Michelle Rodriguez Suarez

Michelle Rodriguez Suarez is Vice President of Sales & Strategic Partnerships at Revelex Corporation and a member of the company’s executive leadership team. A global commercial growth and technology travel executive with nearly 27 years of experience, Michelle has built her career at the intersection of travel, hospitality, cruise, technology, and international business.

Known for building markets and connecting people, brands, and opportunities, Michelle has led commercial growth, distribution, brand development, and strategic relationship initiatives across the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, India, and Australia. Her leadership philosophy is grounded in the belief that meaningful business growth begins with trust. Throughout her career, she has combined long-standing industry relationships with a strong understanding of global markets to help organizations expand their reach, strengthen their visibility, and create new commercial opportunities.

At Revelex, Michelle leads global sales and strategic partnership initiatives supporting the company’s continued growth and position within the international travel technology landscape. Her focus includes expanding Revelex’s commercial reach, developing enterprise and industry relationships, identifying new market opportunities, and helping travel organizations leverage technology to modernize distribution and scale their businesses. She also contributes to broader initiatives across business development, brand strategy, media and industry relations, executive visibility, events, sales enablement, and other areas that connect commercial strategy with long-term company growth.

Michelle began her travel career with Hilton Reservations Worldwide before developing a significant part of her professional foundation at American Express. Her experience with American Express Global Business Travel and American Express Vacations helped shape her approach to customer service, relationship building, and leadership. Her career has also included experience with Cruise Planners, Pinnacle Travel Services, and Atlas Ocean Voyages, expanding her expertise across luxury travel, hospitality, cruise distribution, and international market development.

Prior to joining Revelex, Michelle served as Vice President of Global Sales at Riverside Luxury Cruises. Recruited as the company’s first U.S.-based commercial leader, she played an instrumental role in establishing the European luxury river cruise brand’s commercial foundation in the United States and Canada. At the same time, she led expansion across Latin America, Asia, and India, activating executive-level relationships, growing travel trade engagement, developing charter and incentive opportunities, and introducing river cruise distribution in markets without established frameworks.

While leading global sales for Riverside, Michelle was also appointed Vice President of Sales for Finolhu Maldives, part of the Seaside Collection. In this concurrent role, she supported market expansion across the United States, Canada, and Latin America while advancing strategic relationships, brand development, travel trade engagement, media initiatives, and international visibility.

Throughout her career, Michelle has represented brands through television appearances, executive interviews, global industry events, public relations activations, and strategic media collaborations. Her experience includes initiatives and visibility opportunities with Porthole Cruise and Travel Magazine, travel media executive Bill Panoff, Traveling With Denella Ri’chard, Global Television Network, El Crucero Chile, and other international travel media organizations. These experiences have enabled her to connect commercial strategy, brand storytelling, and industry visibility to introduce organizations to new audiences and markets.

Michelle is equally committed to mentorship and creating opportunities for others. As a Mexican-American woman and the daughter of immigrants, she brings a global perspective shaped by resilience, gratitude, and an understanding of what it means to build a career across cultures and markets. She believes leadership is measured not only by commercial results, but also by the people a leader supports, the opportunities they create, and the integrity they bring to every relationship.

In 2026, Michelle was selected as one of TravelPulse’s 26 Influential Women in Travel following a rigorous review of nearly 400 nominations submitted by travel industry peers. She was also recognized by Top Hoteliers for Hospitality Excellence, honoring her leadership journey and contributions across hospitality and travel. On June 30, 2026, she was featured by Mexico’s Boletín Turístico in its “Las 10” executive interview series, highlighting her international career, Mexican heritage, and relationship-centered approach to leadership.

Through nearly three decades of industry evolution, Michelle has remained focused on learning, reinvention, and connecting the human side of travel with the technology and commercial strategies shaping its future.