IVI Corporate Roster


Hello, I'm Jose Manuel GARCIA

President and Managing Director

Jose Manuel is a self-made man, working his way up from his first job as a dry cleaning valet and then a bellman at the Acapulco Hilton Hotel. From that humble beginning in 1971, four years later he became groups and conventions manager at the...


Hello, I'm Jose-Manuel "Manolo" GARCIA

Executive VP

Manolo, VP of Quality for IVI Destination Management for the past 2 years. He began his professional career in 1999 with a job as an Event Cordinator and continuously has added to his skill set, and taken on increasingly more important...


Hello, I'm Alicia ASTUDILLO, DMCP

VP Marketing

Alicia Astudillo, marketing director for IVI Destination Management for the past ten years, is a professional’s professional. She can see the “big picture” and orchestrate the company’s...

Susann Behrendt

Hello, I'm Susann BEHRENDT

Corporate Business Development Director

If dictionaries included more photographs, if you looked up the word “competitor” you would see a picture of Susann Behrendt. That’s because IVI Destination Management’s Corporate Director of Business Development lives in...

Kai Behrendt

Hello, I'm Kai BEHRENDT

Corporate Director of Communications

Kai Behrendt is a native of Germany who intended to be a scientist, but discovered he is a "Renaissance Man" who is more at home in the hospitality industry. Mr. Behrendt attended several universities in...

Francisco BAEZA

Hello, I'm Francisco BAEZA

Corporate Business Development Manager

Francisco Baeza's job includes conducting memorable events, so he is familiar with every great hotel and restaurant in Cancun, Cozumel and the Riviera Maya. But he may know the area’s attractions better than anyone, because he has camped...

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