Ovolo Hotels has restructured its Australian marking and communications operations with long-time Group Director of Marketing Stephen Howard relocating to the hotel group’s Hong Kong HQ and a reshuffle for the regional team.
In his new leadership capacity, Howard will focus on future branding and group initiatives alongside Ovolo Hotels Founder Girish Jhunjhnuwala.
New Marketing & Communications Director Australia Alexander Barnett will lead the local marcomms team with new Group Digital Marketing Manager Kate Tulloch and in collaboration with Howard.
Barnett brings previous hotel and travel industry communications experience at Accor, StayWell Group, TFE Hotels and Radisson to the newly created role, while Tulloch joins with eCommerce and partnerships expertise from NBCUniversal and Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia.
In a hospitality first, Ovolo Hotels partnered with PlanPlay earlier this year.
Rounding out the local team are new appointments Daisy Slade as Marketing & Communications Manager in Victoria, Jarrod Meakins as Senior Marketing & Communications Executive in Queensland and Taylor Knight as Marketing Communications Executive in NSW.
Aidee Medina also received an internal promotion to Senior CRM & Digital Marketing Executive.
On LinkedIn, Howard said he was proud of the local all-star team formed to take Ovolo to the next level in Australasia.
“Our new team and structure brings a wealth of hotel, hospitality and tourism experience to Ovolo and sets us up to showcase everything Ovolo has to offer. We look forward to continuing to build the brand across Australasia and connecting with more travellers,” Howard added.
Ovolo Hotels also engaged Reymond Communications to manage PR & communications for its seven hotels and nine restaurants and bars across Australia and New Zealand in 2023.
For more info, head to ovologroup.com
