24 THE QUEENS COURIER • NOVEMBER 16, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
America China Hotel Association
Corp.’s hosts Premiere Annual Gala
BY SUZANNE MONTEVERDI
smonteverdi@qns.com / @smont76
Th e city and nation’s top-tier hoteliers,
real estate and development professionals
were honored at a gala event in Flushing
last week.
Th e America China Hotel Association
Corp. held its Premiere Annual Gala at
Terrace at the Park on Nov. 8. Hosted and
organized in partnership with Schneps
Communications Events, the grand event
connected hundreds of attendees for a
night of networking, dinner and awards.
Th e night’s Founders Awards recipients
were John Lam, Chairman and
Chief Executive Offi cer, Lam Group;
Peter Wong, President, KSSNY Inc.;
William Su, owner, Wyndham Garden
Chinatown; and Derek Law, owner, Hotel
Richland, CL Insurance Agency, Inc, and
Ci Ci Medical Spa.
Th e Outstanding Hotel Award was
bestowed to Sam Chang, Founder/
Owner, McSam Hotel Group LLC; Ben
Seidel, President/CEO, Real Hospitality
Group; Gene Kaufman, Principal, Gene
Kaufman Architects, PC; Timothy K.T.
Chan, Senior VP & Manager, Shanghai
Commercial Bank; Bentley Zhao,
President, New Empire Corp.; and Hung
Luk, Chief Operating Offi cer, Lam Group.
Terry Tang, CEO, BCGA Concept
Corp.; Neil Locke, Owner, Neil Locke
& Associates; and Deborah Herman,
President, Fabric Innovations, received
the Special Hotel Vendors Award.
Some of the honorees spoke about the
signifi cance of being recognized at the
event.
“I’m honored,” said Peter Wong, president
of KSSNY Inc. “I think we can expand