Aimbridge Hospitality Names Mike Deitemeyer President & CEO
Aimbridge Hospitality, a global, third-party hotel management company, announced the appointment of Michael J. Deitemeyer to chief executive officer. He will succeed cofounder Dave Johnson, effective January 1, 2021. Since October 2019, Deitemeyer has served as the global president of Aimbridge Hospitality, overseeing the successful merger with Interstate Hotels & Resorts, where he served as CEO.
Dave Johnson will assume the newly created role of executive chairman where he will focus on transformational growth, including capital markets, M&A, and new business opportunities. Since cofounding the company 17 years ago, Johnson has led Aimbridge to become a global powerhouse from its original portfolio of eight properties into the world's dominant hotel operator with a premium portfolio of more than 1,500 branded and independent properties in 20 countries and over 60,000 employees.
In his new role as President and CEO, Deitemeyer will be responsible for all of the company's business segments and will report to both Johnson and the Board of directors. He brings over 25 years of hospitality experience to the role, where he will focus on streamlining operations and building new segments of business for the company, which has added 128 properties to its robust portfolio this year and is on track to add another 120 properties in the next 120 days. Deitemeyer continues to have a seat on the board of directors.
Deitemeyer was president and CEO of Interstate Hotels & Resorts for nearly three years prior to Interstate's merger with Aimbridge in October 2019. He joined Interstate after a highly successful tenure with Omni Hotels & Resorts including 13 years as president, helping to grow Omni's organization through management roles in operations, development, sales and finance. Under his leadership as president, Deitemeyer established Omni as a leading hotel brand and operator, with a reputation for delivering superior quality, award-winning service, and exceptional guest experiences.
Deitemeyer holds board memberships with AHLA and its executive committee (2014-present), AHLEF (2018-present), and MINA, representing the company as an at-large board member of Marriott International's franchise advisory board (2018-present). He was a founding board member and served as chairperson of the Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world's largest alliance of independent hotel brands.