Michael Hoe-Knudsen
Managing Director MLAC, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Windsor, SL4 1RS
Michael Hoe-Knudsen is the Managing Director Mexico, Latin America & The Caribbean at IHG Hotels & Resorts.
Phone +52 33 3648 5554
Michael Hoe-Knudsen is the Managing Director Mexico, Latin America & The Caribbean at IHG Hotels & Resorts.
Property Types
Hospitality
Languages
Spanish, Danish, French, Portuguese, Swedish
Bio
Michael Hoe-Knudsen serves as Managing Director for Mexico, Latin America & the Caribbean (MLAC) at IHG Hotels & Resorts, appointed in March 2026 following the retirement of long-standing former region leader Jorge Apaez.
With three decades of global hospitality experience across the Americas, Europe and Greater China, Hoe-Knudsen leads the region with a strong focus on future growth, operational excellence, and deepening owner and stakeholder relationships.
He began his IHG career in 1996 at the InterContinental New York Barclay hotel and has since held leadership positions with IHG spanning hotel and corporate roles across the U.S., Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina and Jamaica. Most recently, he was based in the company's Greater China region where he oversaw 120 managed hotels and 45 openings across China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.
Fluent in Spanish, he brings both global expertise and a deep cultural connection to the MLAC region. Under his leadership, IHG's MLAC region comprises 295 open hotels and a pipeline of 104 hotels in development.
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