SPEAKERS

Gaynor Reid is Vice President Communications & CSR for Accor Asia Pacific, based in the company’s Singapore regional head office. She has worked for Accor for 18 years, starting in the group’s Sydney office as Media Relations Manager and moving to Asia in 2013. She oversees the group’s communications strategy, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and crisis management to consistently articulate Accor’s messaging to both internal and external audiences.

Prior to joining AccorHotels, Ms. Reid oversaw Communications and Community Relations for the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) and managed SOCOG’s Welcome the World project to prepare Australia to welcome visitors from across the world for the Olympics. With a background in journalism, she was also a reporter and editor for ten years before moving into Public Relations and Marketing. An award-winning communications professional, Ms. Reid was awarded Best Hotel PR of the Year 2013 (Hotel Management Awards), Communicator of the Year 2011 (Australian Society of Travel Writers), Best Hotel PR 2009 (HM Awards) and Best PR Member 2004 (Australian Society of Travel Writers) as well as being a multiple finalist in similar awards over the past decade.

Born in South Africa to Scottish parents and having lived in Africa, Australia, Asia and the UK, she says she was born to travel and that her job combines her passions for hotels, food and travel. Ms. Reid oversees communications for Accor’s 1000+ hotels across Asia Pacific in 20 countries for brands including Raffles, Orient Express, Fairmont, Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Mercure and ibis. Ms. Reid also sits on the group’s Executive Committee for Asia Pacific.