Ana Almada
With more than 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry, I currently lead the team at DKN Hotels. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel Management and Tourism and an MBA with an emphasis in Leadership and Management from the University of San Diego.
In 1998, as a hotel management student from Brazil, I began an internship at the Comfort Inn Sea World – a DKN Hotel at the time. Little did I know that this seemingly ordinary event would be the beginning of an extraordinary career that would see me hold a number of positions in the company and now lead the future of DKN as CEO. I am proud to have helped establish systems, programs, and processes that have made DKN Hotels a company where passion, innovation, and, most of all, people are our foundation, allowing us to make impactful change in the hospitality industry as we have grown and evolved.