About us

We are Discovery Hotel Management

We are discovery hotel management. We were formed in 2014 to rehabilitate and manage a range of real estate assets.

We work to make a difference in everything we do, and ensure that no one forgets what they experienced with us. To accomplish this, in addition to our informal attitude, we are authentic: each DHM hotel has its own identity, which respects the place and culture where it is located, its cuisine, traditions and natural surroundings. And if our suggestions don’t offer the experience you imagined, why not challenge us to create it for you?

We know that we are capable of all this while optimising the management, sustainability and performance of our hotels and teams.

At Discovery Hotel Management, in addition to our commitment to operating more sustainably in the different aspects and activities of our business, we clearly assume the responsibility we have towards our impact on the world.

We recognise that our actions have a direct effect on the communities in which our hotels operate and so we are committed to making a positive difference by acting responsibly, supporting projects and events and creating partnerships with local institutions.

We work with absolute transparency and that’s why we want to keep all our stakeholders informed of our ongoing sustainability initiatives, which aim to reduce our environmental footprint, through this Sustainability Report.

Sustainability Report

Our experiences

For DHM, experiencing our hotels goes far beyond a mere stay.

We want to create memories, unique experiences, and cultivate the mind, body and soul.

That’s why we have a team dedicated to thinking about activities—whether it’s sports, contact with nature or local culture—to make them memorable experiences.

We can arrange a picnic in a secret place, go to Dona Otília’s house for her to teach you how to make her famous sausages, or take a ride on an ox cart around the Sete Cidades Lake.

Set off on a journey of discovery.

DHM is its people

In order to deliver the best to our customers we need the best with us.

That’s why we are inspired by the ancestral tribal spirit, where common values and goals guide a community. We live according to the spirit that each one of us is part of a larger whole.

Our values are the glue that cements our team and the beacons for our common path:

Courage

The unexpected is a constant. Faced with this, we are determined and act to add value to the organisation.

Team

A team is more than the sum of its parts; it is the result of an attitude that always puts the collective interest before that of the individual. Everyone contributes to a good working environment and the strengthening of group spirit.

Fun

Work stops being work when it's fun. We embody a passion for the business through an open-minded attitude and a positive approach to challenges.

Creativity

We identify problems and opportunities, we question old recipes and find new solutions.

Excellence

We are focused on constant improvement, and permanent non-conformism. The search for perfection is a path that is travelled every day.

Eventos

Combinamos o charme dos nossos hotéis com uma equipa profissional e dedicada que vai cuidar de todos os detalhes para os dias mais importantes da sua vida.

A variedade de espaços e ambientes, com edifícios históricos portugueses, jardins luxuosos, montanhas ou cenários de praias de areia brancas fazem dos hotéis DHM a escolha certa para o seu evento ou festa.

Oferecemos serviços de A a Z para organizar e preparar o seu evento, desde alojamento exclusivo, decoração, F&B, experiências e animação dos convidados.

Cerimónia civil

Menus especiais

Fotografia

Música

Decoração

Cabeleireiro

Maquilhagem

Babysitting

Bolo de noiva

Experiências locais e no hotel

Atividades para crianças

Transferes

The DHM team

Luís Mexia Alves

CEO

André Maricato

Director BI, IT and Finance

Filipe Bonina

Director of Markting & Communications 

Gilda Cardoso

Director of Sales

Joana Soeiro

Director of Operations

João Távora

Director of Revenue

Luís Tavares de Pina

Director of Real Estate and Projects

Mara Leitão

Director of Human Resources

Adriano Pimentel

Director of IT

Daniel Gama

Director of Operations for the Hotels & Resorts cluster

Daniel Solsona

Director of Operations for the MICE cluster

Filipe Amaral

Director of Maintenance

Filipe Cordeiro

Director of Finance

Gonçalo Aires

Director of Purchasing

Timeline

Launch of the Discovery Portugal Real Estate Fund
2012
Renovation work on the Praia Verde Boutique Hotel

Management of the Monte Real Hotel, Termas, Spa begins
2013
Launch of Discovery Hotel Management

Opening of Praia Verde Boutique Hotel

Renovation work on the Vila Monte Farm House

Management of the Eden Resort begins
2014
Management of the Palácio da Lousã Boutique Hotel begins

Opening of the Vila Monte Farm House, the Furnas Boutique Hotel and The Crest
2015
Enlargement of the Praia Verde Boutique Hotel

Renovation work on the Laguna Resort

Opening of the Laguna Resort and the Azor Hotel

Renovation work on the Olaias Park Hotel (rooms, reception and F&B)
2016
Management of the Olaias Park Hotel begins

Opening of the Santiago Hotel Cooking & Nature

Renovation work and reopening of the Villa C Boutique Hotel
2017
Renovation work on the suites at the Vila Monte Farm House

Renovation work and opening of the Douro41 Hotel & Spa

Management starts of the Monchique Resort & Spa and Vale da Ribeira Residences

Extension work at The Crest

Renovation work on the Olaias Park Hotel and reopening of the property as the Ramada Lisbon by Wyndham
2018
Management of the Vale da Ribeira Residences begins

Management of the Montado Hotel & Golf Resort begins

Renovation work on the Furnas Boutique Hotel (common areas and rooms)

Renovation of the business center at the Ramada Lisbon by Wyndham

Renovation work on the Alpinus Hotel

End of construction work at the Évora Farm Hotel
2019
Launch of the Villa Índigo at the Vila Monte Farm House

Renovation work on the Palácio da Lousã Boutique Hotel

Renovation work on the common areas and AquaFun Park at the Eden Resort

Renovation work on the Monte Real Hotel,Termas, Spa

Management of the golf course begins at Quinta do Vale
2020
Opening of the Évora Farm Hotel and The Patio Suite Hotel (former Alpinus Hotel)

Renovation work on the Dolce CampoReal Lisboa

Management of the golf course begins at Quinta da Ria
2021
Renovation work on the Aldeia dos Capuchos

Opening of the villas at the Évora Farm Hotel

Launch of Octant Hotels, combining 8 hotels

Opening of the spa at the Octant Lousã

Abertura da Pool Suite no Octant Douro

Opening of the Terrace Pool Rooms at the Octant Furnas

Closure of The Crest and Vale da Ribeira Residences (transfer to the Real Estate portfolio)

Management of the Dolce CampoReal Lisboa begins

Opening of the Crowne Plaza Caparica Lisbon (former Aldeia dos Capuchos)
2022