Now in its third year, the UTC presents Hotelelier India Awards 2011 in association with Philips has drawn 365 nominations. The jury consists of key industry figures like Anil Madhok, MD, Sarovar Hotels and Resorts; Chender Baljee
CMD, Royal Orchid Hotels Limited; Dilip Puri, MD, India and regional VP, South Asia, Starwood Asia Pacific
Hotels and Resorts, Dipak Haksar, COO, ITC Luxury Collection & WelcomHotels; Homi Aibara, partner and
consultant, Mahajan & Aibara; KB Kachru EVP – South Asia, Carlson Hotels, Asia Pacific; Rajiv Kaul, President,
The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts; Rattan Keswani, President – Trident Hotels; Manav Thadani, Chairman,
HVS South Asia. Director, Samhi and Vijay Thacker, director, Horwath HTL India.
The jury which met at the Trident Bandra Kurla on 25 November, have come out with a shortlist of winners and
runners-up.
The hospitality champions for this year will be celebrated at the awards ceremony on December 16, 2011 at The
Westin Gurgaon. The UTC presents Hotelelier India Awards 2011 in association with Philips expects top notch
industry presence across its 14 categories including general managers, chefs, F&B directors, purchase,
housekeeping and marketing heads, other departmental heads like recreation heads, directors of rooms, in-house
development heads, top management from hotels and developers.
The award categories are
- Moen presents GM of the Year
- Muslin presents HR Person of Year
- Philips presents Green Hotelier of the Year
- Stallion Hotel Supplies presents F&B Manager of the Year
- RAK Porcelain presents Chef of the Year
- Harman presents Procurement Manager of the Year
- Laundry Manager of the Year
- Atmosphere presents Housekeeper of the Year
- Grundfos presents Chief Engineer of the Year
- IDSÂ presents ITÂ Person of the Year
- Precor presents Spa & Fitness person of the Year
- IDeaS presents Sales & Revenue Person of the Year
- Marketing & PRÂ Person of the Year
- Everest Industries presents Unsung Hero of the Year
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