Committed to our community.

HICAP’s commitment to the regional hotel investment community extends beyond hosting networking events and conferences. HICAP has a vast array of award programs to shine a spotlight on the deals, developments, and professionals that are stepping outside the box and advancing the industry.

HICAP Deal Of the Year Awards

The HICAP Deal Of the Year Awards highlight the most dynamic deals and developments and honor the ongoing achievements of our industry’s leaders. The nomination period is now closed. All entries were due by midnight (SGT) on 31 AUGUST 2023.

We welcome nominations from the entire industry. A select committee of industry peers then vote to create a shortlist of three deals, from which the final winner is determined by delegate votes immediately prior to HICAP.

REGGIE SHIU DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR
The HICAP Reggie Shiu Development of the Year Award recognizes a newly built, redeveloped, or repositioned (after significant product renovations and/or enhancements) hotel opened, reopened, or completed their repositioning in Asia Pacific between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023. This award recognizes the single development of the year representing the accomplishments of material market impact in a variety of terms including overcoming challenges to completion, scale, innovation, quality, performance, and return on investment.


SINGLE ASSET TRANSACTION OF THE YEAR
The HICAP Single Asset Transaction of the Year Award recognizes the most complex or innovative transaction in which more than a 50 percent ownership stake has been acquired (transaction closed) in respect of a hotel or resort in Asia Pacific between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023.

MERGER & ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR
The HICAP Merger & Acquisition of the Year Award recognizes an acquisition of a controlling stake in a portfolio of hotels, company, or brand ownership entity in Asia Pacific or undertaken by an Asian-based company between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON THE HICAP 2021 DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

Nomination Period is Now Closed 


DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARDS COMMITTEES

Reggie Shiu Development of the Year
Robert V.R. Hecker, Horwath HTL – Chair
Bill Barnett, C9 Hotelworks
Mike Batchelor, JLL
Regina M. DiBenedetto, Aareal Bank Asia Limited
Ian Lien, SC Capital Partners Group
Eric Levy, TSI
Yuval Tal, Proskauer Rose

Single Asset Transaction and Merger & Acquisition of the Year
Andrew MacGeoch, BCLP – Chair
Steve Carroll, CBRE
Hok Yean Chee, HVS
Shaman Chellaram, Colliers
Nihat Ercan, JLL
Chris Hodgens, Baker McKenzie
Kelvin Ip, Horwath HTL
Lada Shelkovnikova, Watson Farley & Williams
Dan Voellm, AP Hospitality Advisors

HICAP Sustainable Hotel Awards

The annual HICAP Sustainable Hotel Awards are designed to recognize hotels in the Asia Pacific region creating innovative new methods, strategies, and technologies to face today’s sustainable development challenge, while providing tangible examples of sustainable best practices that can be replicated and adapted across the region. HICAP Sustainable Hotel Award categories include:
  • Building Renovation, Preservation, Adaptive Reuse and Conversion
  • Climate and Biodiversity Action
  • Positive Community Impact
  • Sustainable Design
The nomination period is now closed. All entries were due by midnight (SGT) on 15 AUGUST 2023.

HICAP 2022 SUSTAINABLE HOTEL AWARD WINNERS

Climate Action
Cardamom Tented Camp, Cambodia

Positive Community Impact
Soneva Fushi, Maldives

Sustainable Design
lyf one-north, Singapore

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON THE HICAP 2022 SHA WINNERS

Nomination Period is Now Closed 


SUSTAINABLE HOTEL AWARDS JUDGING PANEL

Chiara Calufetti-Lim, Associate Vice President, WATG

Lyndall DeMarco, Managing Director, Only Sustainability Pty Ltd (Honorary Chairman)

Hervé Houdré, Founder, H2 Sustainability Consulting

Prashant Kapoor, Chief Industry Specialist, IFC – World Bank Group

Eric Ricaurte, Founder & CEO, Greenview (Chairman)

Masaru Takayama, Founder and Chair, Asian Ecotourism Network

Claire Whitely, Head of Environment, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

Rising Star Award Asia Pacific

Highlighting our next generation. The Rising Star Asia Pacific Award presented at HICAP, aims to help nurture the aspirations of our industry’s next generation by introducing young rising stars in our community with the Rising Star Award Asia Pacific, held in conjunction with the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC). The nomination period is now open. Nominations are due on or before midnight Singapore Time on 9 August 2023 for consideration.

2022 Rising Star Award Asia Pacific Recipient
Calvin Li, Executive Vice President, Head of Transaction Advisory, JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group

2021 Rising Star Award Asia Pacific Recipient
Siddhant Jhunjhunwala, Vice President, KSL Capital Partners

2020 Rising Star Award Asia Pacific Recipient
Corey Hamabata, Senior Vice President, JLL

2019 Rising Star Award Asia Pacific Recipient
Daniel Yip, Senior Vice President, JLL

Nominations are now open. 
RISING STAR AWARD ASIA JUDGING PANEL
Dave Baswal, Ovolo Group
Siew Kim Beh, The Ascott Limited
Steve Carroll, CBRE
Peng Sum Choe, Pan Pacific Hotels Group
Larry Cuculic, BWH Hotels
Nihat Ercan, JLL
Chin Fen Eu, Frasers Hospitality
Rachael Harding, Club Med
Robert Hecker, Horwath HTL
Andrew Langdon, Accor
Rajeev Menon, Marriott International
Paul Salter, Salter Brothers
Rajit Sukumaran, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Jeff Wagoner, Outrigger Hospitality Group
Alan Watts, Hilton

Innovation & Lifetime Achievement Awards

HICAP’s Innovation and Lifetime Achievement Awards serve to honor and highlight the achievements of outstanding individuals who have been either been leaders or have shaped the course of our industry.

2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient:
Chanin Donavanik, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee and former Chief Executive Officer of Dusit International

2019 Innovation Award Recipient:
Sonu Shivdasani, Guardian of the Culture (CEO & Joint Creative Director), Soneva

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