Van den Oord is a veteran hotelier with more than 20 years' experience at the Langham Hospitality Group.
Langham Hospitality Group has appointed Bob van den Oord as COO, a
newly created position in the group to support the company’s hotel
operations and core business functions that are spread over four
continents.
Reporting directly to CEO Stefan Leser, van den Oord will in his new
role oversee the regional vice presidents, hotel managing directors and
general managers to elevate the operational success of the group’s
properties in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
At the corporate level, van den Oord will steer the F&B, spa,
rooms and quality divisions to ensure that the hotels around the world
meet or exceed operational, guest service, strategic, branding and
fiscal plans, while maintaining the highest standards of regulatory
compliance.
A highly respected hotelier in the industry, van den Oord brings over
two decades of experience to his new role based at the corporate office
in Hong Kong. He was most recently managing director at The Langham,
London as well as regional vice president, operations (Europe, Middle
East and the United States).
Prior to his tenure in London, he was managing director at The
Langham, Hong Kong and concurrently took on the corporate role as vice
president, brands at Langham Hospitality Group and played an integral
part in shaping the brand guidelines for both The Langham Hotels and
Resorts and Cordis Hotels and Resorts. He first joined the group in 1999
as resident manager of Le Meridien Boston (now The Langham, Boston.)