After 20+ years at Millennium Hotels, career hotelier Karl Luxon joins SHG.
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 Karl Luxon.
The appointment of Karl Luxon to the executive leadership position of chief operating officer for Scenic Hotel Group marks an important step for both the hotel and Luxon. The return to Christchurch after a spell of 30 years is something of a homecoming for the Luxon family as well as being the start of an exciting new chapter in Luxon’s tourism and hospitality career.
With a career forged over 20 years at Millennium Hotels and Resorts New Zealand (MCK), culminating in vice-president operations for MCK New Zealand, Luxon left the group at the end of 2020. His vision is to develop New Zealand’s tourism infrastructure further and help navigate it through what is agreed to be the most challenging of times for tourism globally.
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