What SAHIC Group does

SAHIC Group is a privately-held event company founded in 2008 that operates the premier investment forum for hotel, tourism, and branded residences in Latin America and the Caribbean. The forum is held annually, with SAHIC 2026 marking its 20th edition (March 22-24, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro), and has historically convened over 300 delegates from 20 countries, featuring 75 speakers, 34 sessions, and 34 sponsors. The company serves a concentrated B2B audience of hotel investors, C-level executives from major international hotel chains (Accor, Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Wyndham, BWH Hotels, GHL Hoteles), major developers, government tourism and investment agencies (Invest.Rio, PROMPERÚ), and financial institutions (IDB Invest, CBRE).

The underlying technology is minimal — SAHIC is an event business, not a software platform. Its core product is the annual forum, supported by ancillary content products including a multi-language (English, Spanish, Portuguese) website, a Content Library, E-News newsletter, Session recordings, Photo Gallery, and Testimonials. The platform is hosted through partnerships with The Bench (Chairman & CEO Jonathan Worsley hosting). SAHIC 2026 introduces a new vertical with a half-day dedicated to Branded Residences, signaling segment expansion.

SAHIC derives revenue primarily from corporate sponsorship packages sold to hotel chains, financial institutions, and tourism boards, and from delegate registration fees. Pricing is quote-based and tiered by sponsorship level and delegate type, with no public disclosure. The company operates with a small team of approximately 18 employees split between Miami, Florida (registered) and Buenos Aires, Argentina (operational hub), led by President & CEO Arturo Garcia Rosa. The GTM motion is event-driven, leveraging content marketing, email, social media (LinkedIn, Instagram), and PR/media partnerships to drive registrations and sponsorship sales on an annual cycle.

Name

SAHIC Group

Legal name

SAHIC Group

Website

https://sahic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SAHIC Group is a privately-held event company that operates the premier annual investment forum for hotel, tourism, and branded residences in Latin America and the Caribbean, convening hotel investors, major hotel chain executives, developers, government agencies, and financial institutions for deal-making across 20+ regional markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Investment Forum & Conference Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Finance & Investment Conferences (MPAGAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Executive Summits & Invitation-Only Forums (MPAGAGAK), Customer/User Conferences & Client Advisory Boards (THAHAMAD)

Keywords

• Investment forum events
• Hospitality networking
• Hotel investment conferences
• Tourism investment summits
• Branded residences forum

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Sponsorship Revenue: SAHIC generates primary revenue through corporate sponsorships. Companies sponsor the event to gain visibility among key hospitality investors and decision-makers in Latin America and Caribbean markets.
2. Event Registration Fees: Revenue generated from delegate registrations for attending the investment forum, including various participation tiers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SAHIC Group operates the premier annual investment forum for hotel, tourism and branded residences investment in Latin America and the Caribbean. The forum brings together hotel investors, C-level executives of major hotel chains, developers, government leaders and financial institutions for deal-making, networking and knowledge exchange. Supporting offerings include a content library, monthly newsletter, session recordings, photo gallery and testimonials.

Product overview

SAHIC Group operates as an event-based investment forum company offering a unified platform for hospitality and tourism deal-making in Latin America and the Caribbean. The core product is the SAHIC Investment Forum, an annual conference that brings together key industry stakeholders. Supporting products include the SAHIC Content Library (editorial and analysis content), SAHIC E-News (monthly newsletter), SAHIC Sessions (conference recordings), SAHIC Photo Gallery (event documentation), and SAHIC Testimonials (industry leader endorsements). The company also facilitates sponsorship opportunities and investor registration for the forum.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SAHIC Investment Forum Premier annual investment forum for hotel, tourism and branded residences investment in Latin America and the Caribbean, bringing together hotel investors, C-level executives, developers, government leaders and industry influencers for deal-making, panels, keynotes and networking.
• SAHIC Sponsorship Packages

Quantifiable outcome

• 300+ delegates from 20 countries at SAHIC 2026
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The BenchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Bench serves as the host organization for SAHIC. Jonathan Worsley serves as Chairman & CEO of The Bench and is a key figure in organizing SAHIC events. The partnership positions SAHIC as a flagship event within The Bench's portfolio of hospitality industry forums.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• The Bench: The Bench is the host organization for SAHIC and a global event platform for the hospitality industry. It produces multiple investment forums worldwide, making it a direct organizer comparable to SAHIC. Comparable due to shared event ownership and overlapping leadership (Jonathan Worsley).

Regional players

• CHTA (Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association) Events: CHTA produces the Caribbean region's primary hospitality industry events, including investment-focused conferences in the Caribbean. Comparable to SAHIC for regional Caribbean tourism investment deal-making, though broader in scope.
• HICA (Hotel Investment Conference Africa): HICA is Africa's leading hotel investment conference, similar in structure to SAHIC as a regional investment forum for hospitality. It serves as a comparable for evaluating SAHIC's regional forum model in an emerging market context.
• AHICE (Asian Hotel Industry Conference & Exhibition): AHICE is the premier hotel investment and industry conference in Asia-Pacific, run by HM magazine. It mirrors SAHIC's investment-forum model in a different region, making it a useful regional comparable for evaluating SAHIC's positioning.
• MREF (Mediterranean Resort & Hotel Real Estate Forum): MREF is a hotel and resort real estate investment conference focused on the Mediterranean region. It is comparable to SAHIC in audience and format (investor + developer + operator deal-making), but geographically distinct.

Direct peers

• Hunter Hotel Investment Conference: A US-focused annual hotel investment conference organized by Hunter Hotel Advisors. It directly parallels SAHIC's format (single-track investor-focused forum) and audience (hotel investors, owners, and operators), serving as a regional peer.
• ALIS (American Lodging Investment Summit): ALIS is the leading hotel investment conference in the Americas, run by the American Hotel & Lodging Association and produced by BHN Group. It directly competes with SAHIC for hotel investor and developer attention in the Western Hemisphere, though US-focused.
• IHIF (International Hotel Investment Forum): IHIF, produced by Questex, is the largest global hotel investment conference series. It is a direct comparable to SAHIC in both format (annual investment forum) and audience (institutional investors, hotel chains, developers), but operates at a larger global scale.
• NYU Hospitality Investment Conference: An annual investment-focused conference hosted by NYU's Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality. It serves a similar audience of institutional investors, hotel operators, and developers and is structured as a deal-making forum, parallel to SAHIC.

Emerging players

• Skift Forum: Skift produces hospitality and travel industry events and content with a strong investor and operator audience. While broader and more digitally focused than SAHIC, it competes for the attention of the same hospitality decision-makers and represents an emerging digital-first alternative model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sahic-latin-america-and-the-caribbean
• Instagraminstagram.com/sahic_oficial

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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