Surinder Arora (born September 1958) is an English billionaire businessman of Indian descent in the hotel sector.
He concentrates on hotels near airports, making a specialty of providing rooms for aircrew, and has close links with British Airways and a strong personal interest in aviation [1] Arora was born in September 1958[2] in the Indian state of Punjab to parents who had been displaced from the India/Pakistan border town of Fazilka and were about to emigrate to the United Kingdom.
[4] In 1993, Arora left Abbey Life to develop a "B&B" (bed and breakfast) to serve airline staff at Heathrow Airport.
Today Arora owns hotels that provide a total of over 5500 bedrooms including franchises from Hilton and Holiday Inn.
[4] In September 2021, the Home Secretary, Priti Patel was accused of breaking the Ministerial Code when it was revealed that she had brokered a lobbying deal in a secret meeting with Arora and the head of BA.