HVS announces Finalists for the HICSA 2010 ‘Hotels of the Year Awards’

Hospitality Valuation Services (HVS), a fully integrated consulting firm focusing exclusively on the hotel industry and providing a wide range of services to hotel owners, lenders and operators throughout the world is pleased to announce the list of hotels that are final contenders for the ‘Hotels of the Year Awards’ title this year at HICSA 2010 on April 7-8, 2010. 39 Hotels across four categories were nominated for the awards. This list of finalists was derived from a detailed point based analysis of each hotel’s ranking across various criteria. An esteemed panel of judges arrived at 4 finalists each under the ‘Luxury/ Upscale Segment’ and the ‘Mid-Market Segment’ and 3 finalists each under the ‘Budget/ Economy Segment’ and the ‘Serviced Apartments Segment.’ The winners will be selected by the HICSA delegates via an online voting system. The ‘Hotels of the Year Awards’ voting shall commence from the first week of March 2010 and will continue till April 7th 2010. The winners will be announced on the second day of HICSA i.e. April 8, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai as part of the conference programme.

Speaking on the occasion, Manav Thadani, Managing Director, HVS India said, “In line with the trend of increased segmentation within the hospitality industry, this year ‘Hotels of the Year Awards’ decided to take a step forward and diversify the segments for which the awards can be conferred allowing various hotel brands to nominate their properties that were not applicable last year due to limited hotel segmentation resulting to an addition of two more segments this year: Best hotel in Luxury/ Upscale Segment, Best hotel in Mid-Market Segment, Best hotel in Economy/ Budget Segment and Best Serviced Apartments segment.”

Finalists in Luxury/Upscale Segment -

1. The Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon – Delhi (NCR)
2. ITC Royal Gardenia, Bengaluru
3. Trident, Bandra Kurla – Mumbai
4. Vivanta by Taj, Panaji – Goa

Finalists in Mid-Market Segment-

1. Citrus Hotel, Pimpri – Pune
2. Courtyard by Marriott, Hinjewadi – Pune
3. Hilton Garden Inn, Saket – New Delhi
4. Royal Orchid Central, Pune

Finalists in Budget / Economy Segment-

1. Grand Hometel, Malad – Mumbai
2. Premier Inn, Bangalore – Whitefield
3. Red Fox Hotel, Jaipur

Finalists in Serviced Apartments Segment-

1. Mercure Homestead Residences, Bengaluru
2. Oakwood Premier Prestige, Bangalore
3. Oakwood Premier, Pune

Panel of Judges:

1. Homi Aibara – Partner, Mahajan and Aibara
2. Akshay Kulkarni – Executive Director – South Asia, Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality
3. Manav Thadani – Managing Director, HVS India
4. Ritu Kler – Managing Director, Total Integrated Design
5. Nikhil Nath – Chief Executive Officer, Knowcross Solutions
6. Navneet Bali – Chief Investment Officer, Duet India Hotels Ltd.

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