Richard Chambers

Richard Chambers earned both M.B.A. and B.S degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has held General Manager, Marketing and Sales positions with Omni Hotels in Boston and New York City.

 

Richard led the repositioning of the New York Palace and the introduction of Le Cirque restaurant to the hotel. Following that assignment, he became Chief Marketing Officer of The Leading Hotels of the World. In that capacity, he managed the branding and global field sales offices for the company.

 

He started an internet consulting company and sold the firm to TravelClick. Under his guidance, TravelClick entered into the website creation, marketing and booking engine business. After TravelClick was sold in 2007 he moved to the Blackstone Group’s Luxury Resorts division as EVP of Sales, Marketing and Revenue Management.

 

Four years ago he broke off the in-house agency for Luxury Resorts and created Hospitality-Marketing. The firm is located in Ft. Lauderdale and New York City and includes prestigious clients such as Assembly Row in Boston, Elbow Beach in Bermuda, Boca Raton Resort and Club, El Conquistador and The London Hotels in New York City and West Hollywood.

 

Richard has also published three textbooks that are used throughout the world, Marketing Leadership in Hospitality, V 1 to V3.