Mr Kwek Leng Beng, Executive Chairman of City Developments Limited (CDL) and Hong Leong Group Singapore, was conferred top honours as “Best Travel Entrepreneur of the Year” at the TTG Travel Awards 2014. The award is a new accolade that honours an individual who sets new standards for his organisation’s brand and contributes to areas in the travel industry such as sustainability, training and education. The event was held in November 2014 at Bangkok, Thailand. This achievement is the latest hospitality-related award for Mr Kwek who has received many accolades, including “Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year” and “Outstanding Contributor to Tourism” by Singapore Tourism Board in 1997, and the “Asian Hotelier of the Decade” in 2000 by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels and Arthur Andersen.