Expanding Excellence in Hospitality
In the Caribbean and Latin America

Michael Register is a Partner at Trust Hospitality, a Miami-based management and consulting company. Before that he was a Managing Director at Highgate Hotels Before Highgate, Michael oversaw business development and legal matters for Nikki Beach worldwide. Prior to working in the hospitality industry, Michael was the co-founder of a successful software company, AAT, which was acquired by a publicly-traded Swiss company. Previously he practiced international corporate and business law, including three years at the Pinheiro Neto Law Firm in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Michael received his J.D. from Cornell Law School, where he was a Senior Editor of the Cornell Law Review, and his B.A., magna cum laude, in Latin American Studies from Vanderbilt University.

In 1987, Richard began working at Miami based Trust Hospitality (then called Tecton) and throughout the next decade, the group successfully managed over 150 hotels for the federal government and private banks. In 1995, Millard became the majority shareholder of the company as well as its President. Tapping into a growing trend in the industry to assist independently owned hotels, he launched a boutique hotel division in 2004 and formed Desires Hotels International with Michael Register. As Chairman and CEO, Millard focuses on financing the company’s growth plan on resort and urban projects throughout the world as well as further developing strategic partnerships.