Richard Chiu

Richard Chiu is the President & Founder of the Warwick Hotels and Resorts Group, a collection of more than 40 hotels worldwide. 

Richard Chiu was born in Hong Kong in November 1950 and grew up in the New Territories. Richard was admitted to read Economics at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom where he graduated with honours (MA) in 1974. 

After having joined the Chiu family’s business in Indonesia for about three years, Richard Chiu decided to develop his own business, and begun to take an interest in the tourism industry in Indonesia. In 1978, Richard took control of an Indonesian company which was building a 400-room resort in Bali, known as the Bali Hyatt, that was to become one of the largest hotels on the island at the time. It was completed just as Bali became a major destination for European tourists and it became a great success. Subsequently, Richard acquired a similar resort in the Fiji Islands, the Fiji Hyatt, which later became the Warwick Fiji. 
 
In May 1980, Richard Chiu founded the Warwick Hotels and Resorts (WHR) Group upon the purchasing of the iconic 426-room Warwick New York, a flagship hotel built in 1926 by media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. In subsequent years, the hotel was fully renovated and is now a well-established 4 star deluxe hotel in Midtown, New York. Today, WHR owns and operates 6 hotels in the U.S.A.. In addition, WHR also owns and operates the Warwick Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas, generally considered the leading hotel on Paradise Island. 

Richard Chiu intends to continue to expand WHR through three business models: hotel acquisitions in appropriate locations; to develop affiliations with like-minded independently owned hotels; and management and franchise contracts with third party owners who share WHR values. 

Richard is married with Ann and they have three children: Warren, Carol and Clare, and he is also a grandfather to 6 young children of Warren and Clare.

Richard is a member of the Oxford and Cambridge Society in London, the Jockey Club in Hong Kong and Beijing, the New York Athletic Club, the Cercle Interallié, the Travellers Club and the Polo Club in Paris. 

As well as being a William Pitt Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, Richard is also a Governor of the American Hospital of Paris.  In 2012, Richard was awarded the Medal of Tourism by the French Government for his outstanding contribution to French tourism