At a time when sustainability has become central to the hospitality discourse, the Sustainability Summit & Awards 2025 honoured a career that placed environmental responsibility at its core long before it became an industry mandate. Mr Param Kannampilly, Executive Chairman of Concept Hospitality Pvt Ltd, has been conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sustainability Summit & Awards, held in association with Hospitality Horizon at the Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai on December 16, 2025. The award recognises his enduring commitment to environmental stewardship and his seminal role in embedding sustainability as a core pillar of modern Indian hospitality.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Param Kannampilly said, “Sustainability has never been a strategy for me. It has been a way of thinking since the very beginning. Hospitality is about care, not only for guests but also for the environment and the communities we operate in. When sustainability is integrated thoughtfully, it elevates the experience rather than limiting it. I firmly believe that responsible practices can coexist with luxury, efficiency, and profitability, and our journey has proven exactly that.”
With a career spanning over five decades, Mr Kannampilly has been among the earliest hospitality leaders in India to champion the belief that environmental responsibility and luxury are not mutually exclusive. From his formative years in hotel operations and leadership roles across some of the country’s most respected hospitality groups, he consistently advocated for responsible resource management, people-centric practices, and long-term value creation well before sustainability became an industry imperative.