-- Starting from its headquarters in New York, DREAM ASCEND is accelerating its expansion onto the global stage with strong momentum. As a cultural and tourism financial ecosystem platform focused on the integration of Real-World Assets (RWA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), DREAM ASCEND not only reconstructs the financial attributes of traditional tourism assets, but also builds a global infrastructure that is verifiable, tradable, and yield-generating through blockchain-based ownership certification, smart contract-based profit distribution, and multi-chain asset issuance. In March 2026, we proudly witnessed the official opening of its Vietnam office—marking another solid step forward in its strategic expansion from the U.S. core into key Asian markets.
In recent years, global cultural and tourism assets have been undergoing a profound transformation from “consumption assets” to “financial assets.” The growth of high-net-worth individuals, the upgrading of travel consumption, and the trend toward diversified asset allocation have created vast opportunities for investable and holdable digital tourism assets. According to MarketsandMarkets, the global high-end tourism market was valued at approximately $29.8 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach $278.9 billion by 2035, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.54%. Among these, hotel assets alone represent more than $800 billion in annual tradable valuation, yet their level of digitalization remains below 5%. The rapid development of the RWA sector is injecting technological momentum into this transformation. As a leader in this wave, DREAM ASCEND tokenizes real estate-like assets such as hotel room rights, resort property income rights, and tourism project dividends, enabling trillions of dollars in existing assets to be opened to global users for the first time in the form of digital certificates—shifting participants from “travel consumers” to “asset participants.”
DREAM ASCEND was founded in New York by Maria Luisa Agaton Rafael. Its early team built deep expertise in high-end media communications and brand value operations, serving luxury goods, commercial real estate, and premium hospitality sectors. Maria Luisa recognized that while traditional channels could enhance brand exposure, they failed to unlock the structural financial value of tourism assets. During the foundation phase from 2018 to 2023, the platform accumulated a global network of premium resources. In the transformation phase from 2023 to 2024, it launched the DREAM ASCEND Ecosystem Protocol, focusing on the digital restructuring of core high-end hotel assets—such as room-night rights, membership privileges, and future revenue rights—through tokenization mechanisms, smart contract settlement, and asset fractionalization, significantly improving liquidity and financial composability. Following investment led by Chartres, the platform gained comprehensive international support, including global market expansion, technical collaboration, strategic advisory, and compliance optimization.
Within this global strategy, Asia has become a key growth engine. From its U.S. headquarters, the platform has established strategic footholds across multiple Asian regions. Osaka, Japan—an active hub for the integration of tourism and technology—has become an important node for deepening regional collaboration, while the official launch in Vietnam further strengthens its presence in Southeast Asia. The opening of the Vietnam office is not merely a geographic expansion, but a deepening of ecosystem synergy. It will enable local hotels, resort properties, and tourism projects to seamlessly connect with the global on-chain financial system, providing high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors in Vietnam with low-barrier, high-transparency pathways to participate in asset allocation.
We proudly celebrate the official launch of the DREAM ASCEND Vietnam office. This milestone not only opens a new chapter in the Vietnamese market but also serves as a key coordinate in the platform’s global development. As a major economic growth engine in Southeast Asia, Vietnam holds immense potential in the cultural and tourism sector. Core cities such as Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are experiencing rapid upgrades in high-end tourism consumption and surging demand for diversified asset allocation.
Leveraging its local team, the DREAM ASCEND Vietnam office will accelerate the RWA tokenization of local tourism assets by collecting real indicators such as room-night revenue, occupancy rates, and operational data to build foundational RWA state models. By integrating multimodal data, it generates “RWA value vectors” to support AI-driven dynamic return forecasting and risk assessment. Through on-chain execution layers, the platform enables automated profit distribution, token management, and collateral adjustments, ensuring 100% verifiability and full traceability on-chain. The platform has completed U.S. FinCEN MSB registration (Registration No. 31000285044409), covering all 50 U.S. states and territories, and is actively aligning with the EU MiCA and VASP frameworks. All revenue settlements are verifiable on-chain, and data is fully auditable, forming a dual closed-loop system of “on-chain clearing and settlement + legal structuring.” In the future, governance rights will gradually be transferred to the DREAM ASCEND DAO, where $DREAM ASCEND token holders will have voting power, enabling true community governance.
Founder and CEO Maria Luisa Agaton Rafael delivered a heartfelt speech at the opening ceremony: “Today, I am very pleased to celebrate the official opening of our Vietnam office with all of you. This is an important milestone in DREAM ASCEND’s global journey. I would especially like to thank our Vietnam team for their dedication, passion, and contributions. Your success is shaping the future of DREAM ASCEND in Asia and globally.” Her remarks not only recognize the team’s efforts but also reflect the platform’s strong belief in global collaboration. The combination of local insight and global vision will further optimize DREAM ASCEND’s user acquisition, operations, and compliance systems in Southeast Asia, driving an efficient three-party flywheel among partner hotels, DREAM ASCEND members, and OTA platforms: hotels reduce customer acquisition costs and increase traffic weighting; members enjoy negotiated discounts while earning commissions and $DREAM ASCEND tokens; OTA platforms gain access to high-quality targeted users, improving conversion efficiency.
Driven by innovation and connected through global collaboration, DREAM ASCEND is linking more markets, more opportunities, and more future possibilities. The launch of the Vietnam office will accelerate the on-chain integration of local tourism projects with international capital, injecting new digital financial momentum into Vietnam’s economy. Looking ahead, as the platform continues to expand across Asia and globally, DREAM ASCEND will further scale its replicable digital financial infrastructure for cultural and tourism assets, ensuring that the benefits of industry growth are shared by every participant.
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