Radisson Will Need More Than a New CEO to Get Back on Track
Skift Take
It's time to think big and give some distinct purpose to individual brands if Radisson wants to stay relevant against the competitors that are eating its lunch.
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It’s even more of dog-eat-dog world than usual in the hotel industry coming out of the pandemic. Smaller brands have targets on their back.
Radisson Hotel Group Americas is in the middle of an executive shake-up, as former CEO Jim Alderman — who had been with Radisson since March of 2020 — left the company this month. Tom Buoy, the company’s chief commercial officer, was set up as interim CEO last week while the company looks for a full-time replacement.
The leadership change comes after Radisson split into two companies as a result of U.S. government pressure to keep data from China. The previously fully intact Radisson was owned by a Chinese state-owned firm, Jin Jiang International.
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