Jos\u00e9 Colomar has performed an important position within the historical past of tourism in Ibiza and has been a key determine in selling and supporting the sector to develop into what it’s immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In Lisbon, Portugal, throughout the Gala Dinner of the EHMA<\/strong>\u2019s Annual General Meeting, the President Panos Almyrantis<\/strong>, National Delegate of Greece & Cyprus and General Manager of the Grand Hyatt Athens<\/strong>, introduced to Jos\u00e9 Colomar<\/strong>, proprietor of the Royal Palace Hotel<\/strong> in Ibiza, the well-deserved \u201cEHMA Hans Koch Lifetime Achievement Award 2023\u201d<\/em>. This prize honors excellent EHMA Meritorious General Managers who over their lifetime profession have considerably contributed to the development of the Hotel Business and to the Association itself. The award is known as after Hans E. Koch, EHMA President from 2013 to 2019, who sadly handed away in 2021 in recognition of his lengthy and profitable profession within the resort business.<\/p>\n \u201cPepe Colomar, el eterno enamorado de Ibiza, is one of the visionaries of tourism and was able to envisage the future of the island of Ibiza before anybody else even imagined it\u201d<\/em>, feedback President Almyrantis, \u201cHe is an integral part of Ibiza\u2019s history and a prominent hotelier who has contributed into making this Balearic island a benchmark in the world of tourism. He has been National Delegate of Spain for several terms and EHMA\u2019s President from 1995 to 1998, and the perfect host on the occasion of a few Management Council meetings\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n Jos\u00e9 Colomar has performed an important position within the historical past of tourism in Ibiza and has been a key determine in selling and supporting the sector to develop into what it’s immediately.<\/p>\n He was born in Ibiza in 1932. He labored in Majorca, Germany, Paris, Switzerland and Belgium and after numerous areas, promotions and studying alternatives, he returned to Ibiza to start his first nice challenge. Along with a number of companions he opened in 1967 the Hotel Fenicia in Santa Eul\u00e0ria des Riu, which he finally offered to satisfy his nice dream of making the four-star Royal Plaza Hotel within the centre of Ibiza to serve the island all 12 months spherical.<\/p>\n For three years, from 1995 to 1998, he was the President of the European Hotel Managers Association (EHMA). He was co-founder of Ibiza\u2019s department of the Skal Club till in 1982 in Manila, Philippines, he was elected world President of Skal Club. He was co-founder and President of the Santa Eulalia Democratic Centre receiving in 2014 the fourth Gold Medal of Santa Eularia des Riu for selling associative actions of assorted sorts, each cultural and social. He was made an Honorary Citizen by the Island Council, arrange \u201cIbiza and Formentera against cancer\u201d (IFFC). He was Chair of Tourist Development for Ibiza from 1999 till 2002. He is the founding father of the Rotary Club in Ibiza, member of Pro Arte and a staunch supporter of the theatre and of classical music, supporting many different organisations on the island. Jos\u00e9 Colomar was additionally the founding father of the Adlib vogue model, for which the island of Ibiza is now recognized worldwide.<\/p>\nJos\u00e9<\/strong> (Pepe) Colomar<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
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