Carlson and Rezidor Shuffle CEOs


Skift Take

Signs of HNA’s influence are pretty apparent here. Now that it owns all of Carlson Hotels, will it attempt to buy the rest of the remaining shares of Rezidor that it doesn’t own?

After being ousted from Spanish hotel company NH Hotel Group as CEO, and becoming CEO of Carlson Hotels in January, Federico González Tejera is now the CEO of Rezidor and chairman of its new global steering committee in combination with Carlson Hotels. González Tejera replaces Wolfgang M. Neumannm, who has resigned as president and CEO of Rezidor and will now serve as a non-executive director on the Rezidor board of directors. Replacing González Tejera as Carlson Hotels CEO is John Kidd. The CEO shuffles come as both hotel companies annou