Asia Pacific
The Rising Star Award Asia Pacific was created in partnership with the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP), to identify the future leaders of this important region for the hospitality industry. The award is presented annually at HICAP to a candidate living and working in the region.
List of Winners
2024 – Stella Blythe
2023 – Vicky Jian
2022 – Calvin Li
2021 – Siddhant Jhunjhunwala
2020 – Corey Hamabata
2019 – Daniel Yip
2018 – Kieran Bestall
2017 – Peter Harper
2016 – Kiichi Mashita
2015 – Nihat Ercan
2014 – Christopher Hur
Caribbean/Latin America
Created in 2011, by the ISHC in collaboration with Burba Hotel Network (BHN), to recognize emerging leadership talent in the Caribbean region from the hospitality industry. The award is presented annually at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit – Caribbean Latin America (ALIS CALA).
List of Winners
2025 – Néstor J. Ruiz Doreste
2024 – Brittany Brathwaite
2023 – Julianna Musgrove
2022 – Alisteer Nelson
2021 – Darling Mendez
2020 – Creasha-Dine Thompson
2019 – Paola Lopez Gomez
2018 – Saul Nunez Tirado
2017 – Marlen Mena
2016 – Pedro Javier Tomas Contreras
2015 – Christal Stubbs
2014 – Sanovnik Destang
2013 – Rodrigo Rizzi de Oliveira
2012 – Maxence Bonnamain
2011 – Rafael Bolivar
South Asia
In collaboration with Burba Hotel Network and the Hotel Investment Forum India (HIFI), ISHC presents a Rising Star Award South Asia annually at the HIFI Conference. This award began in 2014 and is a great opportunity to recognize an exceptional individual in a rapidly expanding hospitality market.
List of Winners
2016 – Amruda Nair
2015 – Nirupa Shankar
2014 – Saurabh Bakshi
The nomination period for the 2025 Rising Star Award - Asia Pacific will open in June 2025.