McLean, Virginia – 17 November 2016
Hilton Worldwide Holdings appoints Matthew Sparks as executive vice president and chief investment officer of Park Hotels & Resorts, the planned real estate investment trust that will be separated from Hilton around year-end.
He will report to Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr, president and chief executive officer of Park Hotels and Resorts.
For the past five years, Sparks has served as Hilton’s senior vice president, luxury & corporate development, where he managed the company’s full service, corporate and luxury/lifestyle brand growth & development in North America.
Most notably, he led the team that completed the sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York to Anbang Insurance Group in 2015.