Hilton's CMO Is Leaving the Company a Day After Layoffs Announced

Kellyn Smith Kenny has been with the hospitality brand since 2018

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Hilton CMO Kellyn Smith Kenny said today she is leaving the hospitality brand.

In a post on Linkedin, Smith Kenny, who has been with Hilton since 2018, said that “to secure Hilton’s future, we needed to dramatically reduce our workforce and say goodbye to some of the finest people I have ever had the privilege of working alongside.”

“We have worked tirelessly to create, build and reimagine what was possible and the results have been extraordinary,” Smith Kenny wrote.

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