Richard Crawford | Vice President Hotel Development, AU, NZ & Pacific
Marriott International

Richard Crawford is Marriott International’s Vice President of Hotel Development for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) is the world’s largest hotel company, with more than 800,000 people and 9,300 hotels across 144 countries. Richard Crawford co-founded Tasmania’s internationally acclaimed Henry Jones Art Hotel, which under his ownership was Australia's most awarded hotel.  Other former business interests include Thrifty Car Rental Tasmania and wholesale travel company, Tas Vacations. Richard has served as a Board member of the Tourism Industry Council Tasmania, TasTAFE, Waterfront Business Community, Fahan School for girls, and Tennis Tasmania. Today, Marriott International has 30+ leading hotel brands, including Marriott, Sheraton, Ritz-Carlton, Westin, W, St. Regis, Le Meridien, JW Marriott, Courtyard by Marriott, Four Points by Sheraton, Aloft, Moxy, and EDITION. Illustrating Marriott’s rapid rate of global expansion, the company will open a new hotel - somewhere in the world - every 14 hours for the next three years.