BANGKOK, 24 October 2018: Centara Hotels & Resorts, a leading hotel operator home-based in Bangkok, announced the appointment of Andrew Langston as senior vice president business development
Leading the group’s development team, Langston will report to deputy CEO Markland Blaiklock.
A British national with over 34 years’ experience in hospitality management and development, Langston will be responsible to execute an ambitious five-year expansion plan.
He has held senior management positions with major hotel groups such as Banyan Tree and Intercontinental Hotels group.
Most recently he held the regional post of executive vice president, strategic advisory & asset management, at Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group, based in Thailand.
He has worked in the hospitality industry in Singapore, Philippines, Korea, Macau, China, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Thailand and Australia.
“Thailand has been my home for many years now so I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with a large, highly respected Thai hospitality group, which has such exciting aspirations of significant and strategic growth, both within the Kingdom and globally. I’m looking forward to contributing to the continued rise of this esteemed organisation,” said Langston.
“Andrew’s extensive experience in hotel operations, asset management, investment and negotiation will be invaluable to the future expansion of Centara Hotels & Resorts” said Centara CEO Thirayuth Chirathivat. “We are delighted to welcome someone of Andrew’s calibre and track record to spearhead our domestic, regional and global development efforts and we are confident that together we will make great strides towards realising our plan to double Centara’s revenues and number of properties over the next five years”.
