Washington, DC (July 10, 2018) – Michael George, Chief Executive Officer of Crescent Hotels & Resorts, announced that the hotel and resort management company hired Robert Butler as Executive Vice President of Operations. Crescent, based in Fairfax, Virginia is a nationally recognized operator of premier hotels and resorts throughout the United States, Canada & Caribbean. Butler will have oversight of Crescent Operations & Crescent Culinary teams at all Crescent hotels & resorts.

“Robert has demonstrated a career record of consistently leading top-brand hotels to exceptional performance through focus on quality and top-line revenue to drive profitability, market penetration, brand development, and associate and guest satisfaction,” said George. “He has a history of providing effective and strategic leadership, promoting team development and has the capacity to build and create a competitive advantage resulting in superior quality, value and service.”

Butler brings to the Crescent team more than 30 years of operational leadership experience. Prior to joining Crescent Hotels & Resorts, he served as Executive Vice President of Operations at Sage Hospitality with total oversight of operations and revenue performance for Sage’s full-service portfolio.