Speaker Details
Deepak Ohri
CEO, Lebua Hotels & Resorts
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, The Dome which houses restaurants like Sirocco, Mezzaluna and Distil which are of international acclaim and have won countless awards.
After the success of the Dome, Mr Ohri 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. It has also won the Signature Luxury Hotel Award by the Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards (HAPA) 2008-2010 besides numerous others including 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 driven 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 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 2007 and 2008.
Mr Ohri has pursued the customised MBA program at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and holds a degree in Hotel Management. 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.
