The Bradford Group announced the appointment of Karen B. Hoffman to the position of president. Hoffman was previously the company's senior vice president.
Hoffman has been responsible for developing marketing and promotional strategies for a diverse range of clients from all parts of the world, Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and the Middle East. Hoffman created and initiated the prestigious World Tourism Award, now in its 13th year, on behalf of Reed Travel Exhibitions and co-sponsors American Express, Corinthia Hotels and the International Herald Tribune.
Hoffman serves as first vicepresident on the International Board of the Africa Travel Association (ATA) and received an award from ATA for “Outstanding Promotion to the Continent of Africa.” She is also an active member of Skal, the Cornell Hotel Society and American Tourism Society. Hoffman also serves as good will ambassador in the U.S. for “Just a Drop,” the clean water charity of Reed Travel Exhibitions. She has been a guest lecturer and speaker at many industry conferences as well as at the Harvard Business School Africa Club Conferences and at New York University’s Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management.
The Bradford Group's clients include CHI Hotels & Resorts (CHI), exclusive operators of the luxury Corinthia Hotels brand, with its new flagship property opening this spring in the heart of London, CHI are also exclusive operators of the Wyndham and Ramada Plaza brands in Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EMEA); the Tanzania Tourist Board USA Representation; the American Tourism Society; the Egyptian Tourist Authority (special projects), the World Trade University Global Secretariat’s Tourism Marketing Summits previously held in China and Korea; and the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism’s Global Summits and Regional Africa Conferences.
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