Robert E. Ramia is a 62-year-old hotel and tourism consultant from Quito, Ecuador with over 50 years of experience in hotel management, project development, and consulting. He has worked on over 50 hotel projects and has consulted for major companies like Marriott International, Deloitte, and DHL. Ramia held roles like General Manager at Hotel Quito and was formerly the President of Ecuador's National Hotelier Association.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION
NAME: Robert E. Ramia
AGE: 62 years old
PLACE OF BIRTH: Quito, Ecuador
HOME ADDRESS: Sierra del Moral, Torres Alvear 1402, Quito, Ecuador
PHONE: 5932 2603 8282 (H)
5939 9944 5573 (Mobile)
E-MAIL: Robert.Ramia@gmail.com
Mr. Robert Ramia has been involved in more than fifty hotel and tourism projects either
during the feasibility analysis or the construction and operation phases. Mr. Ramia
developed a feasibility program for hotels that deserved remarkable comments from
Marriott International and Hotel Consulting International, Miami. Mr. Ramia has also
developed many different tools for project management, including a complete manual. He is
able to program in Microsoft Project, and is familiarized with the Project Management
Institute principles.
2011-2014 Developer of the online professional cuisine course with the Universidad
Camilo José Cela (Mardrid), and the Escuela Superior de Hostelería y
Turismo (Madrid). www.CampusVirtualdeCocina.com
2011-2013 Director of the Chamber of Tourism and Vice President of the Quito’s Hotel
Association
2009-2011 Consultant to Metropolitan Touring in the development of two small luxury
hotels: Casona San Miguel, and Mashpi Lodge. Opening 2011.
2008 Holiday Inn Express, Quito - Preopening consultant
2007-2008 Certified Internet Marketing Consultant - WSI, Canada.
2006 Marriott International Hotels - Translation of a new version of the Marriott
International Hotel Design and Construction Manual.
2005-2006 Consultant to the Guayaquil Catholic Church regarding the estimate and
sale of the Grand Hotel Guayaquil.
2005 Ecuadorian representative for Aregala, a Latin American Gourmet
Association.
2004-2014 Hotel Quito - General Manager and operator (www.HotelQuito.com), a
unique property that belongs to the Ecuadorian government. Repositioning
of the hotel with sales records.
2003-2004 Advisor to the City Tourism Office. Recruited by UN for hotel management
in underdeveloped countries.
2002-2003 Marketing Strategies and Product Development for Food Services, and
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Culinary Manual: PRONACA
2002 Hotels' Survey for Ramada International in Perú, Argentina and South
Brazil.
2002 Project consultant to the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito
(Residence)
2001 Advice to the Tony Roma's Restaurants project team in Ecuador
2001 Regulations for classification and rating of the lodging establishments in
Ecuador. A special project for the Ecuador's Ministry of Tourism.
2000 Technology Worx, Inc., Virginia, USA. Property survey and definition of
scope of work for Cancún Marriott (and Puerto Vallarta), for Vacation Club
International, Marriott. (thadley@t-worx.net)
1999-2005 Marriott International Hotels - Translation to Spanish of the Hotel Design
Guide for International Properties. Advice to Marriott regarding
methodology and content of the manuals (paul.sweeney@marriott.com).
1999-2001 Technology WorX, Inc., Virginia, USA. Associate senior consultant for hotel
project development. Property survey of seven hotels at Peru for Ramada
International, August 2000. Reference: Architect Terry Hadley (thadley@t-
worx.net).
Constructora GAR SCC, Ecuador (Irrigation projects for the government).
Consultant to the project management. Family business since 1960.
Reference: Engineer Guillermo Ramia (gramiae@gmail.com).
Canodros S.A., Tourism Operator for Galápagos and the rain forest.
Consultant in organization and operations. (Reference: Engineer Andre
Barona)
1994-1998 J.W. Marriott Quito (260 rooms) Feasibility studies, negotiation of all the
contracts with Marriott International Hotels. Project Manager
(jvtravez@protoprod.com) (Reference: Architect Dan Adache
adache@aol.com).
1990-2000 Consultant for hospitality and tourism projects.
Over 50 feasibility studies.
Project Manager of the BITE 1990 (International Tourism Trade Show of
Cuenca, Ecuador)
Operational advice to vessels and hotel operating tours to the Galapagos
Islands.
Operational advice for the Quito Tennis and Golf Club, the larger in Quito.
Remodeling of the food and beverage areas.
