12th Annual Worldwide Hospitality Awards

Ilan Elkaïm, an Essec Business School Alumnus and Senior Associate – Development & Acquisitions for Starwood Hotels & Resorts won the Most Successful Alumnus Award

Leaders of the world’s largest hotel groups and the French Minister of Tourism, Frédéric Lefebvre were present to celebrate the innovations taken by hotel companies on an international level.


Ilan Elkaïm receives his prize from Michel Jauslin, Hyatt Regional Vice President

MKG Group, organizer of the 12th annual Worldwide Hospitality Awards, announced the winners of the 2011 Worldwide Hospitality Awards which took place during a ceremony at InterContinental Paris-Le grand Hotel in the French capital. The evening took place under the auspices of Frédéric Lefebvre, the French Secretary of State in charge of Tourism. Rakesh Sarna, COO International of the American group Hyatt Hotels Corporation, was the President of the Ceremony; and Mariano Pérez Claver, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the Spanish Group NH Hoteles was President of the event’s 2011 Advisory Board.

Prior to the 12th Worldwide Hospitality Awards, the ceremony also praised innovation in Hospitality training through the second annual Hospitality Management Schools Awards. Ilan Elkaïm, a graduate from Essec Business School, Senior Associate – Development & Acquisitions – Starwood Hotels & Resorts received the award of the Most Successful Alumnus.

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