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| Abdul M. Suleman |
NEW YORK, NY and SAN
FRANCISCO, CA, June 18, 2014—Global hotelier Abdul M. Suleman, founder
and CEO of San Francisco-headquartered Equinox Hospitality Group (www.equinoxhotels.com) and former senior vice
president of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, has been awarded the 2014 Ellis Island
Medal of Honor by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO).
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| Muhammad Ali |
Suleman received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor at a gala event held in
the Great Hall on Ellis Island.
The award pays homage to the immigrant experience, honoring
not only individuals, but the pluralism and democracy that have enabled
ancestry groups to maintain their identities while becoming integral parts of
the American way of life.
The medals are
awarded to native-born and naturalized U.S. citizens from various ethnic
backgrounds.
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Past medalists include U.S. presidents, Noble Prize winners
and leaders of industry, education, the arts, sports and government,
including Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy
Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, United Kingdom Prime
Minister Tony Blair, Henry Kissinger, Frank Sinatra, Muhammad Ali, Bob Hope,
and Lee Iacocca. Suleman is the only
hotelier honored this year.
Suleman migrated to the U.S. to attend Brigham Young
University in the late 1960s. He
entered the hotel industry more than 30 years ago, starting from a front desk
position, yet rising through the ranks of Hyatt Hotels Corporation to senior
vice president.
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In 1994 he left
Hyatt and founded Equinox Hospitality. Equinox owns, develops, repositions,
operates, and asset manages hotels globally.
In addition to the
company owning and operating their own hotels, Equinox is currently an adviser
on the world’s largest hotel development project currently underway in Makkah
(Mecca), Saudi Arabia.
This one-of-a-kind development consists of 36 high-rise
buildings, representing 26 upscale hotel brands and totaling 11,535 keys, with
multiple food & beverage facilities.
For more information about Suleman, please visit www.equinoxhotels.com.
For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please
contact:
Jerry Daly
Daly Gray
(703) 435-6293
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