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Isadore Sharp to Receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) in Berlin, Germany
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
BERLIN, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Isadore ("Issy") Sharp, founder of Four
Seasons Hotels and Resorts, will be awarded the prestigious Lifetime
Achievement Award at the 12th annual International Hotel Investment Forum
(IHIF), scheduled for 9-11 March 2009, at the InterContinental Berlin,
Germany. The IHIF Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an individual
who, over his or her lifetime, has made a significant difference in the
hospitality industry by their actions, deeds, and great accomplishments.
Sharp holds the title of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Four
Seasons Hotels and Resorts and founded the company in 1960 with the opening of
the first Four Seasons Hotel on Jarvis Street in downtown Toronto. After a
decade of trial and refinement, Sharp created a single vision that today has
made Four Seasons the leading luxury hotel operator exclusively focused on
mid-size luxury hotels and resorts of exceptional quality. Four Seasons
creates properties of enduring value using superior design and finishes, and
supports them with a deeply instilled ethic of personal service.
Sharp graduated in architecture from Ryerson University in 1952. His
educational background combined with his design and construction expertise,
his single focus on satisfying the customer and his leadership skills have
allowed him to attract the capital sources and a loyal employee base to create
the largest luxury hotel management company in the world.
"We are delighted to present Sharp with this award for his outstanding
contributions to the hotel industry. Sharp is an icon in the hotel industry.
His acute attention to customer satisfaction and outstanding leadership skills
should be an example followed by us all," said Jon Leibowitz, EVP of Questex
Media Group, organizers of IHIF.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is selected by the IHIF Advisory
Board which comprises leading executives from the European hotel investment
industry that meet each year at Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne to discuss the
programme for the following year.
Previous Lifetime Achievement Award winners have included: Lord Forte,
Forte Hotels; Gabriel Escarrer, Sol Melia; Paul Dubrule & Gerard Pellison,
Accor; Georg Rafael, Rafael Hotels; Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Carlson; PRS
Oberoi, Oberoi Hotels; Kurt Ritter, Rezidor; Jim Sherwood, Orient-Express;
David Michels, Hilton International and Michael Hirst OBE, CB Richard Ellis
Hotels.
IHIF is Europe's largest gathering of hotel industry leaders, drawing a
record crowd of nearly 1,800 in March 2008. Programme information is
available online at www.berlinconference.com , and registration for the 2009
event is now open.
About Questex Media Group, Inc.
Questex Media Group, Inc is a global, diversified business-to-business
media organization serving multiple industries including hotel and
hospitality, travel, technology, beauty, spa, among numerous other specialty
industries with its well-established, market-leading publications, events,
interactive media, research, and other marketing and media related services.
The company's combined operations include more than 450 employees in offices
throughout North America, South America, Asia and Europe.
Strategically, Questex places a strong emphasis on serving the hotel and
hospitality market and has created the Questex HotelWorld Network, which
provides access and opportunity within all facets of the global hotel and
lodging industry, and includes Hotel & Motel Management, Hotel Design, Luxury
Hotelier, and The Hotel Times publications and prominent events including the
International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) held in Berlin, the Russia & CIS
Hotel Investment Conference, IHIF Asia Pacific, HotelWorld Expo & Conference
part of International Hospitality Week held in Las Vegas and the HOTEC series
of three-day forums held across the globe.
Bench Events - A Portal for the Hotel Industry
As organisers of top conferences for the hotel and investment industry,
Bench Events is a growing entity which currently hosts hotel investment
conferences in Berlin, Dubai and Moscow in partnership with other leading
providers. Jonathan Worsley, Chairman of Bench Events is one of the organisers
and founders of the International Hotel Investment Forum held each year in
Berlin. In 2005, he was responsible for launching the successful Arabian Hotel
Investment Conference in Dubai and in 2008, is hosting the Russia & CIS Hotel
Investment Conference in Moscow.
SOURCE Questex Media Group, Inc.
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