The Lights On Podcast · 2026-07-23 · 48 min
Sean Dee is the Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at OUTRIGGER Hospitality Group, a Hawai'i-based company specializing in iconic beach resorts across the globe. He leads the company's global commercial strategy across marketing, sales, revenue management, brand, and distribution. Sean was named HSMAI's 2022 Corporate Marketing Professional of the Year and serves as Chairperson of the Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau, having also served on the HSMAI Americas Board of Directors. His leadership roles at Levi Strauss & Co., Hard Rock International, and Anschutz Entertainment Group shaped his expertise in brand reinvention and hospitality innovation. In this episode… Enduring hospitality brands do not survive change by abandoning who they are. They evolve by returning to what made people care in the first place, then deciding where to grow from there. Sean Dee, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at OUTRIGGER Hospitality Group, has run that play twice, first reviving Hard Rock International and now repositioning OUTRIGGER. Kin Sio sits down with Sean on The Lights On Podcast to break down how brands endure.
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