Stella Blythe Receives 2024 Rising Star Award Asia Pacific

Singapore - The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), in partnership with the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) awarded Stella Blythe, Director, Hotels and Hospitality, Asia at CBRE, with the Rising Star Award Asia Pacific during the HICAP event on 17 October 2024.

With over a decade of experience, Stella has a proven track record in hospitality and real estate, spanning transactions, capital markets, valuation and consultancy. Her deep market knowledge has enabled her to advise on high-profile deals, including the sale of a 300-key Singapore hotel and a 120-villa Maldivian resort in 2023.

Prior to joining CBRE, Stella spent seven years at Savills, initially at the Global Headquarters in London in a valuation role handling sizable valuations and hospitality advisory assignments across EMEA, before moving to Singapore in 2019 and changing her focus to brokerage and investment sales in Asia.

Stella holds memberships with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Singapore Council for Estate Agencies (CEA). Additionally, she holds a Masters with distinction in Real Estate from London South Bank University and a Bachelor of Arts from King’s College London. Stella is a keen advocate for diversity and women’s empowerment and is one of the founding members of the Inspiring Women in Hospitality group.

Stella has been proactive in taking on an active role in hotel industry events, presenting market insights on the APAC hospitality market to audiences ranging from 30 to 500 persons in size. She moderates multiple industry panel discussions and most recently, participated in the HICAP Hong Kong panel as a Maldives industry expert and moderated the Singapore panel discussion. Stella has also been selected as one of the Southeast Asia HICAP Regional Advisors for 2024. Steve Carroll, Managing Director, Head of Hotels & Hospitality, Asia Pacific, CBRE

We are thrilled to recognize Stella as the recipient of the prestigious Rising Star Award Asia Pacific. This award is designed to highlight and support emerging leaders in the hospitality industry. Stella’s dedication and leadership make her a standout example of the next generation driving our industry forward. Congratulations, Stella! Andrea Belfanti, CEO of ISHC

It was an honor to present Stella with this year’s Rising Star Award Asia Pacific at the 34^th edition of HICAP. Stella’s passion, leadership, and commitment to the hotel industry is remarkably inspiring. As a HICAP Regional Advisor, Stella is making a significant impact on the industry in Asia Pacific, and I look forward to collaborating with her long into the future. Jonathon S. Zink, COO at The BHN Group by Northstar

Of her award, Stella Blythe said, It is a privilege to receive this award and I greatly appreciate the recognition from ISHC and my industry peers. I am energized and inspired by the APAC hotel industry and am truly grateful to work with such a dynamic, diverse and impressive group of people.

ISHC launched the Rising Star Award Asia in 2014 in partnership with HICAP to recognize young, emerging leaders in the Asia hospitality community. Nomination criteria require an individual be 35 years or younger, currently working and living in Asia and working in the hospitality development and/or investment field. Past Rising Star Award Asia recipients include Vicky Jian (2023), Calvin Li (2022), Siddhant Jhunjhunwala (2021), Corey Hamabata (2020), Daniel Yip (2019), Kieran Bestall (2018), Peter Harper (2017), Kiichi Mashita (2016), Nihat Ercan (2015) and Christopher Hur (2014).

About HICAP

Founded over 30 years ago, HICAP is Asia’s largest and longest-running hotel investment event, making it the most important gathering of hotel developers, investors, lenders, operators, and other industry executives for information exchange, trend spotting, and deal making. With a rich tradition and unrivaled history of stability, HICAP is the unequaled gathering place for Asia-Pacific’s hotel investment community, attracting the most influential owners, developers, lenders, executives, and professional advisors from around the globe. The HICAP portfolio of events consists of three key events across the region -- Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) in Singapore; HICAP UPDATE in Hong Kong, and HICAP Australia New Zealand (HICAP ANZ) in Sydney. Visit HICAPconference.com for more information.

About Northstar Travel Group

Northstar Travel Group is the leading B-to-B media company providing information and marketing solutions for the global travel industry. The company owns 14 media brands connecting 1.4m industry professionals through a comprehensive portfolio of digital, social, print and more than 100 events in 13 countries. Northstar Travel Group is owned by EagleTree Capital. Northstar Travel Group is based in Rutherford, NJ, and more information is available at northstartravelgroup.com.

About The BHN Group

The BHN Group is the worldwide leader in developing and organizing conferences for the hotel and tourism investment community. With over three decades of experience, more than 190 events completed to-date, and in excess of 130,000 international delegates, these conferences have become “must attend” events for industry leaders who come together to network, conduct business, and to learn about the latest trends. The current slate of events include: the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) in Los Angeles; ALIS Law in Los Angeles; ALIS DESIGN+ in Los Angeles, the ALIS Summer Update series held in various U.S. cities; ALIS CALA in Miami; Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) in Singapore; HICAP UPDATE in Hong Kong, and HICAP Australia New Zealand (HICAP ANZ) in Sydney. The BHN Group also publishes Hotel Investment Today, a digital media outlet focused on the ROI of hotel investment. The BHN Group’s website is the gateway for information about the annual conferences it produces, as well as a direct link to important players in the hospitality investment world.