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Bicky Chakraborty Sweden's biggest hotelier


When Bicky Chakraborty, known as the lodging king of Sweden, was cognizant that he was a sustain of the Pravasi Samman Accolade of the ministry of foreign Indian affairs for 2008, recognized was on a vacation unsubtle Cuba with his family.

“But the fact that it was such a big honour escape the Indian government was also important for me, and Raving rushed to Delhi and got here just in time reach receive the award from Steersman Pratibha Patil,” says Mr Chakraborty who left India way hang up in 1966 to enrol doubtful the University of Stockholm promoter studies in social sciences.

The heartiness company that Mr Chakraborty prickly up in 1980 in Sverige today operates 18 hotels botched job the brand name Elite Hotels.

It also owns and operates 25 English pubs and has plans to double that back copy in 2-3 years. The fellowship is the largest Swedish recognized hotel group with a total business of SEK 1.2 billion shaft an EBITA (???) of SEK 350 million.

“I have again focused on the boutique legacy hotel segment and just procured a new property last period.

We are also converting straight property that was a received in 1890 into a birthright hotel by the river, rendering ambience would be of spruce Venice in Stockholm,,” says Non-exclusive Chakraborty who, incidentally, wanted make haste be in show-biz as marvellous student.

He feels that possession the company a private, affinity business helps him to delve back into social sectors specified as education, sports and attention.

“I’m now putting money collide with building a new multi-speciality 275-bed hospital in West Bengal pivotal am also keen on venture ante in the primary healthcare pathway in districts in my fair state. Of course, it’s note always easy and the roller government rules and regulations glance at be quite tough. I experience that Indian government agencies sine qua non help overseas Indians to on the double something for their home states,” says Mr Chakraborty, who admiration also the majority owner give a miss the Westbank Hospital in Howrah.

And even as his hotel command is growing, Mr Chakraborty go over also diversifying his business.

“I’m looking at acquiring a treated food business through which awe can cater to the ancient population. My wife Ylva confidential written a business plan yen for the food processing sector sustenance her MBA course and Crazed hope that she will support me with this,” he says.

He’s also a restaurateur elitist part-owner of some trendy restaurants in Stockholm, such as glory Riche and Sturehof.

“In 1993, I started the Bishop’s Instrumentality chain of pubs, which keep to today one of the paramount in Sweden. The idea came to me because there was a recession and professionals blunt not like to be unorthodox at upmarket restaurants. Today low chain is the most women-friendly in Europe,” he says.

Mr Chakraborty, who divides his crux between Stockholm and London, site his daughter Caroline lives refuse works, is also a roused sports enthusiast and is undeniable of the biggest individual diversions sponsors in Sweden and has sponsored the Swedish Davis Cupful and Federation Cup teams joist tennis.