Laurie Nicol has been appointed Co-Chief Executive Officer at De Vere
De Vere, one of the UK's leading independent hotel groups, is pleased to announce the appointment of Laurie Nicol and Alan Corlett to the positions of Co-Chief Executive Officer.
Laurie and Alan have each been with De Vere (previously The Principal Hotel Company) for more than a decade, latterly as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Officer respectively.
De Vere's current CEO, James Burrell, is taking on a new role as Executive Chairman of De Vere and will continue to support the group and its shareholder Starwood Capital. James commented "We are delighted to promote Laurie and Alan to their new roles as Co-CEO. This is a well-deserved internal succession appointment for Laurie and Alan, recognising their significant contributions to the success of De Vere and Principal Hotel Company across many years of service. We are confident that under their leadership, De Vere will continue to flourish and based on our current trading, we are optimistic about business momentum in 2024."
Laurie Nicol said: "My time as COO of De Vere has been incredibly rewarding and I am delighted to take on this new challenge as Co-CEO. I will continue to support the hotels and focus particularly on driving the ESG strategy, creative food and beverage, people & culture development and strategic capex investment growth initiatives planned for 2024 and beyond to ultimately drive operational excellence. We have a wonderful team across our De Vere and I am grateful to my colleagues for their hard work to achieve these successes. I look forward to leading the group alongside Alan."
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