Full Name
Tony Cohen
Job Title
HAC Chair
Company/ Property
EVP & Partner, Crescent Hotels & Resorts
Speaker Bio
As Partner & Executive Vice President, Tony is the driving force behind Crescent Hotels & Resort's growth in Canada. In addition to venturing jointly with Crescent in Canada, Tony is President and CEO of Global Edge Investments (GEI), a hospitality and lifestyle-based investment company he founded in 1998. Global Edge has a range of investments in the hospitality industry, ranging from restaurants and hotels to online hospitality sites. His continued success in the hospitality business stems from a long-held passion for customer satisfaction and a drive to provide the best service.

Tony has launched 45 restaurants throughout Canada and, in 2003, opened the successful Hotel Le Germain Toronto, in which he partnered with Groupe Germain. Quebec City-based Boutique Hoteliers recently voted as one of the 50 best-managed Canadian companies for the seventh year in a row. GEI, in partnership with Freed Developments, opened the phenomenally successful Thompson Toronto Hotel. Global Edge has also taken an active role in the launch of Wahanda.com, a spa and wellness resource guide, booking engine and online community-based in London, England. Tony attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is the 2012 recipient of the Ontario Hostelry Institute Gold Award for Hotelier of the Year.
Tony Cohen