AHC Award for Lemon Tree

Lemon Tree Hotels is the winner of the 2015 Asian Human Capital Award. It is the only Indian company to win this award from amongst 40 multi-industry contenders across Asia.First-of-its-kind in Asia, the award honours innovative and impactful people practices adopted by Asia-based organisations. At the award ceremony held in Singapore, Lemon Tree Hotels ‘Inclusivity and Diversity Initiatives’ were felicitated by the business community across Asia. The awards committee appreciated Lemon Tree for building effective strategies to mainstream persons with disability.
Speaking on the occasion, Patu Keswani, CMD, The Lemon Tree Hotel Company, said “The inclusivity/diversity philosophy of Lemon Tree Hotels is central to our business model and we have built a culture of mainstreaming the disadvantaged. We are happy to have been recognised by the Ministry of Manpower, Singapore Government and the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI) through the Asian Human Capital Award (AHCA) 2015”
Lemon Tree Hotels is an equal opportunity employer and hires differently-abled staff across its 27 hotels in 16 cities of India. It currently has a strength of 3,000 employees, of which 15% are Employees with Disabilities (EWDs) and an additional 4% are from socially, economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds (EcoSoc).