Heights of Hospitality
THE 2017 BMW HOTELIER AWARDS
Studio City in Macau hosted more than 400 guests for the fourth edition of the BMW Hotelier Awards, which recognises excellence in the hospitality sector across Asia and Greater China. Winners in 2017 included Ana Gorjão Henriques of Mandapa, a Ritz- Carlton Reserve in Bali (General Manager of the Year for Asia) and Janet McNab of the Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel and St Regis Macao (General Manager of the Year for Greater China). A new honour was introduced in 2017, the Rising Star Award, which went to Benita Nathania Bunawan, a student at the Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School at the Suzhou campus of Australia’s Torrens University. Her award includes an internship at a top five-star hotel of her choice around the world.