Hong Kong - May 2, 2018 – HICAP is pleased to
announce that Anil Thadani, Chairman of Symphony Asia, will be awarded the
HICAP Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Thadani will be presented with the award
at the 29th annual HICAP being held 17-19 October 2018 at The Kerry Hotel Hong
Kong.
The HICAP Lifetime Achievement Award honors exceptional individuals who have
distinguished themselves through their accomplishments and contributions to
expanding, enhancing and advancing the hotel industry in the Asia Pacific
region and the world.
Anil Thadani is based in Singapore and is the Chairman of Symphony Asia. He has
worked in the Asia-Pacific region since 1975 and been involved in Asian private
equity since 1981 when he co-founded one of the first private equity investment
companies in Asia. During his 37-year investment career he has been an active
investor in the hospitality industry. He partnered with Regent Hotels in the
acquisitions of The Dorchester Hotel in London and the Peninsula in Bangkok in
the 1980’s and then went on to co-found Amanresorts in 1987. He was also a
“founding investor” with Bill Heinecke in what grew to be Minor International,
one of Asia’s leading hospitality & food companies.
Prior to 1981, he was a research engineer with Chevron Chemical in California
& worked for Bank of America in the US, Japan, the Philippines and Hong
Kong. He has served on the boards of several companies in Asia, Europe, and
North America, and was a Trustee of Singapore Management University (“SMU”) for
13 years and Chairman of the SMU Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Mr. Thadani has a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the Indian IIT,
Madras, an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and an
MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Adding to its special nature, the Award is not given out every year and prior
recipients of the HICAP Lifetime Achievement Award include: Larry M.K. Tchou,
Senior Advisor – Greater China for Hyatt Hotels & Resorts; William
Heinecke, Founder & Chairman, Minor Group; Kwek Leng Beng, Executive
Chairman, Hong Leong Group of Companies; Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chairman, Carlson;
The Honorable Sir Michael Kadoorie, Chairman, The Hongkong & Shanghai
Hotels, Limited; Stephen F. Bollenbach, Co-Chairman & Chief Executive
Officer, Hilton Hotels Corporation; Kurt J. Wachtveitl, General Manager,
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, Thailand; P.R.S. Oberoi, Chairman & CEO, Oberoi
Hotels & Resorts; and Paul Dubrule, Co-Chairman and Founder, Accor.
For additional information on HICAP or the Lifetime Achievement Award, visit
the website at www.HICAPconference.com
ABOUT HICAP
HICAP is Asia’s largest and longest running hotel investment event, making it
the most important gathering of hotel developers, investors, lenders,
operators, and other industry executives for information exchange, trend
spotting, and deal making. The 28th annual HICAP held in October 2017 in Hong
Kong attracted approximately 800 delegates from around the world. HICAP is
produced by Northstar Travel Group in association with BHN, Horwath HTL, and
Stiles Capital Events.
ABOUT NORTHSTAR TRAVEL GROUP (www.northstartravelgroup.com)
Northstar Travel Group is the global leader of business intelligence,
information, data, research, digital marketing services and events for
senior-level professionals in the travel, meetings and hospitality industries.
The Northstar portfolio includes; Travel Weekly, Travel Weekly China, Travel
Weekly Asia, TravelAge West, Business Travel News, The Beat, Travel
Procurement, Web in Travel, Phocuswright, Burba Hotel Network, Successful
Meetings, Meetings & Conventions, Meetings & Conventions China,
Incentive, Association News, Sports Travel and 75 annual events in thirteen
countries including leading events such as the Americas Lodging Investment
Summit (ALIS), Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP), Phocuswright,
TEAMS, Web in Travel, and Mountain Travel Symposium. Northstar is also the
majority shareholder in Inntopia, the leading SaaS e-commerce software, CRM
database marketing and predictive analytics business serving the mountain
destination, activities, and specialty destination travel markets. Northstar
Travel Group is owned by EagleTree Capital and is based in Secaucus, NJ, with
offices in New York, NY; Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA; Winston-Salem, NC; Stowe,
VT; Edwards, CO, Glen Ellyn, IL, Costa Mesa, CA, and global offices in Singapore,
Beijing, and Shanghai.
ABOUT BURBA HOTEL NETWORK (BHN)
BHN is the worldwide leader in developing and organizing conferences for the
hotel and tourism investment community. With over three decades of experience,
more than 150 events completed to-date, and in excess of 100,000 international
delegates, BHN conferences have become “must attend” events for industry
leaders who come together to network, conduct business, and to learn about the
latest trends. BHN events include: the Americas Lodging Investment Summit
(ALIS) in Los Angeles; ALIS Law in Los Angeles; ALIS Summer Update; Alternative
Ownership Conference Asia Pacific (AOCAP) in Singapore; Caribbean Hotel &
Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS) in Miami; Hotel Investment Conference Asia
Pacific (HICAP) in Hong Kong; HICAP UPDATE in Singapore; Hotel Investment Forum
India (HIFI) in Mumbai; Hotel Opportunities Latin America (HOLA) conference in
Miami; Hotel Investment Conference Europe (Hot.E) in London; and HotelsWorld in
Sydney. The BHN website at www.Burba.com
is the gateway for information about the conferences BHN produces, as well as a
direct link to important players in the hospitality investment world. BHN is a
division of Northstar Travel Group.
ABOUT HORWATH HTL
Horwath HTL is the world’s largest hotel industry specialized consulting
organization, currently with 45 offices in 38 countries. Since the set-up of
Asia Pacific operations in 1987, Horwath HTL – Asia Pacific has been involved
with thousands of projects throughout the region in all phases of the property
lifecycle for clients ranging from individually owned businesses to the world’s
most prominent hotel companies, developers, lenders, investors, and industrial
corporations. Horwath HTL currently operates out of regional offices in Tokyo,
Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur,
Mumbai, Sydney, and Auckland.
ABOUT STILES CAPITAL EVENTS LLC (SCE)
Stiles Capital Events LLC (SCE) has been involved in event management,
communications and marketing in the publishing, entertainment and hospitality
industries since 1989. SCE has been associated with the development and
organization of the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) since its
inception and the subsequent launches of HICAP UPDATE in 2009 and AOCAP
(Alternative Ownership Conference Asia Pacific) in 2014 together with partners
BHN (Burba Hotel Network) and Horwath HTL. SCE is based in the San Francisco Bay
Area.