The award was for the IHG Leaders Lounge, an online leadership development community built and run for the world’s largest hotel group by Phil Dourado Business Communications Ltd. IHG also won in 2009 an American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) BEST Award, ranking them as one of the best companies in the world at people development. The IHG Leaders Lounge formed 50% of the submission that won this award, the other half being Holiday Inn Stay Real training.