Gilles Arditi, President

As a Certified Hotel Administrator, Gilles Arditi has over twenty years of service in hospitality management. His analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual thinking skills have been demonstrated through his extensive experience. He is practiced in multi-property supervision with such brands as Starwood, Hilton, InterContinental, Marriott and Wyndham.

Arditi is also an authority on property repositioning, property take-over, budgeting, sales and marketing planning and implementation; business planning and implementation; managerial staff development, and new property management.

Prior to joining Southwind Hospitality, Mr. Arditi served as Regional Vice-President of Operations with Prism Hotels & Resorts.

He has also served as Director of Operations with Buffalo Lodging Associates and was Regional Manager/Director of Operations for Ocean Hospitalities, Inc., and Vice-President of Operations for Tidewater Hotels & Resorts.

Mr. Arditi attended the University of Miami and received his BA in Travel and Tourism from St. Thomas University. He is fluent in French, English and Spanish.