Mr. Ripol has participated in companies and projects like Pacífica Ixtapa, in the Tourism Division of Bancomer as Planning Director, at RCI as Director of Marketing and Communications for Latin America, at Raintree Resorts International/ Club Regina as Chief Operating Officer, as Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Quinta Real and Club Quinta Real and as Managing Director for the Vacation Club Division of Presidente Intercontinental in Mexico.
Recent endeavours include the formation of the Banyan Tree Mexico Hospitality Fund where he acts as Chief Development Officer and as Partner in InterAmerican Development Group a JV with Grupo Portalis of Guatemala to invest and develop up to 25 hotels in Central America under the Hotel 6 and Studio 6 flags.
Mr. Ripol has an Industrial Engineering degree from the Universidad Anáhuac del Sur, with graduate studies in Finance from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and has more than 30 years of experience in the tourism industry.