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Appointment General Management

Gareth Long has been appointed as Director of Operations Support Australasia and Japan at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®)

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Sydney, Australia
Gareth Long
IHG’s (InterContinental Hotels Group) Karin Sheppard, COO for Australasia and Japan, has announced a new member of her growing Corporate Operations team in preparation for the company’s expanding pipeline in the region, appointing Gareth Long as Director of Operations Support Australasia and Japan. Long will be responsible for driving operations excellence across the 66 hotels in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Japan, ensuring new initiatives are fully embedded to drive performance improvements.Long has over 10 years’ experience with IHG which has seen him take on various fast-track operations development roles both in Australia and India. He is a graduate of the Group’s Future Leaders Program and held operational roles at Holiday Inn City Centre Perth and Potts Point, before his most recent appointment as General Manager, Holiday Inn Sydney Airport.

Gareth Long is an alumnus of Pacific International Hotel Management School (PIHMS) – Class of 2002.

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IHG Hotels & Resorts is a global hospitality company, with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for Good. With a family of 19 hotel brands and IHG One Rewards, one of the world's largest hotel loyalty programmes, IHG has over 6,000 open hotels in over 100 countries, and more than 1,900 in the development pipeline.