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Grace Villamayor
CEO, RentingCarz Holdings
Grace has exceptional experience as a marketing and business development professional, specializing in the travel space. Her numerous awards and honors are a result of her ability to identify and grow opportunities, develop key strategic partnerships and relationships, and speed-to-market entry into emerging and international markets. She is currently the Co-Founder / CEO for RentingCarz Holdings, a technology solutions company in the online car rental space. Since 2014, RentingCarz opened-up Latin America, Middle East, Japan, S. Korea and Spain. RentingCarz signed a global contract with Amadeus, the largest IT company in travel in the world, as the online car rental platform in Sell Connect and in 2018 signed the first airline partnership with AirEuropa. Grace began her career with Hertz Global Holdings in 1994 and worked her way through the ranks until becoming the VP of Global Inbound/Outbound until 2013. In this position, she was responsible for growing the company's profile globally to drive revenue among international regions. Additionally, she was tasked with the integration of the acquired Dollar & Thrifty brands creating to drive increased sales and revenue for the company. She is the recipient of the Hertz Global Achievement Award (2011), Global Leadership Award (2010) and Outstanding Revenue Performance (2010). Furthermore, she was named Internationalist of the Year by Internationalist Magazine, as well as Top 100 Latin American Executives and Top 50 Latin American Executives by the same magazine. Originally from Argentina she moved to NY as a young child. Grace is a graduate of New York University Stern School of Business and participated in the Executive Program at Wharton School of Business. She has been dubbed Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International. She served on several board including US Travel Association and Visit Florida. She currently sits on the Executive Marketing Committee for the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. She is a mom of two teenage boys, Chris (19) and Alex (almost 16) and resides in Miami.
