Deepak Ohri is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Lebua Hotels and Resorts, one of the world's best luxury property chains. Mr. Ohri joined the organisation as its first employee and in a span of three years created Bangkok's best culinary destination, called - The Dome. The Dome, houses restaurants like Sirocco, Mezzaluna and Distil which are of International acclaim and have won countless awards.
After the success story of The Dome, Mr. Ohri has turned around the ailing Meritus hotel in the same building rechristening it as an all-suite five star luxury hotel called Lebua. In 2008, the two-year-old hotel won the Overall Best Luxury Hotel Award where more than 1500 luxury Hotels worldwide competed. It has also won the Signature Luxury Hotel Award by the Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards (HAPA) 2008-2010 besides numerous others like World's Best Business Hotel Award by European CEO, Best Luxury Hotel World and Asia (TripAdvisor) and Overall Best Hotel in Asia (CNBC and Business Asia).
Mr. Ohri has skilfully handled Lebua's expansion plans, with a five star lodge on Lake Okareka, Rotorua New Zealand being the latest addition to Lebua's portfolio. His achievements as a consummate leader have earned him various awards including the prestigious HAPA Most Enterprising Hospitality Entrepreneur by The Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards 2008-2010 and the Entrepreneur of the Year Award by The Art of Travel twice in a row in 2007 and 2008. With an undying instinct to innovate, Mr. Ohri has successfully envisioned and executed masterstroke projects like the one million baht dinner and CSR initiatives like Emotional Tourism.
An avid speaker, he was invited to speak in the worldwide TRI*M Conference organised by TNS in New York in 2009. He has chaired and spoken in Cityscape Asia Conference 2008, in Singapore. His latest speeches include those at Real Estate Funds and Emerging Markets (REFEM) Conference in New York and the WTTC 9th Global Travel and Tourism Summit in Brazil. He has recently been invited to lecture at the reputed Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and Indian School of Business (ISB) as an expert in the Luxury industry.
Mr. Ohri has pursued the customised MBA program at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and holds a degree in Hotel Management. He has experience spanning almost two decades in the Hospitality Industry. He started his career with India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and has worked for Kempinski Group in India. Currently, Mr. Ohri is a member of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and sits in the advisory board of the Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management in Singapore for Operations Management.
To read another entry of the man helming lebua from the top, go to: http://blog.lebua.com/2011/06/23/flawless-execution/
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