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


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

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
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.
