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HONORING DYNAMIC DEALS & DEVELOPMENTS

HICAP DEAL OF THE YEAR

The HICAP Deal of the Year Awards are given to the merger or acquisition of the year representing the most significant and/or dynamic deal. Nominees are submitted by a committee of industry peers, who then vote to create a shortlist of three deals from which the final winner is determined by delegate votes immediately prior to HICAP.
 

SINGLE ASSET TRANSACTION OF THE YEAR

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Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Hotel                 Laguna Beach Resort, Phuket

2011 JOINT WINNERS:
Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Hotel, Singapore 
Acquired by Overseas Union Enterprise Limited from LC Development and LaSalle Investment Management

Laguna Beach Resort, Phuket, Thailand
Acquired by Real Estate Capital Asia Partners (RECAP) from Laguna Hotels & Resorts LLC & Inter-Pacific Group



MERGER & ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR
rosewood

2011 WINNER

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts

Aquired by New World Hospitality from Rosewood Corp. and Maritz, Wolff & Co.


MERGER & ACQUISITION DEALS OF THE YEAR
PAST WINNERS

2010 winner
Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan
Acquired by YTL Hotels from Citigroup Principal Investments

2009 winner
The Westin Melbourne, Australia
Acquired by TA Enterprise Bhd, negotiated by CBRE hotels representing a consortium of industry super funds

2008 winner
The Westin Tokyo, Japan
Acquired by GIC from Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund

2007 winner
ANA Japan Hotel Portfolio
Acquired by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund from All Nippon Airways 

2006 winner
The W Sydney (now BLUE Sydney), Australia
Acquired by Indian Hotels Company Limited from the Harilela Group 

2005 winner
Raffles Holdings Limited’s Hotel portfolio
Acquired by Colony Capital LLC 

2004 winner
The Principal Hotel Group
Acquired by Mulpha Australia Ltd 

 

REGGIE SHIU DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR

This Award recognizes the single development of the year representing the accomplishments of material market impact in a variety of ways including: overcoming challenges to completion, scale, innovation, quality, performance, and return on investment. Nominees are submitted by a committee of industry peers, who then vote to create a shortlist of three deals from which the final winner is determined by delegate votes immediately prior to HICAP.

 
The Award is named after Reggie Shiu, formerly of Accor Asia Pacific and a pioneer of the regional hotel industry. Mr Shiu and most of his family perished tragically in the Asian Tsunami of 2005.

Reggie Shiu Development Of The Year Award Winners
 
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The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
 
2011 WINNER
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
Sun Hung Kai Properties
 
2010 winner
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 
Las Vegas Sands
 
2009 winner
Park Hyatt Shanghai, China
Mori Building Co., Ltd.
 
2008 winner
Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, Singapore
LC Development Ltd/Lasalle Investment Management
 
2007 winner
The Venetian, Macau, China
Las Vegas Sands
 
2006 winner
Wynn Resort, Macau, China  
Wynn Resorts
 
2005 winner
Four Seasons Hong Kong
Sun Hung Kai/Henderson Land