Langham Hotels hires VP marketing

Hong Kong - Langham Hotels International has hired Bob van den Oord as vice president of sales & marketing to provide overall management of LHI's global sales and marketing operations.

His role will include driving global sales, communications, customer relationship management, electronic marketing and revenue management.

Van den Oord (pictured) reports directly into Eric So, executive vice president for Langham Hotels International.

"Bob's talent, business acumen and track record will evolve our brand, our products and the services as we accelerate our momentum in the international hospitality market," So said.

Van den Oord has prior experience in senior hotel management roles across North America, Europe and Asia. Before his current appointment, he was the managing director for Eaton Hong Kong where he led the repositioning of LHI's affiliate hospitality brand into a four-star property following a US$18million refurbishment.