With over thirty years of experience in the hospitality industry, a remarkable communicator and astute strategist, Meinhold has a proven track record in brand development, channel distribution, yield optimization and customer relationship management. Instrumental in creating award winning human resource culture, his strong leadership skills and ability to mold effective management teams enables team members to ascertain the achievement of an organization’s objectives.

His global leadership experience as President/CEO of Swissôtel Hotels and Resorts provided a unique view of global hospitality and positioned the company in the forefront of innovative processes and products resulting in superb client service and returns to the shareholders. This luxury collection of worldwide properties with annual revenues in excess of US$500M was widely recognized for its industry leading blend of “high tech/ high touch” service and product philosophy. Meinhold led a US$100M EBIT turnaround during his eight year tenure and successfully engineered profitable relations with US institutional investors. Under his guidance, Swissôtel was transformed into parent company SAir Group’s most attractive convertible asset and brought about a profitable sale of the company to Raffles International for 17x EBIT. The transaction was recognized as “Deal of the Year” in 2001.

Prior to Swissôtel, Meinhold spent 14 years with Williams Hospitality Management in Puerto Rico where he served as Vice President and Managing Director for the iconic properties of El San Juan Hotel and Casino and Condado Plaza Hotel and Casino.

Meinhold is a CHA and has been recognized as “Best Practice Champion” in Revenue Management and Global Sales by Cornell University and American Express. A classically trained and educated European hotelier, Meinhold speaks five languages and resides with his family in Miami, Florida. He is a multicultural global leader and the consummate ambassador to his brand.