Hospitality | Tourism 2024: AKHIL JAIN

Jain has run Landmark Hospitality Group for over a decade. With 367 Virginia employees, the hospitality company manages, owns and develops hotels in North Carolina and Virginia under brands such as Marriott, Hyatt and Radisson. The company also expanded into housing in 2021, developing a 287-unit luxury apartment complex in Hampton.

As part of the $200 million Pembroke Square redevelopment, Landmark, in partnership with Pembroke Square Associates, will develop a 163-room Tempo by Hilton hotel, expected to open in early 2027.

Jain joined Landmark in 1999 as a general manager. He has a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in hospitality management from Cornell University.

Jain chairs the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters’ Health System board. He was named King Neptune for Virginia Beach’s 50th Neptune Festival in 2024, recognizing his community contributions.

His father founded Landmark in 1983 and remains its chair.

HOW I CHOSE MY CAREER: Working in hotels from an early age, I fell in love with hospitality, real estate and our industry’s power to bring people together. In some ways, you could say my career found me.