About Us

President/Chief Executive Officer

Since 1999, Sergio F. Ortiz, President and CEO of ORION HOTELS, INC., has become a trusted and reliable advisor to hotel owners, operators, and developers in a wide array of hotel concepts and market segments, including independent boutique luxury hotels, resorts, condo-hotels and major flag affiliations. As a commercial real estate broker, he has negotiated and structured hotel deals ranging in size from $4,000,000 to $400,000,000. Sergio earned his Certification from Cornell University in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, earning a bachelor’s degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management. UW-Stout is the only university in the world that has been recognized with the prestigious Malcom-Baldrige Award of Quality Excellence. He also graduated from the Dale Carnegie Course and Stephen Covey's 7-Habits Course. This formative culture of excellence inculcated upon Sergio a relentless drive for continuous improvement during his extraordinary and successful hospitality career of 40+years encompassing all aspects of hotel & restaurant operations and disciplines including asset management, financing, operations, marketing, food & beverage, real estate development, brokerage, investment, and technical consulting.

ORION HOTELS's practical knowledge and 'nuts & bolts' experience in all facets of hotel development, investment, and operations, coupled with a substantial financial acumen and a keen understanding of the latest technology applications serve as a reliable resource for investors, developers, portfolio managers, operators of independent or branded hotels, institutional investors and Trusts.

"Sergio's extensive knowledge and insights in the hospitality industry have been a great contribution to the strategic planning for our Peninsula Beach Resort. His advice, based upon many years of 'hands-on' management, has aided us in the success of our design process."

-  Jim Hayes, Managing Partner, Bolivar Investment Group

“It’s been a genuine pleasure working with Sergio to help us in the overall strategic planning for the Peninsula Beach Resort. His hospitality knowledge is second to none. His dedication to get it right along with his meticulousness makes him indispensable. He provides a great return on investment!”

-  Michael Wiglesworth, Partner, Bolivar Investment Group

“Meticulous attention to detail, in both the financial and experiential, along with vast market knowledge and passion for the industry make Sergio invaluable to any organization. He has been a pleasure to work with and we will continue to work with one another in the future”.

 - Dan Zimmerman, President La Colombe D’Or and New Form Real Estate  

“Sergio deploys a broad commercial and business applications skill set with professionalism and high integrity.  He is remarkably calm in high pressure situations, demonstrates exceptional ability to mentor others, and consistently searches for new ideas to improve issues." 

- Yusha Abouhalkah, Board President, The Galvestonian Beach Resort  

  “Sergio is a capable and genuine leader who identifies talents and strengths, bringing out the best in others, challenging them, guiding them and supporting them. He embodies the definition of servant leadership. His leadership and team-building skills are inspiring and reassuring.

- Silvia Aguirre, General Manager, The Galvestonian Beach Resort

 "Sergio Ortiz is extremely talented in maximizing a given hotel project's potential, regardless of the size, difficulty, segment, quality level, or stage of development. He has a proven record in achieving above average results and accomplishing the owner-clients' goals with competence and integrity".

 - Ray Hankamer, President/CEO, Hankamer & Associates, LLC 

  “Sergio consistently exhibited an attention to detail combined with quality leadership without ever compromising the highest moral and ethical standards, a rare combination in business these days”. 

- J. William Sharman, Jr. President/CEO, The Lancaster Group, Inc.

   “Sergio's professionalism makes him a pleasure to work with and he is always committed to the highest quality project. From an architect's point of view, his ability to visualize potential creates an enthusiasm that also adds to the energy of the project”.

  - Tim Dykes. President, TLD Architects, Inc.   

   “Through all the years that I have known Sergio, his integrity and passion for customer and employee relations have always been his focus as well as the foundation of his work ethic. His commitment to owners, customers and employees will be a great asset to any organization”. 

- Mark Yanke. Senior Vice President. Redstone – Hospitality Division   

“They [Orion Hotels] also understand the hotel business which enable them to put together hotel deals that not only work on paper, but also continue to work after they are developed”.

 - John Bowen, PHD, CHE. Dean of the College and Distinguished Chair. University of Houston. Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel & Restaurant Management.  

“Sergio has a very strong work ethic as well as unparalleled analytic and problem-solving abilities. He has an easiness to build interpersonal relations with others. He has vision to see the benefits and the passion to turn that into measurable results”.

- Leah Nguyễn, HR Specialist, First Service Residential