Now in its 36th year , HOTELS presents its nominees for the 2016 Hotelier of the World awards . Readers are encouraged to vote online for one candidate in each category at HOTELSMag . com / how2016 .
The awards recognize individuals and their careers with criteria including how the nominees have defined standards of service ; overall operational excellence and performance ; creativity in management ; and what they have done for the greater good of the global hotel business .
The winners will be profiled in a November cover story and feted during a formal presentation in New York .
Corporate NomiNees
FranK FisKers
pRESidENT aNd cEO ScaNdic HOTELS gROup , STOckHOLM
Ho Kwon Ping ExEcuTivE cHaiRMaN BaNYaN TREE HOLdiNgS , SiNgapORE
Since 2007 , when Frank Fiskers became CEO of Scandic – as part of a private equity buyout – the company has almost doubled in size and has transformed into a leading hotel company in the Nordics with 235 hotels in operation and development , and close to a 30 % market share .
Born in Denmark and educated at Cornell and business schools in London and Switzerland , Fiskers has held senior roles with Rezidor , Hilton and First Hotels , and he has become recognized for driving sustainable business practices and employee diversity .
Scandic has taken several key steps under Fiskers ’ leadership , including the acquisition of the 73 Rica hotels in 2014 and the successful IPO of the group in December 2015 .
KP Ho joined the family business in 1981 . In 1994 , after the success of rehabilitating an abandoned tin mine into Laguna Phuket , Thailand , Asia ’ s first integrated resort , he launched Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts . Banyan Tree now manages more than 38 hotels and resorts and over 70 spas and 80 retail galleries , as well as three golf courses .
Born in 1952 , Ho was educated in Tunghai University , Taiwan ; Stanford University , California ; and the University of Singapore . He worked as a broadcast and financial journalist and the Economics Editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review before finding his passion in the hotel business .
In 2015 , Ho published his first book , “ The Ocean in a Drop ,” a part-autobiography and part-lecture . He is married to Claire Chiang , senior vice president , Banyan Tree Holdings . They have three children and welcomed their first grandchild in 2015 .
10 HOTELS April 2016 www . hotelsmag . com