Chief Development Officer

Chris Dobbins brings over 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry, with executive leadership roles spanning operations, sales and marketing, and real estate development.

The early years of his career were focused on hotel operations and commercial strategy, followed by more than two decades leading hotel development initiatives across North America.

Mr. Dobbins has developed properties across all segments—from luxury and boutique hotels to select-service and extended stay. His development work includes leadership roles with major brand families, including Marriott, Hyatt, Starwood, and IHG. At Starwood, he supported development for brands such as St. Regis, Westin, Sheraton, and Luxury Collection across the Western U.S., Mexico, and Canada, and helped launch Aloft and Element. At Hyatt, he led the creation of a $2 billion hotel platform and developed over 135 hotels with a total value of $2.5 billion.

He has deep expertise in a wide range of deal structures, including portfolio acquisitions, adaptive reuse, condo hotels, joint ventures, franchised, managed, and corporate-owned projects. Mr. Dobbins brings the skills and competitive drive to maximize stakeholder value with successful projects that build lasting client relationships.