Fellow Hotel CEOs Reflect on Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson’s Legacy
Photo Credit: The leaders of Marriott's biggest competitors all reflected over the last two weeks on the late Arne Sorenson's compassion toward his own associates and biggest rivals. Marriott International
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The CEOs of some of Marriott's biggest rivals remembered the late Arne Sorenson as a friendly competitor with empathy and mentorship that extended well beyond his own company.
While the biggest voice in the hotel world was absent from the industry’s recent round of investor calls, his legacy was widely discussed among some of his biggest competitors.
The CEOs of the world’s biggest hotel companies each reserved the beginning of their respective fourth quarter earnings calls over the last two weeks to pay respect to the late Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson, who died earlier this month after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Marriott leaders paid tribute with personal stories, and the company’s namesake family’s charitable foundation announced plans this week for a leadership foundation at Howard University in Sorenson’s honor.
But the leaders at the helm of some of Marriott’s biggest rivals, from Hilton to Accor
