David Taylor - FIH MI

Chief Executive Officer

The Lore Group

David’s career began as a trainee with Hyatt International in Birmingham. He then went on to gain practical experience with both Jarvis and Forte Hotels. In 1999 he joined the opening management team of Terence Conran’s Great Eastern Hotel. From there worked in a number of senior Sales & Marketing roles in high profile London properties including the Sofitel St James and the Jumeirah Carlton Tower. In 2006, David joined the award-winning Hoxton Hotel, initially as part of the pre-opening team and was then appointed General Manager once the hotel had opened. Prior to his current role as Chief Operating Officer for a new brand of UK hotels owned by Starwood Capital he was General Manager of the award-winning London EDITION which opened in summer 2013. He later went on to develop the Principal brand of hotels in UK including its flagship in London. Principal was recently sold to a leading French Real Estate Investment Fund and the hotels are now managed by Intercontinental Hotels Group and following a post sale transitional role with IHG David has recently become the COO of the Lore Group which is an international hospitality business with hotels in the UK, Europe and the US. He assumed the role of CEO in December 2022 leading the forward looking strategy for the business. Outside of the day job, he is an active member of the Master Innholders Executive Committee and is the 2018 Hotelier of the Year.