Political broadcaster, journalist and public speaker Andrew Neil is taking over the chairmanship of luxury travel giant Western and Oriental, after its current chairman David Howell stepped down. The company said it named Andrew Neil, Pavlos Savvides and Rajinder Kumar Non-Executive Directors on the 30^th of November, and that Andrew Neil has also been appointed as Chairman of the Company. Neil commented, “We are all investors in the company and share a desire with all shareholders for the company to be profitable and to seek to enhance shareholder value”.