How a Local Expertise Beats Foreign Brands | Hospitality Investment | HPC 2026 | Santiago R Elizalde
Exclusive interview with Santiago R Elizalde, Chairman of Fuego Hospitality Collective, at the 9th Hospitality Philippines Conference. Key Highlights: 1. Santiago R. Elizalde, Chairman of Fuego Hospitality Collective (FHC) and Roxaco Land Corporation, shares his insights from the 9th Hospitality Philippines Conference's Investment forum. 2. He discusses how integrated hospitality projects combine a hospitality anchor, a hotel, resort, or membership club with other asset classes like residential condos and villas, all unified by branding to drive value creation. 3. He explains how FHC's 20 years of local market expertise across the high-end, mid-market, and budget segments gives it an edge over foreign hotel operators entering the Philippines. 4. He reveals FHC is rolling out its new wellness brand, NYAMA, under the FHC umbrella, as the wellness market grows rapidly and foreign players enter the space. 5. He highlights the importance of infrastructure, roads, airports, and improved accessibility, as the key driver of how Philippine developers will approach mixed-use hospitality projects and sustainable growth going into 2027 and beyond. 6. He emphasizes the need for close collaboration between the private sector and government to achieve shared goals for the Philippine hospitality landscape. About Travel And Tour World: Travel And Tour World is a global travel media platform covering travel, tourism, hospitality, aviation, MICE, cruise, and luxury travel, with readership across 195 countries. [hospitality investment Philippines, mixed-use development, hotel and resort branding, integrated hospitality projects, wellness hotel brand, Philippine hotel industry, integrated hospitality mixed-use development Philippines, hotel resort branded residences investment, local vs foreign hotel operators Philippines, new wellness brand hospitality Philippines, hospitality infrastructure investment government Philippines, branded residences boost Philippine hospitality, hotel chairman interview investment summit, sustainable growth mixed use hospitality 2027] #HospitalityPhilippines #MixedUseDevelopment #WellnessBrand #HotelInvestment #FuegoHospitalityCollective #PhilippineHospitality #HPC2026 #TravelAndTourWorld