Alejandro Zozaya
Chairman Apple Leisure Group, Apple Leisure Group
Newtown Square, PA 19073
Phone (610) 359-8130
Property Types
Hospitality
Bio
As Chairman of Apple Leisure Group, Zozaya leverages 30 years of industry insight to optimize global synergies between the Group’s leading travel and hospitality brands.
Prior to launching AMResorts in 2001, Alex held senior positions at Fiesta Americana Hotels & Resorts, where he led all commercial activities for Latin America's largest hotel consortium.
Alex's outstanding contributions to the international hospitality industry have garnered numerous industry accolades. Among the most relevant are: the recognition as “Hotelier of the Year” by Alta Hoteleria; the CNN Expansion magazine ranking that included Alex among the “100 Most Important and Influential Business People in Mexico” for eight consecutive years, and the “Dominican Tourism Champion” award that Alex received in 2019 from the Dominican Republic Hotel and Restaurant Association (ASONAHORES for its acronym in Spanish) in recognition to his ongoing commitment to strengthen the country’s tourism industry.
In 2018, Alex was appointed Vice President of the Mexican National Council of Tourism Companies (CNET for its acronym in Spanish), which is the main organism representing the tourism private sector in the country. On August of the same year, Alex joined the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Executive Committee as Vice Chairman for Latin America and the Caribbean. The WTTC is the private sector most important organism in the global tourism industry. A month later, FORBES magazine recognized Alex as an industry leader, and featured him on the September edition magazine cover. Finally, on September 2020 Alex was honored with the CHRIS “Lifetime Achievement Award” in recognition to his ongoing commitment and contribution to develop and strengthen the tourism industry in the Caribbean.
On January 2020, Alex transitioned to the Chairman position for Apple Leisure Group, where he continues to play a strategic role in the company’s expansion.
