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Hugh Taylor’s CV
Hugh Taylor joined the hotel industry in 1989 after graduating from Penn State University in Pennslyvania with a masters’ degree in marketing. He has worked as marketing director of Radisson Edwardian and Ramada Jarvis and was vice-president of marketing for Hilton UK & Ireland. Taylor later moved into
a general operational role as regional vice-president for Hilton with overall responsibility for 30 hotels, before becoming chief executive of a private company owned by Israeli entrepreneur Igal Ahouvi, which owned more than 100 hotels. Together with Sir David Michels, former chief executive of Hilton, he launched the hotel asset management, consultancy and hotel management company Michels & Taylor in 2010. Its portfolio of 45 hotels includes the asset management of Hilton Manchester Airport, Hilton St Anne’s Manor in Bracknell, Hilton Hyde Park and the Crowne Plaza London-Battersea, which is owned by Fabiano Hotels and managed by InterContinental Hotels Group. The company also manages hotels, including Ellenborough Park in Cheltenham and Five Lakes, a Crowne Plaza resort near Colchester, Essex, on behalf of their owners. In the wider hospitality
sector, Taylor has held a number of roles, including as chairman of the Hotel Marketing Association, chairman of VisitEngland and a director of VisitBritain. He was awarded an OBE for services to tourism and hospitality in 2008.
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