The growing investment in the hotel sector in Portugal has led Arrow Global Portugal (AGPT), the European vertically integrated asset manager, to hire Gonçalo Duarte Silva, who has been the new COO of the Hospitality area in Portugal since the beginning of September. He will coordinate AGPT’s hotel operations, joining Francisco Moser, CEO of Hospitality, and Nuno Sepúlveda, CEO of Sports & Leisure.
“We are very pleased that Gonçalo has joined the Group. His vast international experience will be a huge asset for us, at a time when Arrow Global continues to strengthen its investments in Portuguese hospitality,” says Francisco Moser, CEO of Hospitality at AGPT.
“Hiring Gonçalo reinforces Arrow Global Group’s experience in the Hospitality business in Portugal. We want to continue to grow in this sector and contribute to its improvement and reputation.”
João Bugalho | Chief Country Officer
With over 30 years’ experience in the hotel industry, Gonçalo Duarte Silva has extensive knowledge of managing and operating hotels all over the world. Since 2018, General Manager of the Shangri-la Kuala Lumpur Hotel (5*) in Malaysia, he previously held the position of Director of Special Projects at the Island Shangri-la in Hong Kong. He was Area Director for Starwood Hotels & Resort in Poland, with six hotels under the Sheraton, Westin & Luxury Collection brands. In Spain, he led the Le Meridien Barcelona, The Westin & Sheraton Real de Faula Golf Resort & Spa on the Costa Blanca and held the position of Hotel Director at the Westin Palace Madrid. He also worked as a Regional Director at Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Spain and Portugal in the Six Sigma area, among other important projects. He began his professional career in Portugal, at the Penina Golf & Resort Hotel (5*).
“Hiring Gonçalo reinforces Arrow Global Group’s experience in the Hospitality business in Portugal. We want to continue to grow in this sector and contribute to its improvement and reputation. At the same time, we are delighted that this move also marks the return of an important Portuguese manager to our country,” says João Bugalho, CEO of Arrow Global Group Portugal.
Image: Gonçalo Duarte Silva | Chief Operating Officer – Arrow Global Portugal
AGG, through the funds it manages, recently completed the acquisition of the Dom Pedro Group’s main assets, namely three hotels in Vilamoura – Dom Pedro Portobelo, Dom Pedro Marina and Dom Pedro Vilamoura, along with five emblematic Vilamoura golf courses – Old Course, Pinhal, Laguna, Millenium and Victoria. The deal also included Dom Pedro Lagos and two hotels in Madeira: Dom Pedro Machico and Dom Pedro Garajau.
AGG is also the majority shareholder in the Details Hotels & Resorts hotel group, with eight hotels under management in the Albufeira and Carvoeiro areas, and the funds managed by AGG control the Vilamoura World company, which includes Lusotur and Vilamoura Marina, and is responsible for the real estate development of a portfolio of land with a buildable area of more than 400,000 m².
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the management of the largest and most awarded marina in Portugal, the management of more than 2 km of beach concessions and the ownership of multiple plots of land, buildings and equipment located in the more than 1,700 hectares of Vilamoura.
Arrow Global, Europe’s leading vertically integrated asset manager specializing in credit and real estate, has
Arrow Global, a leading European vertically integrated asset manager specializing in credit and real estate,
Arrow Global, the European vertically integrated asset manager, has completed the acquisition of the main
