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Intercontinental Hotel Group appoints David Collyer as director of marketing UK and Ireland

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By Gillian West, Social media manager

July 30, 2013 | 2 min read

The Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) has named David Collyer as director of marketing UK and Ireland.

Collyer has been with IHG for the last six years and most recently held the role of marketing manager, during his time with the group Collyer ran the re-launch of the Holiday Inn brand across 58 hotels. On top of spending six years with IHG Collyer has over 20 years’ of experience in marketing and brand development roles and spent 10 years at the WPP network before moving client side.

As director of marketing UK and Ireland, Collyer is tasked with developing and driving marketing strategy across IHG’s Company Managed Hotels along with managing a team of six across all key marketing channels.

David Taylor, head of commercial at IHG, commented: “David has delivered strong results and excellent leadership throughout his IHG career. I’m delighted he has been appointed as director of marketing, and I am confident his knowledge and experience will drive the marketing and revenue performance of the business going forward.”

Collyer added: “I’m very excited about this opportunity and looking forward to the new challenge. A key focus will be placed on driving brand preference and loyalty to outperform the competition in this current economic climate.”

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