Isadore SharpFour Seasons Hotels and Resorts Founder and Chairman Isadore Sharp was honoured by The British Travel Industry Hall of Fame at a special awards dinner on April 25, 2013 in London. The Hall of Fame was created in 1995 to "honour excellence and outstanding achievement in those who have played a significant part in creating and developing the travel, hospitality and tourism industry." Isadore “Issy” Sharp opened the company’s first hotel in Canada in 1961 – a modest 125-room motor hotel in downtown Toronto. Since then Four Seasons has transformed into a reputed brand respected world over. Four Seasons has 90 properties in 37 countries and counting, in unparalleled locations from Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus to Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle, Thailand.