Nationality Swedish Name Bicky Chakraborty Ethnicity Bengali Hindu Spouse Ylva Chakraborty | Occupation Hotelier Religion Hinduism Children Caroline Chakraborty | |
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Awards Royal Patriotic Society Business MedalPravasi Bharatiya Samman Died 28 August 2022 Zodiac Sign Virgo Similar Ylva Lindberg, Marianne Bernadotte, Sigvard Bernadotte | ||
Elite hotels gare bicky chakraborty och melker andersson i sp nnande diskussion p tur 2014
Barun 'Bicky' Chakraborty (28 August 1943 – 28 August 2022) was an Indian-born Swedish businessman. He was the president and founder of Elite Hotels of Sweden and The Bishop's Arms. He was counted as one of the richest men in Scandinavia.
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- Elite hotels gare bicky chakraborty och melker andersson i sp nnande diskussion p tur 2014
- Intervju med bicky chakraborty
- Biography
- Awards and recognition
- Personal life
- References
Intervju med bicky chakraborty
Biography
Chakraborty came to Sweden from Kolkata, India in 1966 to study at the University of Stockholm. He responded that student dormitories were empty over the summer and began pushing the dorm Domus as a discount hotel to rent out those who were attractively located near Stureplan in Stockholm. Chakraborty managed to acquire these properties from the student association in private hands and they became due plate in his hotel empire. Later he went on to buy rundown city hotel and rehabilitate them. In 1980, he bought Hotel in London, a historic city hotel from 1858. At this time there were several run-down city hotel around the country. The Swedish hospitality was most focused on motels near urban areas. Chakraborty saw this opportunity to revive the ancient city hotel tradition, but in a more modern form. Bicky Chakraborty now owns and operates the hotel chain Elite, which covers several historically important city hotels in the country, including Hotel Knaust in Sundsvall, Hotel Mollberg in Helsingborg, Hotel Savoy in Malmö and the City Hotel in Västerås. Bicky Chakraborty's hotel business is the only Swedish-owned hotel chain in Sweden.
Awards and recognition
In 2008, Bicky Chakraborty was awarded the Royal Patriotic Society Business Medal for having contributed to the development of Swedish industry. He is also the winner of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awarded by the Government of India. Chakraborty is also member of the Jönköping University Foundation.
Personal life
Chakraborty is married to a sister of Princess Marianne Bernadotte.