Carlson Hotels Worldwide

K.B. Kachru (center), executive vice president-south Asia, for Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific, receives the 2005 Global Tourism Award during a recent ceremony in London sponsored by the British Travel Trade Fair and Trav Talk, a leading travel trade publication. Kachru, who has led the development of Carlson brands in India for the past 15 years, was cited for marketing excellence and building the portfolio of Carlson brands including Regent International Hotels, Radisson Hotels & Resorts and Country Inns & Suites By Carlson, in South Asia. The award ceremony was held at the World Travel Mart (WTM) in London and inaugurated by the Minister of Tourism for the United Kingdom and attended by Tourism Ministers from over 50 countries.

Pictured with Kachru are Kevin Wallace, producer of the Lord of the Rings stage show, which was premiered at the inaugural ceremony and Fiona Jeffery, group director with the World Travel Market

Carlson Hotels Worldwide is one of the major operating groups of Carlson Companies, a global leader in providing corporate solutions and consumer services in the marketing, travel and hospitality industries. Other names among the Carlson family of brands and services are: Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, Carlson Marketing Group, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Results Travel, Cruise Holidays, T.G.I. Friday's and Pick Up Stix restaurants. The company has been recognized by both Fortune and Working Mother magazines as one of the "100 best places to work for in America," Carlson Companies' corporate headquarters are in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Thomas J. Polski (for Carlson)
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Radisson Hotel Group

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