Design of food production areas (Reference Mr. Alfredo Serrano).
Eight years of continuous project evaluation for Metropolitan Touring (the
largest tour operator of Ecuador), with the implementation of several
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projects as the steam train to Cuenca, different programs in the Amazon
basin and at the Galapagos Islands. Reference: Mr. Mariano Proaño.
Implementation of the Vista Real Convention Center, Quito (Reference:
Architect Michel Deller).
Operational audits at the Charleston Hotel in Bogota, and for the Hotel
Quito, formerly an Intercontinental Hotel.
Associate consultant in the remodeling project for the O'Hare Ramada
Hotel, Chicago.
Evaluation of architectural designs.
Consultant for DHL in Ecuador for policies and procedures (Reference: Mr.
Andrés Borrero, Regional VP).
Resident consultant for Arthur Andersen & Co. (Reference: Mr. Dennis
Machuca).
External auditor for Deloitte & Touche. Consultant to Deloitte & Touche for
tourism as of today (Reference: Mr. Fred Brown).
Developing of several manuals for the hotel industry.
1983-1990 Hotel Colon International (400 rooms), currently Hilton Colon, Quito.
General Manager (Reference: Mr. Guillermo Dahik, phone 5932 247 4678).
1981-1982 Hotel Galeria Plaza (430 rooms) - Camino Real Westin Hotel, Mexico city.
Member of the Opening Task Force and Food and Beverage Director
(Reference: Mr. Bob Niederhouser).
1980-1982 Hotel Camino Real (436 rooms) Westin Hotel, Guatemala. Food and
Beverage Director, promoted to Executive Assistant Manager. Also
performed several project evaluations for the company (Reference: Mr.
Edward Carette, Mr. Jorge Senn).
1978-1980 Hotel Colon International (400 rooms), Quito. Banquet Manager, promoted
to Food and Beverage Director. Coordinator of the Pre-opening committee
for the development of 200 additional rooms (Reference: Mr. Winston
Wlodawsky wlodawsky@hotelaros.com).
1976-1977 Agriculturist Club (Traditional Men's Club), Quito. General Manager
(Reference Mr. Marcelo Holguin).
1973-1976 Temporary jobs at operational level in several hotels and resorts at Spain
(La Fonda Real, a mountain resort hotel in Navacerrada, etc.), Andorra
(Hotel Co-Princeps, HUSA) and southern France (Lourdes, Grand Hotel de la
Grotte, Second Maitre D'. Reference: Mr. Francois Guingené).
1972-1973 Hotel Colon International (400 rooms) - Western International Hotels,
Quito. Executive Trainee. Kitchen Executive Steward (Reference: Mr.
Winston Wlodawsky).
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
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• Former President of the Ecuador’s National Hotelier Association, Asociacion
Nacional de Hoteleros del Ecuador, AHOTEC.
• Founder of the Ecuadorian Foundation for Promoting Tourism, Fundacion
Ecuatoriana para la Promocion del Turismo, FEPROTUR.
• Under-Secretary of Tourism.
• President of the Technical Committee for the privatisation of the Ecuadorian Airline
Company, Ecuatoriana de Aviacion, representing the production chambers.
• Speaker at OAS in Washington, the Cartagena Chart, and Colombian Hotelier
Association, among others.
• Editorialist for Quito’s newspaper El Comercio, and specialized column writer for
other papers and magazines.
• Professor in Hotel Administration and Gastronomy at Universidad de San Francisco,
Quito.
• Collaboration in social projects with the Mayor’s Office in Quito.
• Judge in different culinary contests, including Tenedor de Oro Cash (a credit card),
the official contest of the Ecuador’s Ministery of Tourism, and the Chef’s Association,
and Gastromonde 2002
• Consultant to Fashion Cuisine 2003, Medellín, Colombia.
• Maître D’Hôtel bestowed by the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs.
• Member of Disciples d’Auguste Escoffier
• Studies classical guitar. Practices tennis and soccer among other sports.
STUDIES
1973.1976 Escuela Superior Sindical de Hosteleria y Turismo, Madrid-
Spain. Hotelier Degree.
1973.1976 PPO, Madrid-Spain. Pastry Chef.
1976.1979 Catholic University, Quito-Ecuador. Business Administration
(No degree).
1980.1981 Francisco Marroquin University, Guatemala-Guatemala.
Systems Engineering (1 year, no degree).
LANGUAGES
• Spanish, mother tongue.
• English and French, read, written and spoken.
• Italian and Portuguese, basic.
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