Claudia Kozma Kaplan

Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Claudia Kozma Kaplan was promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications for The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. in December 2008. In this capacity, she is responsible for all of the company’s marketing and advertising initiatives, all internal and external communications, as well as all promotional and event marketing activities. Ms. Kozma Kaplan joined the organization in 2003 as vice president of corporate communications.

Mrs. Kozma Kaplan had previously served three years as director of public relations and special events for the Societé des Bains de Mer in Monte Carlo, where she managed all media relations and events for the company's hotels, resorts, casinos, and restaurants.

From 1995 to 2000, she was global director of marketing and corporate communications for The Rafael Group, a leading management company of five-star luxury hotels located throughout the world. Mrs. Kozma Kaplan began her career in the hotel industry at The Regent Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, where she departed in 1995 as international sales and marketing manager.

Mrs. Kozma Kaplan graduated cum laude from Georgetown University in 1991, where she majored in international business and languages.