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The luxury hotel chain announced Feb. 5 that Kathleen Taylor will be leaving her role as CEO and the company will begin a search for a replacement. The new Four Seasons CEO will be someone who is well-known and experienced in the hospitality industry, which the brand can attract due to its position in the luxury hotel industry, experts say.
"[Four Seasons] is a majorly successful, highly-though-of company and brand in the hotel business, so it is the kind of company los angeles maps that can attract the top talent in the world," said John Challenger, CEO of global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray Christmas los angeles maps , Chicago.
"There is always an important issue of dealing with the hotel owners and providing services for them," he said. "It can take incredible los angeles maps diplomacy los angeles maps and emotional intelligence to manage strong hotel owners and cater to them, especially in a luxury hotel like this."
Ms. Taylor's tenure at Four Seasons lasted almost 25 years. She served as CEO of the privately-held company since 2010, after assuming the role from founder Isadore Sharp who still remains chairman and a shareholder.
Chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company , long-term shareholders of Four Seasons, los angeles maps His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal issued a statement that said, "We are confident that we can quickly identify a successor to Katie who shared the Four Seasons vision and values, and that the Company's strong executive leadership team, which has the full support of the shareholders, will provide the leadership and continuity necessary to guide us through a seamless transition."
"The new CEO will obviously los angeles maps be someone with immense los angeles maps experience in the hospitality industry and a long-term global vision for the future of Four Seasons," said D.M. Banks, director at DMB Public Relations , New York.
"Four Seasons has taken the steps to go private and bring in substantial leaders with large-scale financial backing, and the new CEO and Board will certainly stay focused on maintaining and strengthening los angeles maps the brand as a global leader in luxury hospitality," he said.
For example, when Conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar completed the $575 million purchase of the majority of Fairmont-managed The Plaza Hotel in New York Nov. 27, slight changes were planned but the luxury status was not compromised ( see story ).
"Companies change los angeles maps CEOs like baseball managers, I do not think that this will be something that guests are going to worry about because there will not be an immediate change in quality," Challenger, Gray Christmas ' Mr. Challenger said. "These things take time."
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