From his origins in the nightclub business, Ian Schrager has become the ‘Harbinger of Hip’, making hotels once again the places where the beautiful and the fashionable go to see and be seen, in spaces that exemplify twenty-first century sophistication and style.
Industry Icons: Conrad Hilton
Like so many great hoteliers and entrepreneurs, Conrad Hilton came from relatively humble beginnings but possessed a combination of visionary and financial genius peppered by a very healthy ego. His approach towards the management and operation of hotels and the standards he set continue to be copied in the hotel business throughout the world.
Industry Icons: Felix Bieger
A fixture of Hong Kong life for almost 90 years is the iconic Peninsula Hotel (or the Pen as it is affectionately known). A fixture of the Pen for over 60 of those years is hotelier Felix Bieger.
Industry Icons: A new eHotelier feature
In our new series we plan to celebrate the people who paved the way and made the industry what it is today and provide a reference for today’s professionals as well as the new professionals of our industry.
