Charles L. Morris has been named General Manager at The Leela Palace Kempinski

Charles L. Morris
A seasoned hotelier with more than three decades of international experience, he has been with the world’s leading luxury hospitality brands including Peninsula, Raffles, Six Senses, One & Only and The Ritz London. Morris joins The Leela hotel group from The Peninsula Bangkok where he served as General Manager since March 2007 and was responsible for operations and standards, business forecasts, marketing, guest relations, community outreach, staffing and human resources. Prior to that, he was Resident Manager at the Peninsula Manila, General Manager of the St. Geran Hotel, Mauritius; Area Director of Six Senses Maldives and General Manager for Soneva Fushi Resort & Spa and Soneva Gili Resort & Spa; and Vice President of Raffles International Ltd. Morris received a degree from École Hôtelière in Lausanne and studied at the Hotel School at Cornell University.

Charles L. Morris is an alumnus of Cornell | Nolan School of Hotel Administration .

General Management Asia Pacific India New Delhi

Headquartered in Mumbai, The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts is owned by a Brookfield Asset Management-sponsored private real estate fund and operates eleven award-winning properties in major cities and leisure destinations across India. These include the flagship hotel in the capital city of New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Udaipur, Jaipur, Gurugram, East Delhi, Mumbai, Gandhinagar and now Kovalam.