Ho Kwon Ping, founder and executive chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings and Laguna Resorts, will accept the HICAP Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th annual HICAP being held October 23-25 at the Kerry Hotel Hong Kong.
The HICAP (Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific) Lifetime Achievement Award honours exceptional individuals who have distinguished themselves through their accomplishments and contributions to expanding, enhancing and advancing the hotel industry in the Asia Pacific region and the world.
He is the founding and current chairman of the Board of Trustees of Singapore Management University, chairman of The Singapore Summit and a non-executive director of Diageo, the UK-listed spirits company.
Educated in Tunghai University, Taiwan; Stanford University, California and the University of Singapore, he was the Economics Editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review in Hong Kong before joining the Thai Wah family business and then starting his own companies.
Ho is married to Claire Chiang, senior vice president, Banyan Tree Holdings. They have three children – two sons and a daughter and three grandchildren.