In 2003, Douglas Browne was appointed general manager of the flagship Peabody property, The Peabody Memphis, the multi-award winning hospitality leader known throughout the world as the “South’s Grand Hotel.” In 2010, he added the title Vice President when he was promoted to a Peabody Hotels corporate position.

Browne has nearly 30 years of hotel experience and has worked throughout Europe, South America, Indo-China and Asia. Before joining the Peabody family, he was regional director for Fiesta Americana Hotels & Resorts, with responsibility for ten resort hotels in Mexico.

He began his career as a reservations manager for the Miami Inter-Continental Hotel while continuing his third-level education at Florida International University and Paul Smith’s College, New York, majoring in hotel and restaurant administration.

In the intervening years, Browne advanced his career to the pinnacle of the hotel industry, rising from middle to senior and top management positions with Hyatt Hotels, Stouffer and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. He became executive assistant manager of Hyatt Grand Cayman; then joined Stouffer Hotels as assistant general manager of the Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore. He went on to become general manager of the Stouffer Concourse Hotel, St. Louis, and later, the Stouffer Renaissance Hotel, Los Angeles. Browne then moved to Starwood Hotels & Resorts where he was appointed general manager for the Westin Galleria & Oaks in Houston, Texas, before going on to be general manager for the opening of the Westin Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio, Texas.

An active member of the Memphis business and philanthropic community, Browne sits on board of the Memphis Regional Chamber, Arthritis Foundation, Metropolitan Memphis Hotel & Lodging Association, Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation, and Memphis in May. He is Chairman of the Board for the Tennessee Hospitality Association and Historic Hotels of America, and is the immediate Past Chair of the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau. He is also a member of the Hotel Sales Management Association.

In 2005, Browne was named Peabody Hotel Group’s “General Manager of the Year,” and in 2007, he received the award of the same name from both the Memphis Hotel & Lodging Association and the Tennessee Hospitality Association. In 2009, he received the “Spirit of Memphis” award from the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Today he lives in Memphis with his wife, Lisa, and son, Dakota, and is working toward his Master’s Degree in Business Administration at the University of Memphis.