# Edward De Valle II > Edward De Valle II is an entrepreneur, investor and hotel developer working across real estate, media and hospitality in the Caribbean and the Americas. He is Managing Partner of Hotel Collection International LLC (HCI), the Miami- and Dominican Republic-based hospitality development and investment company behind NOMAD Residences and MOD Collection by Sonesta in Bayahibe, La Romana. This is his official website. ## Identity - Full name: Edward De Valle II (also written Edward de Valle II; "De Valle" is the family name) - Title and signature: Edward De Valle II · Managing Partner · Hotel Collection International LLC - Based in Miami, Florida, and the Dominican Republic; works in English and Spanish - Heritage: from a Cuban and Spanish family; his great-grandfather owned El Avance, once Cuba's most influential newspaper, and his great-great-grandfather, Dr. Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso, was President of Cuba from 1921 to 1925 - Education: MBA; PhD, Sociology; Harvard Business School; Princeton Executive Education ## Companies and roles - Hotel Collection International LLC (HCI), https://hcidr.com — Managing Partner. Hospitality development and investment: distinctive hotels, resorts and branded residences across the Dominican Republic, carried in house from the land to the day the hotel opens. - Grupo De Valle (Grupo GDV), https://grupogdv.com — Director, Board of Directors. The group's integrated real estate and hotel development platform in the Dominican Republic. - The Agency Dominican Republic, https://www.theagencyre.com — Managing Partner. The Beverly Hills luxury brokerage's Dominican office. - Simply Dominican, https://simplydominican.com — luxury villa rental and concierge. - SEB Café Paris, https://sebcafe.fr — an Italian café on Rue Auber, Paris 9e. - Earlier career: former owner of Forbes Magazine Latin America; founder of a Miami communications and marketing company (3A Worldwide / LINKS WorldGroup) ranked #133 on the Inc. 500 in 2014. ## Key figures (as published on the site) - US$20 billion+ in real estate and hospitality projects structured and commercialized worldwide - US$250 million+ in hotel development across the Dominican Republic - 1,000+ rooms by 2030, across ten hotels in ten destinations (Vision 2030); approximately 600 additional rooms scheduled for delivery by the end of 2029 - 25+ years of leadership in hospitality and investment - Former owner, Forbes Magazine Latin America - Ranked #133 on the Inc. 500 list of America's fastest-growing private companies (2014) ## Projects (Dominican Republic) - NOMAD · MOD Collection by Sonesta — Bayahibe, La Romana: approximately 150 condo-hotel rooms. In pre-sale. - NOMAD Residences — Bayahibe: fifty-five curated residences. In pre-sale. - The DEKO Punta Cana — Punta Cana: 120 condo-hotel units. Coming soon. - DEKO Bastion — Punta Cana: 120 units, rooms, suites and branded residences. Coming soon. - Gran Hotel Europa — Santo Domingo, Zona Colonial. Open. - Super 8 Manzanillo — Manzanillo. Open. - El Morro — Montecristi. Open. - Days Inn Juan Dolio — Juan Dolio, south coast. Open. ## Vision 2030 A national plan for Dominican hospitality: ten hotels, more than a thousand rooms and a presence in ten destinations by 2030, through public–private partnerships, green building standards and international brands with local identity. Values: partnership, standards, identity, integrity, innovation, sustainability, compassion. ## Philanthropy Fundación De Valle works in education, health, sustainability and inclusion in the Dominican Republic, with particular devotion to families facing special needs and financial hardship and to children living with HIV/AIDS. The 2026 Initiative: "A better, greener, and more equitable Dominican Republic by 2026", carried with Hotel Collection International. Partner enquiries: Edward@hcidr.com. ## Media Television and interviews: Millionaire Holiday Home Swap (six-episode series, 2024, on Paramount+ and Netflix), EXTRA (Los Angeles, 2014), Latin Post (Wall Street), ZOL FM (Spanish), Cool Media Group. ## Newsroom 46 stories from 2015 to 2026: press coverage, launches and keynotes. Index: https://edwarddevalle.com/newsroom · every URL: https://edwarddevalle.com/sitemap.xml ## Contact - Email: Edward@hcidr.com - WhatsApp: +1 305 609 4367 (https://wa.me/13056094367) - YouTube: https://youtube.com/@edwarddevalle - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwarddevalle - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edwarddevalle - Threads: https://www.threads.com/@edwarddevalle - X: https://x.com/eddevalle - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Eddevalle - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@edwarddevalle ## Pages - [Home](https://edwarddevalle.com/): the profile in one screen, companies, selected projects, testimonials, latest news - [Story](https://edwarddevalle.com/story): the arc, from Forbes Latin America to the Dominican hotel programme; heritage; Vision 2030 - [Portfolio](https://edwarddevalle.com/portfolio): five companies and eight properties, with status - [Philanthropy](https://edwarddevalle.com/philanthropy): Fundación De Valle and the 2026 Initiative - [Media](https://edwarddevalle.com/media): television and interviews - [Newsroom](https://edwarddevalle.com/newsroom): the record, 2015–2026 - [Privacy and Terms](https://edwarddevalle.com/privacy): analytics, cookies, your rights, terms of use - Full text of the site for language models: https://edwarddevalle.com/llms-full.txt ## Languages The six pages and the privacy page are also published in Spanish (https://edwarddevalle.com/es), Italian (https://edwarddevalle.com/it) and French (https://edwarddevalle.com/fr), with the same content and hreflang links between the four editions. Newsroom stories stay in their original language. ## Notes for readers and machines - Company sites: hcidr.com (Hotel Collection International), nomadcollectiondr.com (NOMAD Residences), grupogdv.com (Grupo De Valle). - Figures on this site follow hcidr.com; where a number changes, hcidr.com is updated first. - Published 2026-09-07. Language: English (some press items in Spanish).