Top 10 Legendary Hoteliers

  ***Top 10 Legendary Hoteliers***

1. Cesar Ritz(Born in Niederwald, Switzerland, to a farming family)

2. Conrad Hilton (Hilton developed his entrepreneurial flair while working as a young boy in his father’s general store in New Mexico.)

3. Bill Marriott Jr.( Bill’ who took the company and turned it into the hospitality giant it is today.)

4.  Kemmons Wilson (Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn. The man responsible for creating the hotel chain famously mentioned)

5. Barry Sternlicht(As the founder of Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Barry Sternlicht is a real estate developer with an eye for a property and the ability to realize a brand.)

6. Paul Dubrule & Gerard Pellisson( opened their first American-style Novotel hotel outside of Lille in northern France and in 1974 launched the Ibis brand with the opening of the Ibis Bordeaux.)

7. Jay Pritzker(When looking at the Pritzkers, the family who founded Hyatt, it is hard to pick out an individual who isn’t worth a mention.)

8. PRS Biki Oberoi(When the eyes of many hoteliers were firmly fixed on the West, Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi, better known as Biki Oberoi,)

9. Ian Schrager(Reopening it as the Morgans Hotel, in 1984, the property became a success and allowed for the opening of the Century Paramont Hotel,)

10. Steve Wynn(Las Vegas legend Steve Wynn)