EP28: 1:1 Career Conversation with Craig Smith - Group President - Asia Pacific - Marriott International

This week we are chatting to Craig Smith.  Craig is Group President, Asia Pacific for Marriott International. He is responsible for the strategic leadership of all operational and development functions spanning 24 countries and territories and  23 brands. He oversees more than 780 open hotels and 135,000 people. Prior to his current position, Craig served two-and-a-half years as President of Marriott’s the Caribbean and Latin American region. Before moving to the Caribbean and Latin American region in 2011, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for the Asia Pacific region. As a son of an American diplomat, Craig has lived in 13 countries, working in North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and Australia. In today's conversation we chat about everything from his time in Thailand, leading a team through the tsunami in 2004 to how Craig’s career began in housekeeping 30 years ago. You can email the show at [email protected] You can learn more about Craig here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-s-smith-083010a1/  You can follow Craig on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/craigs_smith?lang=en