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Diego de Ponga: Leadership lessons from revenue management to the C-suite
The Turndown: The podcast for Hoteliers - Season 3: Episode 4
18 April 2025

What does it take to lead a successful hotel brand while keeping people at the heart of everything you do? In this episode of The Turndown, Diego de Ponga, CEO of Port Hotels, shares his journey from head of revenue management to CEO of one of Spain's most iconic family-owned hotel groups.

Diego explains how Port Hotels invests heavily in employee development, emphasizing why training programs and team culture are critical for hospitality success. He also highlights the importance of clearly aligning sales, marketing, and revenue management teams to create a perfect growth cycle, shares how integrated technology drives efficiency, and provides practical advice for revenue professionals to future-proof their careers.

About Palladium Hotel Group

Palladium Hotel Group is a Spanish hotel chain with over 50 years of experience, owned by Grupo Empresas Matutes (GEM). The group operates more than 40 hotels and over 13,000 rooms, distributed amongst eight countries: Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Italy, Brazil, the USA and the UAE, and manages ten brands: TRS Hotels, Grand Palladium Hotels & Resorts, Palladium Hotels, Fiesta Hotels & Resorts, Ushuaïa Unexpected Hotels, The Unexpected Hotels & Residences, Only YOU Hotels, BLESS Collection Hotels, the Hard Rock Hotels Brand under licence with three hotels in Ibiza Tenerife and Marbella and the ephemera brand 45 Times Hotels. Palladium Hotel Group is characterised by its philosophy of attention to its team and to offering its clients high quality products and services. www.palladiumhotelgroup.com


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