{"id":11417,"date":"2024-07-10T14:20:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=11417"},"modified":"2024-10-01T11:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:19:13","slug":"larry-traxler","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/profile\/larry-traxler\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Traxler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Larry Traxler is the Senior Vice President of Global Design at Hilton, where he is responsible for overseeing the organization\u2019s architecture, design, construction, renovation, and prototype efforts. Larry leads Hilton\u2019s new brand launches, brand narratives, and design refresh initiatives for all 24 brands across the company\u2019s global portfolio.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over the last 15 years, Larry and his talented team of global design professionals have worked closely with developers, owners, operators, architects, and designers to ensure that the brand ethos and unique style of Hilton\u2019s 7,600+ properties around the world are achieved. Larry and his design team lead Hilton\u2019s partnership with Voyager Space, a global leader in exploration, positioning Hilton as the official hotel partner of Starlab, Voyager\u2019s planned free-flying commercial space station.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Prior to joining Hilton in 2009, Larry was Vice President of Design &amp; Architecture at Hyatt Hotels. With more than 30 years of experience in architecture and the hospitality industry, his international design expertise spans from early career positions with Jordan Mozer &amp; Associates to his role in Singapore as the Design &amp; Managing Director for the world-renowned Hirsch Bedner Associates. Throughout Larry\u2019s career, he has also held design leadership positions at award-winning studios and hoteliers, including Wilson Associates and Ian Schrager Hotels.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Larry holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Cincinnati\u2019s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Connect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/larrytraxler\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22921,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/11417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22921"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/11417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11426,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/11417\/revisions\/11426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}