Vijay Dandapani

President & CEO
Hotel Association of New York City

Mr. Dandapani is a hotel industry veteran who cofounded Apple Core Hotels, an owner-operator of boutique hotels in Manhattan in 1993 and was president of the company tillDecember 2016. He served as Chairman of The Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. for two years, beginning 2015. He was appointed President and Chief Executive officer of the Hotel Association in January 2017.

He is an active participant in the hospitality industry and has spoken on hospitality
issues at many forums sponsored by organizations such as the Lodging Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, the ALIS conference, University of California at Los Angeles, Columbia University, New York University and the National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives.

In 1998, he was recognized by Crain’s New York Business as one of the top 100
minority business leaders in New York City. In 2002, the Asian American Business
Development Center, New York selected him as one of 50 Outstanding Asian Americans
in Business. He has written in a number of industry publications and the mainstream media on topics affecting the hotel industry.

Mr. Dandapani has a Master’s degree from Cornell University’s School of Hotel
Administration and is a winner of the Aga Khan Foundation Scholar for graduate
studies. He also holds the CHAE certification from HFTP.

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