LOS ANGELES (January 26, 2016)— Kerry Cooper joins the international hospitality brand, L.E. Hotels, as its new Vice President of Business Development. Cooper brings to L.E. Hotels more than two decades of experience in the hospitality industry.
Prior to joining L.E. Hotels, Cooper worked as a hotel consultant where he represented independent hoteliers and travel service providers. As a consultant at the Hippodrome Hotel in Mexico City, the Casa Grande Suite Hotel in Miami and Genre Hotels in Los Angeles, he assisted with sales, marketing, reservations technology, and business development. He also served as the director of revenue management & eCommerce at Kerry Hotels Inc. and as the hospitality Internet services sales manager for the JPS Group.
“Kerry’s unique business development strategies, coupled with his impressive work with hotels in Los Angeles and abroad, make him an important asset to the L.E. Hotels team,” said L.E. Hotels Founder and Chairman, Efrem Harkham. “We are always on the lookout for fresh ideas at L.E. Hotels and I know that Kerry will be invaluable in contributing to this.”
In his new position, Cooper is responsible for reviewing and engaging all new prospective L.E. Hotels portfolio properties. In addition to overseeing business development for the L.E. Hotels’ portfolio, Cooper is tasked with growing the Luxe Collection, a classification of select L.E. Hotels properties that have achieved the highest quality of service and those that have been highly ranked by their critics.
“From urban retreats to charming boutique hotels, L.E. Hotels has a diverse portfolio of properties worldwide and I welcome the opportunity to help grow both the company, and the new Luxe Collection,” said Cooper.
