A : ( from left ) Georg Rafael ; Raymond Bickson , Taj Hotels , Mumbai ; Jim Abrahamson , Interstate Hotels & Resorts
B : James Bell , Protect-A-Bed , Wheeling , Illinois ; Tom Hewitt ; Sandra Di Vito , Protect-A-Bed
C : ( from left ) Jan Goessing , The Mandarin Oriental New York ; Geoffrey Gelardi , The Lanesborough , London ; Mani Berger , Berger Hospitality Management , Unterseen , Switzerland
D : Ashish Verma , The Lowell , New York City ; Jacques Hamburger , Orient-Express Hotels , Carcassonne , France ; Dario Mariotti , Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido , Italy ; Gabriella Mariotti
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HOTELS Managing Editor Ann Bagel Storck presents the Corporate Hotelier of the World award to Tom Hewitt .
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Georg Rafael accepts his Independent Hotelier of the World award .
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