Oliver Bonke
Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Starwood Europe, Africa & Middle East Division
Oliver Bonke, senior vice president sales & marketing for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., leads the sales and marketing arm of Starwood’s Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME) division, which encompasses more than 240 hotels and resorts in 60 countries. Based in the divisional headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Bonke oversees the global sales, brand marketing, brand management, revenue management, distribution marketing, public relations, and customer contact center functions.Oliver Bonke, senior vice president sales & marketing for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., leads the sales and marketing arm of Starwood’s Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME) division, which encompasses more than 240 hotels and resorts in 60 countries. Based in the divisional headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Bonke oversees the global sales, brand marketing, brand management, revenue management, distribution marketing, public relations, and customer contact center functions.
Bonke joined Starwood in 1989 and rapidly progressed through his career in sales and marketing across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Previously he served on Starwood’s leadership team in Singapore for four years, where he became senior vice president sales & marketing and saw the division through unprecedented growth. Before embarking on the Asian continent, Bonke served for four years as managing director and chief marketing officer for ArabellaStarwood Hotels & Resorts, a hotel management company and joint venture between Starwood Hotels and Schoerghuber Corporate Group, based in Munich, Germany.
A graduate of Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program, Bonke is fluent in English and German and has a bachelor of arts degree in business administration and sociology from Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana.A graduate of Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program, Bonke is fluent in English and German and has a bachelor of arts degree in business administration and sociology from Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Bonke is an active member of several tourism-related affiliations, such as the Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE) and the marketing board of directors of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).