James Young has joined IHG Hotels & Resorts Australasia & Pacific as Director of Operations, Luxury & Lifestyle

James Young will join IHG as Director of Operations, Luxury & Lifestyle, overseeing the Luxury & Lifestyle estate which includes the InterContinental, Kimpton, and Vignette brands across Australasia and the Pacific. James' exact start date is still being finalised as he plans his relocation to Sydney.

James Young

James began his career at the InterContinental Park Lane and since then he has worked in seven different countries across Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, primarily with IHG. Most recently, he joins us from WMC Group where he was Vice President Resource Planning and Development, overseeing corporate functions as well as the operations of the Reverie Saigon, Vietnam's only member of Leading Hotels of the World.

He holds an MBA and a B.Sc. (Hons) in International Hospitality and Tourism, and is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Hospitality.

General Management Asia Pacific Australia

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.