10 November 2015
IHG's Chief Executive Officer, Richard Solomons, Named 'Corporate Hotelier Of The World 2015'
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, is delighted to announce that Chief Executive Officer, Richard Solomons, has been awarded ‘Corporate Hotelier of the World 2015,’ by HOTELS Magazine.
Richard received the title alongside ‘Independent Hotelier of the World’ winner Hans Bruland, Vice President and General Manager, The Hay-Adams Hotel, in Washington, D.C.
Now in its 35th year, the ‘Corporate Hotelier of the World’ award recognizes an individual and their career and how they have defined service standards; overall operational excellence and performance; creativity in management; as well as what they have done to promote the greater good of the global hotel business.
Each year, the winners are chosen by the magazine’s global readership and the winner is interviewed for a special edition of HOTELS Magazine. Richard was highly commended for engineering IHG’s asset-light strategy and for overseeing the return of over $10.4 billion to shareholders since 2003.
Click here to read the full interview with Richard Solomons in the November issue of HOTELS Magazine.
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About IHG®
IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with a broad portfolio of hotel brands, including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton® Hotels & Restaurants, HUALUXE™ Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, EVEN® Hotels, Holiday Inn® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®.
IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns more than 4,900 hotels and 727,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries, with more than 1,300 hotels in its development pipeline. IHG also manages IHG® Rewards Club, the world’s first and largest hotel loyalty programme with more than 90 million members worldwide.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group’s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. More than 350,000 people work across IHG’s hotels and corporate offices globally.
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