Just four months after being appointed chief executive of mid-market hotel group De Vere Village, Robert Cook is making his mark with a relaunch of the brand. He tells Journalist why there is so much to shout about the mid-market group
Robert Cook was born and raised in a hotel in Aberdeen, Scotland, and used that as a springboard to leadership roles at a list of hotels — primarily in the United Kingdom — most recently as chief executive of Malmaison and Hotel du Vin. In mid-January Cook, 46, became CEO of Warrington, U.K.-based De Vere Village Hotels, which currently boasts 26 U.K. hotels owned and operated by De Vere Group.