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Hospitality Net
3 days ago
- Business
- Hospitality Net
Kevin Robinson has been appointed Chief Operating Office (COO) at Langham Hospitality Group (LHG)
Langham Hospitality Group (LHG) has named Kevin Robinson as Chief Operating Officer, effective April 14th, 2025. Robinson returns to the Group after previously leading The Langham, Chicago during its pivotal pre-opening phase in 2011. He brings over 30 years of hospitality leadership to the role, including a stellar track record of cultivating trusted relationships with hotel owners worldwide. Throughout his career, Robinson has combined this client focus with adept skill and a strong passion for creating innovative guest offerings that drive higher occupancy, boost revenue, and enhance long-term asset value. Robinson's extensive experience includes leadership roles with Westin and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, where he gained deep operational and strategic expertise across international markets, including Egypt, the Caribbean, and the United States. He later founded and led Aparium Hotel Group, developing and managing a portfolio of highly acclaimed independent properties while gaining solid acumen as a business and hotel owner in his own right. Following a successful exit from the venture, he went on to provide advisory services to the owners of independent luxury hotels in the US, specializing in new developments and the creation of pioneering customer concepts. Robinson will report directly to van den Oord and lead day-to-day operations across the Group, with a focus on maintaining execution readiness as the company prepares to manage an expanded portfolio. He will also oversee future hotel openings. View Kevin Robinson's LinkedIn Profile Kevin Robinson is a graduate of University of Denver in Denver, Colorado - United States
Zawya
4 days ago
- Business
- Zawya
Langham Hospitality Group: Chief Operating Officer appointed to support global expansion plan
Hong Kong – Langham Hospitality Group (LHG) has named Kevin Robinson as Chief Operating Officer, effective 14 April 2025. Robinson returns to the Group after previously leading The Langham, Chicago during its pivotal pre-opening phase in 2011. He brings over 30 years of hospitality leadership to the role, including a stellar track record of cultivating trusted relationships with hotel owners worldwide. Throughout his career, Robinson has combined this client focus with adept skill and a strong passion for creating innovative guest offerings that drive higher occupancy, boost revenue, and enhance long-term asset value. Robinson's extensive experience includes leadership roles with Westin and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, where he gained deep operational and strategic expertise across international markets, including Egypt, the Caribbean, and the United States. He later founded and led Aparium Hotel Group, developing and managing a portfolio of highly acclaimed independent properties while gaining solid acumen as a business and hotel owner in his own right. Following a successful exit from the venture, he went on to provide advisory services to the owners of independent luxury hotels in the US, specialising in new developments and the creation of pioneering customer concepts. Kevin Robinson, COO, Langham Hospitality Group. 'Kevin's industry expertise and proven ability to build relationships with hotel owners and create and implement new guest offerings make him the ideal leader to guide our operations,' Langham Hospitality Group Chief Executive Officer Bob van den Oord said. 'His blend of corporate discipline and entrepreneurial agility aligns perfectly with our global growth strategy, which centres on increasing our managed property count to 100 hotels by 2040 while continuing to strengthen our ties with clients and deliver elevated hospitality experiences.' Robinson will report directly to van den Oord and lead day-to-day operations across the Group, with a focus on maintaining execution readiness as the company prepares to manage an expanded portfolio. He will also oversee future hotel openings. About Langham Hospitality Group A wholly owned subsidiary of Great Eagle Holdings, Langham Hospitality Group (LHG) is a global hotel operator with a family of distinctive brands that include The Langham Hotels and Resorts, Cordis Hotels and Resorts, Eaton Workshop and Ying'nFlo. With over 40 hotels and residences in operation or development, LHG has an international footprint that extends across Asia, Europe, North America, Australasia and the Middle East. The group takes its name from The Langham, London, Europe's first Grand Hotel which for 160 years has been the pinnacle of sophisticated hospitality. The property's philosophies are reflected Group-wide through inspiring design, cutting-edge innovation, sincere service and an unwavering commitment to building great memories. For more information, visit
BBC News
28-03-2025
- Science
- BBC News
Orwell dolphins could be 'at high risk of stranding'
The discovery of a pod of dolphins frolicking in a river has delighted both those who saw them and readers of their to onlookers from Woolverstone Marina and Lodge Park the six dolphins played for about an hour around their boat on the River Orwell, in how common is it to see dolphins in rivers and what does it signify? The conservation group the Cetecean Research and Rescue Unit (CRRU) said the mammals swimming in the River Orwell were common dolphins known as Delphinus delphis."These are a pelagic, offshore and highly gregarious species. It is rare to see such dolphins so close to shore, which suggests all may not be well," a spokesman according to Dr Kevin Robinson, executive director of the CRRU, the pod's move inland was concerning."[They are] typically found in water depths of [more than] 200m, so this small group is inevitably out of their natural habitat and therefore are at a high risk of stranding." Dr Robinson added: "One of the most significant risks to these animals is climate change, as it poses threats to their health through various interconnected mechanisms. "For example, rising ocean temperatures and altered currents can lead to a decline in prey species, compelling cetaceans to expend more energy in foraging, or resulting in changes in their natural distribution as they are forced to seek food elsewhere."Shifts in ocean temperatures and currents can also alter the distribution of pathogens and parasites, increasing disease risks for these marine mammals."Dr Robinson added that the reproductive health of the mammals was intricately linked to environmental said further exploration of how stranded cetaceans could be used to improve current understanding of cetacean health remained a also emphasised that boat users should be respectful and avoid approaching them. Rescue organisations were presently on standby should the animals live-strand, said the CRRU. In January, a dolphin had to be rescued when it became stranded in a Cornish river after swimming about six miles (9.6km) inland, believing it was following food successful rescue was carried out by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) which said it had never before seen one in Lostwithiel on the River years ago, two dolphins died after they swam 445 miles (72km) up the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire before becoming trapped in it's not all negative. Dr Ben Garrod, professor of evolutionary biology at the University of East Anglia, said: "About half the whales, dolphins and porpoises around the whole of the British coastline are found off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast and that's great news."So to see a pod of dolphins like this is becoming increasingly common - partly that's reflected by the fact we are not over-fishing in a way that we were 50, 60, 70 years ago."The fact we are seeing more of these animals and occasionally they are coming close to shore is, for once, a good news story." A spokesperson for British Divers Marine Life Rescue said the dolphins were "most likely" to be following fish up the Orwell. "Dolphins have and will always swim up rivers from time to time, we haven't seen a particular increase," they said. Issues the pod could encounter include pollution, risk of stranding, entanglement, and boat strikes were "the same dangers they could face in the sea". The only difference was that rivers were smaller, so "noise pollution could be more of an issue as dolphins are so acoustically sensitive", added the spokesperson. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
