BarkerGilmore is a premier team of executive recruiters for the hospitality industry specializing in legal, compliance, and senior leadership talent for hotels, resorts, restaurant groups, travel and leisure companies, hospitality management firms, and consumer lifestyle brands. From boutique hospitality concepts to global resort operators, we connect organizations with leaders who can navigate regulatory complexity, elevate guest experience, and support long-term organizational success.
As one of the leading hospitality executive search firms, we understand the accelerated transformation across the industry, from evolving guest expectations and labor challenges to data privacy requirements, international operations, and ESG initiatives. Whether your company is expanding properties, strengthening brand standards, enhancing safety and compliance programs, or entering new markets, our recruiters deliver legal, compliance, and operational executives with the expertise to guide sustainable growth.
Why Leading Hospitality Companies Choose BarkerGilmore
Deep Hospitality & Consumer Industry Expertise — Our recruiters bring extensive experience supporting hotels, resorts, cruise lines, restaurant groups, travel companies, and entertainment venues, ensuring a strong understanding of the legal, regulatory, and operational challenges unique to the hospitality sector.
Curated Talent Network — We maintain relationships with trusted General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officers, and senior executives across hospitality, entertainment, consumer goods, food and beverage, and retail.
Proven Results Across Growth Stages — From emerging hotel brands to global resort and restaurant enterprises, our placements are tailored to each organization’s evolving scale, strategy, and service model.
Discreet & Strategic Process — As trusted hospitality executive headhunters, we deliver confidential, high-touch search engagements aligned with your brand’s mission, culture, and long-term goals.
Our clients span a wide range of segments across the hospitality and consumer landscape, including:
- Hotels, resorts, and hospitality management groups
- Restaurant groups, foodservice operators, and travel companies
- Cruise lines, theme parks, and experiential entertainment venues
- Consumer packaged goods and lifestyle brands supporting hospitality environments
- Retailers and entertainment organizations with hospitality components
BarkerGilmore’s executive recruiters for the hospitality industry help identify legal and compliance leaders who:
- Navigate global hospitality regulations, labor laws, safety standards, licensing, and brand requirements
- Oversee intellectual property protection, vendor agreements, commercial contracts, and franchise relationships
- Build compliance programs supporting ESG initiatives, sustainability, data privacy, cybersecurity, and operational integrity
- Guide organizations through acquisitions, divestitures, expansions, and complex cross-border operations
Whether your organization is opening new properties, scaling a restaurant brand, expanding travel and leisure offerings, or enhancing organizational compliance, our hospitality executive recruiters deliver leaders who support operational excellence and long-term success.
Beyond executive search, BarkerGilmore provides tailored coaching and advisory services for legal and compliance professionals across the hospitality, travel, restaurant, and consumer ecosystem. We help leaders excel through:
- Integration support for new General Counsel and compliance executives
- Executive presence development and boardroom readiness
- Confidential counsel on regulatory, ESG, safety, labor, and brand protection matters
For General Counsel: Legal Leadership That Protects Guest Experience & Operational Integrity
General Counsel in the hospitality industry are more than legal advisors. They are strategic leaders who safeguard brand reputation, manage regulatory complexity, and support exceptional guest experiences in a global environment defined by evolving expectations and operational risk.
Our hospitality executive recruiters evaluate GC candidates on their:
- Experience with hospitality regulations, labor and employment requirements, franchising, and international operations
- Ability to oversee complex property portfolios, vendor relationships, contracts, and commercial agreements
- Track record of advising on data privacy, cybersecurity, brand standards, ESG, sustainability, and customer safety
- Leadership capabilities that inspire confidence among boards, regulators, owners, and operational teams
BarkerGilmore ensures your General Counsel is equipped to protect today’s operations and lead your organization into the future of hospitality.
Partner with Hospitality Executive Recruiters You Can Trust
BarkerGilmore is one of the most respected executive search firms in the hospitality industry for legal and compliance leadership. Whether your organization is expanding property portfolios, strengthening compliance frameworks, modernizing operations, or enhancing guest experience initiatives, we help you secure transformative legal talent aligned with your long-term vision.
Our executive recruiters bring discretion, thoughtful precision, and a deep understanding of the hospitality landscape to every search. In an industry built on service excellence, operational reliability, and guest trust, having the right legal leader is essential to protecting your brand, supporting safe and seamless operations, and enabling sustained growth across every property and market.
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