive RevPAR beyond the room?

What does luxury mean now?

And what does the modern traveler truly care about and not care about?

We listened to our audience last year. They didn’t want surface-level forecasts. They wanted stories. They wanted creativity. They wanted to hear how brands are stepping out of the box to differentiate themselves in the most competitive hospitality regions in the world.

This summit brings together leaders at the top of their game, with centuries of combined frontline experience, to share the real lessons behind unforgettable stays and profitable properties.

If you design, own, finance, operate, brand, or market hotels, this is the room where you learn from the people shaping the future of hospitality in real time.

What You Will Learn:

Where and how new hotels and condo-hotels are getting developed today
What separates a successful rebrand from a cosmetic renovation
How hospitality groups are staying relevant in a hyper-competitive luxury market
What the modern traveler truly values (and what they no longer care about)
How to create “magical moments” that guests actually talk about
Creative strategies to drive RevPAR beyond room revenue
How F&B partnerships are redefining hotel identity and profitability
The role of activations, cultural programming, and brand collaborations in driving loyalty
What all-inclusive and experiential models are teaching the broader hotel industry
How to balance operational excellence with emotional impact
Why the next generation of luxury guests are demanding something different
How to build loyalty that extends beyond points programs

For questions regarding content and speaking, please email our Event Producer, Elizabeth Herrgott, at elizabeth.herrgott@bisnow.com. Want to get involved? Contact Jordan.Hinsch@bisnow.com to get information on sponsorship, pricing and availability at this event. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact ariel.fromm@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Agenda

Time	Activity
8:00 AM 9:00 AM	Registration, Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM 9:45 AM	New Development vs. Repositioning: The Power of Renovation & Rebrand This panel explores where new projects are gaining traction, how capital is structuring hospitality deals, and why renovation and rebranding have become as strategic as ground-up development. Leaders will discuss how brands evolve to attract the modern traveler while protecting long-term asset value in one of the most competitive hospitality landscapes in the world.
9:45 AM 10:00 AM	Networking Break
10:00 AM 10:45 AM	Luxury Reimagined: Creating Magical Moments & Driving RevPAR Beyond the Room Today’s high-value traveler isn’t looking to be impressed, they’re looking to feel something. This conversation dives into what modern luxury truly means, how to design environments where unexpected moments can unfold, and how operators are driving revenue beyond traditional room bookings. From experiential programming and brand collaborations to creative off-season strategies, this panel unpacks how hotels are building loyalty through emotion, culture, and activation, not just amenities.
10:50 AM 11:35 AM	Culinary as Culture: The Power of F&B in Defining Hospitality The most successful hospitality projects are anchored by their culinary partnerships, cultural programming, and entertainment ecosystems. This panel brings together leaders at the forefront of luxury F&B to discuss what it takes to create a destination within a destination, how to integrate nightlife and dining into hotel identity, and why experiential dining is one of the most powerful drivers of brand relevance and RevPAR growth.
11:35 AM 12:00 PM	Post-Event Networking