Cristiano Vasques, Director – Partner with HVS Sao Paulo, joined HVS in 2001 as a consultant and market analyst. He has in-depth knowledge of the tourism, hospitality and related-real estate market in Brazil, including financial and corporate strategies for projects and businesses.
Vasques worked for four years in tourism projects for HVS, coordinating the elaboration of regional tourism development plans financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). He also conducted valuations in addition to market and feasibility studies for almost 200 hotels and resorts - across 19 Brazilian states, Paraguay, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Angola and Portugal – advising both national and international investors on market characteristics, product concepts and project profitability.
Vasques is a permanent columnist for Hotelnews magazine. He has also published several reports on tourism-real estate market and co-written the Brazilian Hotel Market Overview (HotelInvest / HVS) as well as the 2015 Hospitality Scoreboard (in partnership with the Brazilian Hotel Operators Forum – FOHB).
Specialization – Advanced Hotel Real Estate Finance (July/2010)
Cornell University, New York, EUA
Graduation – Strategic Management for Tourism and Hospitality (1999-2001)
EAESP – Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, SP
Degree – Production Engineering (1990-1995)
Escola Politécnica – Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP
Accor Hotels
ADIT – Associação para o Desenvolvimento Imobiliário e Turístico do Nordeste
Allied Irish Banks
Agra Incorporadora
Banco Ourinvest / Brazilian Mortgages
Banco Rural
Brascan
Comig – Cia. Mineradora de Minas Gerais
Confide (Espanha)
Conmebol – Confederação Sulamericana de Futebol
Construtora CVP
Dominio Capital (Portugal)
El Paso Óleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda.
Governo do Estado da Bahia
Governo do Estado do Maranhão
Grupo Somague
Hilton Hotels
Hyatt International Hotels & Resorts
Inpar Incorporadora
Instituto de Turismo de Itacaré - ITI
Itacaré Capital Partners
Marriott International, Inc.
M &D Participações (Angola)
Odebrecht
Orient Express Hotels
Pousada Maravilha(Fernando de Noronha) / Componente
Praia Grande Construtora
PREVI – Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil
Prima – Empreendimento Imobiliários Inovadores
Santa Bárbara Construtora
SENAC – Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial
West LB Bank
"The Sustainable Development Strategy for the Salvador and Adjacencies Tourism Cluster", Salvador and AdjacenciesTourism Council (Bahia), September 2002
"The Sustainable Development Strategy for the Discovery Coast Tourism Cluster", Discovery Shore Tourism Council (Bahia), March 2003
"The Sustainable Development Strategy for the South Shore Tourism Cluster", South Shore Tourism Council (Bahia), April 2003