Experience

CREDE

• Belgium
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Ted J. Torres, CHA, is a Managing Director of Crede Development Advisors. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to a first-generation corporate hotelier, Ted has literally been in the hotel business his entire life. His responsibilities and specialty with Crede are Development Advisory for a variety of clients and joint venture partners assisting them to create value through developing visions into concrete plans and full concept development for their current asset portfolios. A lifelong hotelier, Mr. Torres has built, owned, operated, renovated, repositioned and consulted on numerous hospitality projects in his 35+ years of professional experience. He has been responsible for the development of over 5,000 hotels rooms both Domestically and Internationally for all major hotel franchise companies. Currently, in his capacity as Managing Director he is responsible for the strategic acquisition and development of new hotel and multifamily development advisory opportunities in the United States. Working with key executives at the most recognizable brand names in the hospitality industry, as well as best in class third party hotel operational management companies, the company is currently redeveloping multiple adaptive reuse projects for conversion to unique upscale hospitality assets, and development of luxury multifamily beachfront assets in southern California, and developing ground up branded boutique and luxury convention center hotels in the southern and southeastern United States. He has consulted domestically and internationally on numerous hospitality projects and possesses excellent relationships with key executives at major hotel franchise companies in the industry, such as: Global Hyatt, Hilton Hotels, IHG, Best Western International, Marriott International, and Wyndham Hotel Group. He also possesses exceptional relationships with C suite executives at the largest and best in class hotel operating company, Aimbridge Interstate Hotels. Show less



Alluinn

• United States

• Principal

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  Ted J. Torres, CHA, is a Principal and Co-founder of Alluinn. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to a first generation corporate hotelier, Ted has literally been in the hotel business since birth. His responsibilities and specialty with Alluinn are asset management, finance, and project development. A lifelong hotelier, Mr. Torres has built, owned, operated, renovated, repositioned and consulted on numerous hospitality projects in his 30 years of professional experience. He has been responsible for the development of over 5,000 hotel rooms both domestically and internationally for all the major hotel franchise companies. Currently in his capacity as company principal he is responsible for the strategic acquisition and development of new hotel and multifamily investment opportunities in the United States. Working with key executives at the most respected and recognizable Hospitality brand names in the industry, the company is currently redeveloping multiple adaptive reuse projects for conversion to unique upscale hospitality assets, and development of luxury multifamily beachfront assets in Southern California, and developing ground up branded boutique and luxury convention center hotels in the southern and southeastern United States. He has consulted domestically and internationally on a number of hospitality projects, and possesses excellent relationship with key executives at major hotel franchise companies in the industry, such as: Global Hyatt, Hilton Hotels, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Best Western International, Marriott International, and Wyndham Hotel Group. He is a Certified Hospitality Administrator, the hotel industry's highest professional designation, and has served on franchise advisory boards for three hotel companies. He has served as a moderator, speaker and conference advisory board member for the Multi Unit Franchise Conference for eleven years, and also a moderator and speaker for the European Master & Multi Unit Franchise Conference Show less



Caerus Hospitality

• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President and CEO

  • Mar 2010 - Jun 2018

  Creating, leading and growing the strategic direction for the company. In the past 2 years we have grown from a startup to owning and operating five Wyndham Branded hotels comprising 416 rooms. We have forged a joint venture with Openning Hospitality of Santiago, Chile to develop another six Wyndham branded hotels in Chile and Peru. My mission is to build the country's best economy hotel management and ownership organization in the industry. To lead an amazing group of gifted, talented professionals that operate hotels where our employees are our family; where the environment they work in, is as important as the hard work they do. I want to lead, teach and enable everyone in our company to become a better, more insipring person. Show less



International Hospitality Development Alliances

• Owner

  • Sep 2008 - Mar 2010

• President

  • Jan 2004 - Aug 2008

  Development and strategic planning for the construction and management of five Hilton branded hotels in Russia. Development and strategic planning for the construction and implementation of a new extended stay hotel brand with location in the Phoenix and Chicago metro areas.