LHW announced the appointment of Ted Teng as the new President & CEO of Leading Hotels of the World.Teng brings with him thirty years of experience in the global hospitality industry. He currently manages his own hotel investment and operations firm, Prime Opus Partners LP, which he founded in 2006. Prior to that, Teng was the president, chief operating officer of Wyndham International Inc., where he oversaw the core branded hotel products, as well as the company’s third-party management operations, comprised of over 200 properties generating US$2.5 billion in annual revenue.
Before joining Wyndham, Teng served as president, Asia-Pacific, for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., overseeing the integration of that company’s branded hotel operations in the region. He was responsible for the operating and financial performance of over 70 hotels and resorts in 17 countries. Teng was formerly the president of Asia-Pacific for Westin Hotels, where he was credited with having achieved significant growth in the number of hotels and unit operating margins. Previously, he was with ITT Sheraton, where he served for 14 years in a variety of senior and strategic capacities in operations, finance and development, in North America, Hawaii and Asia.
Teng is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, and he holds an MBA from the University of Hawaii. Born in Shanghai, China, he grew up in Hong Kong, and emigrated to the United States at age 13.
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