Christian Cadenas


Founder & Managing Partner -- Madrid, Spain & London, UK

Mr. Cadenas is a renowned hotelier and CEO with a demonstrated background in starting new hotel chains. Christian graduated in Business Administration and Politics in Complutense University in Madrid where he resides.

He is a keen student and participant in the arts, a published author and is presently undertaking acting classes to enhance his interesting theatre. He recently has appeared as the lead in ‘Hamlet’ in Madrid. The achievements of Mr. Cadenas are listed.

Christian Cadenas

* - Oasis Hotels: 1992 – 1998; Oasis Hotels (55 hotels) being then the leading hotel chain in the Mexican Caribbean. During 6 years he held different positions in operations as Sales & Marketing Director Manager, General Manager and finally became COO by 1996. In 1997 he was named Chief Commercial Officer of Oasis Group (Oasis Hotels, Oasis Airlines, Air Ambar, Aerocancun Airlines, Club America Vacations).

* - Bahia Principe Resorts: 1998 – 2001; Mr. Cadenas was co-founder of Bahia Principe (22 resorts in Caribbean and Spain) being its CCO & EVP until 2001.

* - Transversal Group:, 2002 – 2011; Mr. Cadenas was founder and CEO of Transversal Group, a holding of 11 tourism companies, including IBB Hotels and Aquaria Hotels as well as the tour operators Versys and Valadis.

* - Blue Bay Resorts: 2009 – 2012; Mr Cadenas founded BlueBay Resorts (55 hotels) being its COO and Vice Chairman until 2012(Enterprise Value 2010 -63M / 2018 650M)

* - Mexicana Airlines: from 2012 to 2014 he served as President & CEO of Mexicana Airlines.

* - Blue Sense Hotels: 2014 -2018; In 2014 Mr. Cadenas founded BlueSense Hotels (15 hotels in Spain) holding the CEO position until August 2018 (Enterprise Value 2014 2M / 2018 18M)

* - Med Films: Mr Cadenas joined Med Films (tv & film production) in 2017, and become CEO in September 2018.

Contact info:

Email: Christian.cadenas@sterling-investment.com

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