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Hospitality Horizon Top 50 Hotel Awards 2024, with TV Partner FoodFood, honoured the best in the industry

The second edition of Hospitality Horizon Top 50 Hotel Awards 2023, with TV Partner FoodFood, was a resounding success. The glittering evening brought together the who’s who of the hospitality industry from across the country to celebrate the best of the best.

The coveted awards ceremony was hosted by Deepak Kumar, GM, Hilton Mumbai International Airport, at the iconic hotel on November 21. Zubin Saxena, Senior Vice President & Regional Head, South Asia, Hilton, delivered the keynote address on how the hospitality industry is upping the game and scaling new heights.

VEEBA was the Presenting Partner while IIHM was Powered by Partner. The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts, Radisson Hotel Group and Hyatt were Platinum Industry Partners and Chalet Hotels, Hilton and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts were the Gold Industry Partners. In addition, the Luxury Car Partner was Navnit Motors and the Trophy Partner was Premier Printers.

Hospitality Horizon Top 50 Hotel Awards 2024 ranked the top 50 hotels and hoteliers in the country. The winners were decided by votes from the Grand Jury comprising the leading lights of the food and hospitality industry while the people choice awards were decided by the Editorial Board with top five awards being declared in 10 different categories, presented in alphabetical order, not in order of any ranking.

The awards were held under the stewardship of Chairman of the Jury Nakul Anand, Patron-in-Chief of FAITH and Co-Chairperson Priya Paul, Chairperson, Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels. Sanjeev Kapoor, Founder, FoodFood TV was the mentor and KB Kachru, Chairman, South Asia, Radisson Hotel Group and Camellia Panjabi, Queen of Indian Food, were the Chief Advisors.

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

LEADERSHIP AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award  KB KACHRU  Chairman, South Asia, Radisson Hotel Group

Hall of Fame Award ANURAAG BHATNAGAR CEO, The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts

Hotelier of The Year Award MOHIT NIRULA  COO, The Oberoi Group

Excellence in Leadership Award  NIKITA RAMCHANDANI Multi-Property VP, Marriott International, Mumbai Market & GM, JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu

TOP 5 GMS - LUXURY CITY HOTELS  (in alphabetical order)  Bhagwan Balani, ITC Maratha, Mumbai  Manish Dayya, Sofitel Mumbai BKC  Nitesh Gandhi, Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai Tarun Seth, Grand Hyatt Gurgaon  Varun Chhibber, The St. Regis, Mumbai

TOP 5 GMS - LUXURY RESORTS  (in alphabetical order)  Anoop Pandey, JW Marriott Mussoorie Walnut Grove Resort & Spa Pratiti Rajpal, Ronil Goa - a JDV by Hyatt  Rohit Kukreja, The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra  Ronan Fearon, JW Marriott Bengaluru Prestige Golfshire Resort & Spa  Sharad Puri, Senior VP & GM, The Leela Palace Jaipur

TOP 5 GMS - BUSINESS HOTELS  (in alphabetical order) Abhishek Sahai, Conrad Pune  Amit Sangwan, Novotel Ahmedabad  Kunal Chauhan, JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar  Rachita Sood, Novotel Mumbai International Airport  Sumeet Suri, Westin Mumbai Garden City

TOP 5 DEVELOPERS/OWNERS  (in alphabetical order) Advent Hotels International  Brigade Group  Chalet Hotels  Panchshil Realty  Prestige Group

SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS PIONEER OF EXPERIENTIAL HOSPITALITY Jimmy Mistry, Della Resorts

WOMAN GM OF THE YEAR  Sonale Zagade, Hyatt Regency Gurgaon

HOTEL MANAGER OF THE YEAR Gaurav Sinha, JW Marriott Hotel Bengaluru

F&B PERSON OF THE YEAR Arjun Dewan, The Oberoi New Delhi

TOP 5 LUXURY HOTELS  (in alphabetical order)  Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai  Grand Hyatt Gurgaon  The Ritz-Carlton, Pune  The St. Regis Mumbai  The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai

TOP 5 LUXURY RESORTS  (in alphabetical order)  JW Marriott Goa  Raffles Udaipur  Ronil Goa - a JDV by Hyatt  Sterling Lake Palace Alleppey  The Leela Palace Udaipur

TOP 5 BUSINESS HOTELS  (in alphabetical order)  Conrad Bengaluru  Hilton Mumbai International Airport  Jaipur Marriott Hotel  JW Marriott Hotel Bengaluru JW Marriott Hotel Pune

TOP 5 HOTELS & RESORTS FOR MICE & WEDDINGS  (in alphabetical order)  Fairmont Jaipur  Hyatt Regency Gurgaon  Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre & HICC  Ramada by Wyndham Lucknow Hotel & Convention Centre  The Ritz-Carlton, Bangalore

TOP 5 HOTELS & RESORTS FOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN  (in alphabetical order) Hyatt Regency Jaipur Mansarovar  ITC Grand Chola, Chennai  Noormahal Palace, Karnal  The Leela Palace Bengaluru  The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra

TOP 5 HOTELS FOR F&B  (in alphabetical order)  Hyatt Regency Delhi  ITC Maurya, New Delhi  JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu  Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi Airport  The Leela Palace New Delhi