Surinder Arora, Founder of the Arora Group of Hotels and one of the UK’s most successful businessmen, has become a Patron of Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs.
Surinder founded Arora Hotels in 1999 which has since become one of the fastest growing independent hotel companies in the UK and the largest hotel company at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The primary focus of Arora Hotels is the design, construction and operation of luxury hotels.
At The Kia Oval, Arora is currently working in partnership with Surrey County Cricket Club on the development of a 168-bedroom luxury hotel and is also preferred partner for the new 212-bedroom Royal Ascot Hotel opposite the world famous racecourse.
Surinder has supported Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs since its inception in 2009 and has featured in our events several times. He will join Sir Alec Reed CBE as a Patron of our organisation and we gladly welcome him on board.
Two of Royal Holloway’s most successful entrepreneurs will share a stage for the first time on Thursday 28th January 2010. Surinder Arora and Tej Dhillon will be interviewed by Jack Lenox in the Windsor Auditorium. The event begins at 6pm, with a networking reception afterwards.
Surinder Arora is an Honorary Fellow of Royal Holloway. He is Chairman of his own hotel chain, Arora International, which runs hotels at Heathrow and Gatwick and in Manchester. He is listed on The Sunday Times Rich List and has an investment and managerial interest in the Wentworth Club.
Tej Dhillon studied Geography and graduated in 1987. He is now Managing Director of the Dhillon Hotel Group, a chain of six very individual hotels which he owns with his sister. The Dhillons own the Grade II listed Victorian Gothic-style Paragon Hotel in the centre of Birmingham, which has 250 rooms and the Liongate Hotel in Hampton Court amongst others.
Billed as the ‘Battle of the Heavyweight Hoteliers’ the evening will contrast the stories of the two entrepreneurs. It will be ‘refereed’ by Jack Lenox, a student at Royal Holloway and President of Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs. Jack said ,”This is an exciting opportunity to get close to two of the leading entrepreneurs in the hotel trade who will be together at Royal Holloway for the first time. It looks to be our biggest event of the year so far.”
For more information about the event, email John King, Entrepreneurship Careers Adviser, at john.king@rhul.ac.uk . Tickets for the event are not required for current students and staff. Alumni and friends of the College may book a place at the event via the Development Department.
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Surinder Arora, Founder of the Arora Group of Hotels and one of the UK’s most successful businessmen, has become a Patron of Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs.
