Mr Raghavendra Rathore, fashion designer, and Ms Priyanka
Gill, Founder and CEO, PopXO, present the award for
Best Heritage Hotel (Intl) to Mr Giovanni Viterale, General
Manager, The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore.Mr Hans Christian Winkler, Head of Press
Department, German Embassy, presents the
award for Best Heritage Hotel (Domestic)
to Mr Vijay Wanchoo, General Manager, and
Ms Aparupa Ray Ganguly, Head of Marketing
and PR, The Imperial New Delhi.(L-R) Mr Björn Rettig, CEO, Burda India and Ms Kalyani Chawla, Founder, Lulu & Sky,
present the award for Best Luxury Hotel Chain (Domestic) to Mr Dipak Haksar, Chief
Executive-ITC Hotels and WelcomHotels.
Mr Björn Rettig, CEO, Burda India, welcomes guests
to the award show.Mr Cyrus Sahukar, guest and
anchor at IBA 2017.
Last month, Travel+Leisure India & South Asia hosted
the sixth edition of India’s Best Awards at ITC Maurya,
New Delhi. It was a night of glamorous camaraderie
as some of the world’s leading hoteliers, regional
and international tourism board professionals, and friends
from the luxury fashion and lifestyle industry got together
to celebrate the winners. The award for Best Hotel Group
went to Hyatt Hotels Corporation and AccorHotels,
Best Country to Switzerland, and Best Emerging
Destination to Bahrain and Korea. Over the course of the
night, popular VJ, TV host, and entertainer Cyrus Sahukar
anchored the show, Mr Hans Christian Winkler, Head of
Press Department, German Embassy delivered the
keynote speech, and guests networked over dinner
consisting fine delicacies from ITC Maurya’s signature
restaurants, Bukhara and Dum Pukht.