News & Articles silver plate Best Western International President & CEO David Kong Receives Prestigious Silver Plate Award; Signs Contract to Lead ... Best Western International, the World's Largest Hotel Chain®, announced today that President and CEO David Kong will continue to lead the brand through 2018. The announcement comes on the heels of Kong receiving the Stephen W. Brener Lodging Hospitality Silver Plate Award. June 24, 2013 - Hospitality Net