Dr Jeffrey Obomeghie, a renowned investor in the hospitality and education industry has put Nigeria on the global map with his strides in the hospitality industry, having been inducted as a member of the Hoteliers’ Guild, an exclusive ‘invitation-only’ society of the world’s leading hoteliers based in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.
He is the President and CEO of the International Hospitality Institute. Known professionally as Dr Jeffrey O, he was born on March 7, 1961 in Nigeria to the Obomeghie family in Iyekhei, Auchi, Edo State, Obomeghie was the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the People’s Express Newspaper which was based in Lagos.
Upon his sojourn to the United States of America to further his education after graduating from the University of Lagos, Obomeghie rose through the ranks and worked as General Manager at several US hotel brands including Marriott, Hilton, Radisson, and Embassy Suites, among others.
As General Manager, he won awards for service excellence at the Marriott Sugar Land Houston and the Embassy Suites Dulles Airport. He was named General Manager of the Year by Remington Hotels, a company for which he worked for several years.
In 2008, he was appointed as Vice President of New Generation Hotels. Subsequently, he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer that same year. As COO, he oversaw multiple hotel properties located in the Northeast United States. In 2009, he joined Mercury Hotels as Chief Executive Officer. In 2020, he took on the role of President and CEO of the International Hospitality Institute, the leading organization serving the global hospitality industry. With offices in Texas and Board Members in different countries, the International Hospitality Institute’s mission is to promote the global hospitality industry.
Dr. Obomeghie has overseen world rated hotel brands such as Renaissance, Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Sheraton, and many others.
His International Hospitality Institute is the creator of the Hospitality Code of Ethics, known among hoteliers as the HCODE. The International Hospitality Institute is also the organizer of the Global Hospitality Summit 2021. The event which held on November 9 and 10, brought together 55 of the most influential leaders in global hospitality. The keynote speaker for GHS 2021 was Horst Schulze, the Co-Founder of the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company.
The International Hospitality Institute is the publisher of the Top 50 Most Influential Hospitality Leaders in the USA and the Top 50 Most Influential Hospitality Leaders in the world.
In addition to his work in the field of Hospitality, Dr. Jeffrey Obomeghie is a leadership coach, and motivational speaker. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Telacoach, a coaching, therapy and advisor platform. He has served on Marriott International’s Rooms Advisory Board and many other boards. He has published several books of fiction and non-fiction, including ‘Dead or Alive’, ‘The World According to Jeffrey O’, ‘The Collector of Butterflies’, ‘Abraham Lincoln is Not Dead’, ‘Get Rich’,, ‘The Woman Who’, among others.
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