William Heinecke, chairman and group president of Minor International Plc, is contending for the title of Business Hotelier of the World 2017.
If effective, it will be the very first time that a Thai executive and a Thai hotel chain have actually won the distinguished title.
The statement of this year’s winner is anticipated to happen in the United States in November. A few of the requirements consist of how service requirements are specified, in addition to how service and efficiency are provided.
A source at Minor who asked not to be called stated Mr Heinecke is amongst 4 finalists worldwide, consisting of Selim El Zyr, vice-chairman of Rotana Hotel Management Corporation (Abu Dhabi); Neil Jacobs, president of 6 Senses Hotels Resorts Apas (Singapore); and Michael Levie, co-founder and chief running officer of Person M (Amsterdam).
” These are well-known and experienced candidates for the Business Hoteliers of the World 2017 award, and just one of them is from Thailand,” the source stated.
Apart from the Business Hotelier of the World award, there is another classification, Independent Hotelier of the World, deemed the most distinguished private award in the worldwide hotel market.
In this classification, the 4 prospects are: Daniel Hostettler, president and group handling director of Ocean Home, Watch Hill in Rhode Island; Richard Kessler, chairman and president of the Kessler Collection in Orlando, Florida; Edward Mady, basic supervisor of the Beverly Hills Hotel and local director of West Coast U.S.A. for Dorchester Collection; and Philip Wood, supervisor of the Jefferson in Washington.
All prospects in both classifications can get votes from the general public online.
Mr Heinecke, a naturalised Thai person, is among the nation’s best-known business owners. He developed his very first 2 business in Bangkok in 1967 at the age of 17 after obtaining US$ 1,200 to begin a workplace cleansing organization.
Today, Minor owns and runs several business concentrated on dining establishments, hotels and way of life items. Its subsidiary, Minor Hotel Group, runs more than 156 hotels in 24 nations under the Anantara, Avani, Oaks, Per Aquum, Tivoli, Elewana Collection, JW Marriott, 4 Seasons, St Regis, Radisson Blu and Minor International brand names.
Mr Heinecke began his hotel organization in 1978 with the Royal Garden Resort in Pattaya, previously later on producing the Anantara brand name.
An eager business social duty supporter, Mr Heinecke developed a structure to assist supply education for impoverished kids in Thailand.
