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Carlson, a privately held, global hospitality and travel company, today announced that Simon Barlow has been appointed president of Carlson Hotels, Asia Pacific. Barlow will report to Hubert Joly, Carlson's president and chief executive officer.
In his new role, Barlow will be responsible for leading the growth strategy for Carlson's hotel business in the region and ensure its successful implementation, in support of Carlson's Ambition 2015 strategy.
Barlow has three decades of global hotel operations and development experience, and a wealth of experience in the Asia Pacific region where he has spent more than 20 years. Over the years, he has had a range of growing responsibilities at Accor, Hilton International -- where he was vice president, South East Asia and vice president, Asia from 2000 to 2005, before becoming their president of The Americas -- and more recently at Millennium and Copthorne Hotels, where he was senior vice president, Asia, and chief operating officer for the USA, based in Singapore.