Surinder Arora, Founder and Chairman
29 April 2016
Surinder Arora Awarded Director of the Year Award for Leadership in Corporate Social Responsibility
Highlights
· Surinder Arora, founder and Chairman of the Arora Group honoured at the Institute of Directors (IoD) awards
· Awarded Director of the Year Award for Leadership in Corporate Responsibility
· £1.5m raised by the Arora Charitable Foundation since it was set up
· The Arora Ball which has been run for the last two successive years has raised in excess of £1.2m for nominated charities
· The next Arora ball is taking place in December 2016
The Arora Group (“Arora” or the “Group”) is pleased to announce that its Founder and Chairman, Surinder Arora has been selected by a panel of judges for the leadership in corporate responsibility category.
The Group has also dedicated significant resources to a holistic and measurable integration of its social responsibility in order to drive economic, cultural and social value and benefits. Under Surinder’s management, the Group cascades its values through the organisation: Corporate citizenship is translated into our hotels and individual team members actively becoming involved in and engaged with their local communities; The Arora Charity Foundation, founded by Surinder Arora oversees and administers the company's charitable activities; and The Arora Ball which has been run for the last two successive years has raised in excess of £1.2m for nominated charities. The next Arora Ball is in Autumn 2016.
This recognition follows on from a period of distinction for the Group, having undertaken a restructuring in 2015 whereby the group was codified into three distinct operating divisions - Hotels, Property and Development. Each team has been expanded to support the significant pipeline of projects, including the new 750-bedroom dual-branded Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express hotels directly linked to Heathrow Terminal 4, the transformation of a redundant office building into a 300-apartment residential development project at Crawley and the opening of the landmark InterContinental London - The O2.
Surinder Arora, Founder and Chairman of the Arora Group said:
“I am extremely humbled to have been honoured at the Institute of Director Awards. I am proud of everything the Arora Group has achieved, especially recently in this landmark year. I want to give particular thanks to my colleagues, who have done a fantastic job in getting the Arora Group to where it is today as we continue to deliver the hallmark for a reliable end-to-end delivery of excellence in quality and service in everything we do. At the next Arora Ball we are aiming high to beat the targets set in the previous balls!”
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Arora Group
The Arora Group is a successful UK-focused private group of companies, which leverages synergies across its specialist property, construction and hotel divisions to its strategic advantage. Since 1999, the Group has built its standing through meticulously managing projects from inception to delivery and beyond. Today, it owns and manages a diverse portfolio of flagship assets across the nation’s key business locations, partnering with some of the world’s most recognised brands to deliver consistently high service levels and sustainable growth.
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