With Marriott since its acquisition of Starwood Hotels in September 2016, Brian Povinelli will now be responsible for the company's overall marketing strategy as well as the end-to-end customer experience for Marriott's 22 Premium, Select & Longer-stay brands.

In his expanded role, he will continue to work at Marriott International's headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. He will be responsible for overseeing brand management to increase guest preference for the company's portfolio of premium, select service and longer stay brands. He will lead a wide range of teams, including content marketing, loyalty marketing, portfolio marketing, goal-based marketing, demand generation marketing in the U.S. and Canada, marketing partnerships, Premium & Select Service brand marketing and brand management, and Riott Haus, Marriott's in-house creative agency.

After graduating from James Madison University with a BBA in Marketing, he spent seven years in senior advertising and marketing roles at Reebok, after starting his career in advertising agencies in the US and London.

He then joined Starwood Hotels, responsible for the repositioning and growth of the Westin, Sheraton and Le Meridien brands, which are now part of the 31 Marriott brands.

Today, Brian Povinelli has been with Marriott for seven years, starting as senior vice president, Distinctive Premium Brand Group and serving as senior vice president of global brand, portfolio and loyalty marketing at Marriott for the past two and a half years.

“We’re excited to bring Brian’s strategic prowess, creativity and proven track record of designing transformative and world-class marketing and guest experience programs to this new role. He has successfully led our portfolio marketing strategy the past few of years and adding guest experience to his role will ensure every consumer touchpoint is thoughtfully and effectively imagined and executed.” - Peggy Roe, Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer

“Having led both marketing and guest experience over the past sixteen years in the hotel industry, I welcome the opportunity to lead an integrated team to orchestrate an end-to-end guest experience. This is a tremendous opportunity to position Marriott as a complete travel marketplace that will inspire and deliver transformative travel experiences for consumers whether they want to book a hotel or vacation rental, go cruising with us or indulge in once in a lifetime Marriott Bonvoy Moments and more.” - Brian Povinelli, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Marketing and Brand