{"id":1004163289,"date":"2017-01-05T07:45:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T15:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004163289"},"modified":"2022-12-08T21:36:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T05:36:34","slug":"best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Western Promotes Ron Pohl to SVP & CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Keith Loria, Contributing Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

Phoenix<\/strong>\u2014Best Western\u00a0Hotels & Resorts has promoted Ron Pohl to senior vice president and chief operations officer.<\/p>\n

\"Ron<\/a>

Ron Pohl<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cRon has deep industry experience and has established a proven track record at Best Western,\u201d David Kong, Best Western Hotels & Resorts\u2019 president & CEO, told Commercial Property Executive<\/em>. \u201cHe has many achievements that we are proud of.\u00a0He has the talent, experience and passion to take our company to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pohl\u2019s promotion comes at the end of a historic year for the iconic brand, celebrating 70 years of providing quality care for its guests, rolling out a new breakfast program, launching a global responsive site, and achieving record-setting results in RevPAR.<\/p>\n

Pohl noted he is looking forward to the opportunity to use his strengths in hotel operations and development to grow the brand globally and improve the brand performance as measured by customers and hotel owners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been on a path to ensure Best Western is relevant to both developers and guests today and long into the future. It is with that in mind we have expanded our offerings to seven brands ranging from midscale to extended stay to upscale, and to urban and resort locations around the world,\u201d Pohl told CPE<\/em>. \u201cCreating new brands are only the beginning, achieving critical mass for each brand and establishing customer recognition and satisfaction defines success.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"David<\/a>

David Kong<\/p><\/div>\n

In the past few years, Best Western has pursued several transformative initiatives aimed at fully realizing the true potential of the company and there are several other major strategies under development.\u00a0According to Kong, Pohl will be a crucial player to further evolve and strengthen the brand.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur brand strategy has multiple areas of focus to include enhancing our brand image, improving the guest experience and helping our hotel owners become even more successful,\u201d Kong said. \u201cRon has a huge role in every one of these areas and we look to his leadership to make continuous progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since joining Best Western in early 2007, Pohl\u2019s accomplishments have included achieving record high RevPAR Index, the brand\u2019s best Net Promoter Scores, as well as the highest Medallia scores in the areas of breakfast, service and overall experience.<\/p>\n

Pohl currently serves on the company\u2019s executive committee and leads the brand\u2019s operations and development efforts for North America and Asia. His responsibilities include overseeing key departments within the hotel company, including customer care, member services, revenue management, education and training, design, supply and global quality assurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since joining the company in early 2007, Pohl\u2019s accomplishments have included achieving record high RevPAR Index, the brand\u2019s best Net Promoter Scores, as well as the highest Medallia scores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":451,"featured_media":1004163295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,21751,23891,21742,21744],"tags":[33352],"class_list":["post-1004163289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-hotel","category-national","category-latest","category-people","tag-best-western"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBest Western Promotes Ron Pohl to SVP & CEO - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Western Promotes Ron Pohl to SVP & CEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since joining the company in early 2007, Pohl\u2019s accomplishments have included achieving record high RevPAR Index, the brand\u2019s best Net Promoter Scores, as well as the highest Medallia scores.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-05T15:45:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-09T05:36:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/Ron-Pohl.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"736\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Keith Loria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Keith Loria\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aaa29b723dad85f2444ae3cb0c4d735f\"},\"headline\":\"Best Western Promotes Ron Pohl to SVP & CEO\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-05T15:45:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-09T05:36:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":442,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/Ron-Pohl.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Best Western\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"Hotel\",\"National\",\"News\",\"People\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/best-western-promotes-ron-pohl-to-svp-ceo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Best Western Promotes Ron Pohl to SVP & CEO - 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