Dr Lo has over 25 years of experience in property and hotel development, with investments both in Hong Kong and overseas.
A qualified cardiologist and biophysicist with degrees from Cornell University (USA) and McGill University (Canada), Dr Lo now serves as Chairman and Managing Director of Great Eagle Holdings Limited, the parent company of Langham Hotels International.
He graduated from McGill University (BSc in Biophysics) and Cornell University Medical College (MD in Medicine) in the USA, where he was certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. Upon his return to his birthplace, Hong Kong, he joined the Board of Great Eagle Holdings Ltd, of which he is now Chairman and Managing Director. He is also Chairman of Langham Hotels International, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Great Eagle Group.
Among his other public and civic positions, he acts as a Vice President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, a Trustee of the Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research, and a Board Member of the Hong Kong Airport Authority. He was formerly a Director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (1992-2006) and was Chairman of the Listing Committees of both the Main Board (1992-1996) and Growth Enterprise Market (1999-2003). Dr Lo was also Chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority from 2000 to 2002.
He is a non-executive Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited, Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Limited and China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited, besides other well-known Hong Kong corporate entities.
Dr Lo has received a number of awards in recognition of his varied contributions to Hong Kong’s business and civic sectors: in 2003, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region conferred on him one of its highest honours, the Gold Bauhinia Star. In 2005, Dr Lo was named “Hotelier of the Year” at the Asia-Pacific Hotel Industry Conference, and received the “Hong Kong Business Person of the Year” award from DHL/SCMP. The following year, he was cited as “Travel Entrepreneur of the Year” by Travel Trade Gazette.
Mr Butcher's international hospitality management experience spans 30 years, covering various leadership roles across Asia-Pacific and the USA. With a reputation for expertise in sales and marketing, hotel start-up operations and Total Quality Management, he is responsible for the overall strategic direction and development of Langham Hotels International.
Leveraging the distinguished heritage of Langham with the needs and preferences of today’s discerning travellers, he leads over 4,500 colleagues on four continents, focussing on quality, innovation and sustainable growth.
Mr Butcher joined Langham Hotels International in 2002 as Managing Director of Eaton Hotel Hong Kong and the 665-room Mongkok district development later known as Langham Place Hotel. Under his leadership, Langham Place, Mongkok, Hong Kong won the gold champion award from The Hong Kong Management Association for its Total Quality Management deployment.
He then moved into Vice President roles for Sales & Marketing, Branding as well as Langham Place Worldwide Operations, serving as an integral part of the team that launched Langham Hotels International on the world stage in 2005.
Mr Butcher started his career in 1980, after graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality Management from QAC (now known as the University of Queensland, Gatton College) in his native Australia. His first role in the business was as a trainee manager for a well-known hotel chain in Boston, Massachusetts. He remained with the company for 18 years, rising through its ranks from various hotel executive positions to Asia-Pacific regional roles, eventually becoming a Hotel Managing Director and Area Manager.
In April 2009 he became the CEO of Langham Hotels International.
Ms Cheng has over 15 years of experience in hospitality-sector human resources management.
Her professional background includes a wide range of projects related to organisational changes, human resources development, implementation and execution.
Ms Cheng directs the alignment of human resources practices and policies between existing and new LHI properties.
Mr Luk is a finance specialist with more than 20 years of experience in group and regional financial control as well as acquisition management for international hotel groups throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
His areas of expertise include financial planning, management and control, as well as business management.
Mr Luk currently works on the alignment of financial planning, business management, and controls across the growing number of hotels and assets in the Langham Hotels International portfolio.
With a career that has spanned 20 years on three continents - North America, Europe and Asia - Mr van den Oord brings a wealth of international expertise and global knowledge to the role of sales and marketing.
He has served Langham Hotels International in various leadership capacities for a decade. His most recent role as Managing Director of Langham's affiliate brand Eaton Hong Kong saw him dramatically reposition the property as one of the most exciting hotels in the city.
Under his leadership, Langham Hotels International will continue to evolve its innovation and creativity in positioning and developing its three brands - The Langham, Langham Place and Eaton - combining depth in operational experience with insightful marketing expertise.
Ms Styles is a recognised international authority on hotel sales and revenue strategies. Her experience in the hospitality industry spans more than 20 years, including 17 in the Asia-Pacific region.
Her tenure at Langham Hotels International has seen the opening of global sales offices in strategic locations and key markets, and the development of global partnerships and alliances that have yielded significant benefits to support the expansion of the group.
In addition to managing LHI's global sales network, her sphere of activity includes the implementation of key sales initiatives, managing the group's presence at international trade shows to achieve optimal results as well as overseeing the pre-opening sales strategies of new Langham Hotels International properties.
Ms Shng is an accomplished communications specialist with over 15 years’ experience in international communications and media. She has distinguished herself in both the hospitality and television industries in Asia, and is currently in charge of developing Langham Hotels International’s marketing communications strategies.
In addition to overseeing the Group’s public relations campaigns and ensuring effective communication with the media (press and electronic), she is responsible for managing the Group’s advertising and integrated marketing campaigns. Ms Shng also oversees the development and presentation of the corporate identities of all the Group’s brands through all its marketing materials.
Mr Walters brings with him 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry. He has been the General Manager of five star hotels in Australia, Southeast Asia and Central America. He specialises in hospitality operations management, strategic planning, marketing and brand development.
As Director of Brands for Langham Hotels International, Mr Walters defines and translates The Langham, Langham Place and Eaton brands into daily hotel operations. This includes the implementation of consistent brand standards across all Langham hotels.
He also provides brand support to all of the group's new properties and developments, while ensuring the essence of each of the three brands is communicated with clarity and consistency across all sales and marketing channels.
Mr Koroll has 24 years of experience in the hospitality industry, including stints as Regional Director of Business Development (RDOSM) for Japan, Korea and Micronesia, and Regional Director of Revenue Management in both Asia and North America. He has also been Corporate General Manager of various hotel properties in Canada.
In his current role, Mr Koroll leads the Alliance Distribution Solutions Department which spearheads Langham Hotels' electronic distribution and revenue management growth strategy. As such he oversees all things electronic, from corporate and individual hotel websites, to the implementation of revenue management systems, policies and procedures, across the Langham Hotels International portfolio.
He also manages Langham's relationships with key third-party websites and distribution partners.
