It takes spine to open a new hotel in the middle of a pandemic, but Aron Harilela wanted to seize the moment. “The decision to open The Hari Hong Kong after a year of protests and the pandemic represents a vote of confidence in Hong Kong’s future as a city,” the chairman and CEO of the Harilela Group said at the opening on December 12, when members of the Harilela family gathered for an intimate ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the hotel to the public.
Harilela was joined by his wife, Laura, and their two children, as well as members of his extended family, including David and Avisha Harilela and their daughter Divia, Shirley Hiranand, Reyna Harilela and friends Shaman and Hersha Chellaram.