Holiday Inn Express Pune Hinjewadi announces the appointment of Alisha Bansal as the new General Manager. With more than 16 years of extensive experience across India’s leading hospitality brands, Alisha brings deep expertise in operational excellence, guest satisfaction, and people development.

Dang brings with him over 22 years of deep and diverse experience in the hospitality and real estate sectors. He joins IHG from JLL India, where, as Managing Director – Hotels & Hospitality Group, he led the advisory and transactions business for India and South Asia.

Alex is a highly accomplished hospitality professional who has until recently been the Regional Vice President for South Asia for Marriott International, running over 170 hotels across the region. She was recently conferred with the Bharat Gaurav award, a prestigious honour, recognising her several achievements in the industry.

Prior to joining Fortune Hotels, Bharadwaj has held key managerial positions with leading hotel brands, including Holiday Inn Amritsar, Holiday Inn Chandigarh Panchkula (IHG), and The Fern Hotels and Resorts.

With this new leadership chapter, Zo World steps into its next phase of growth, “Zostel 2.0”.

Ravishankar will be succeeding Greg Foran who steps down in October.

His previous leadership roles at Maldivian resorts such as Kuda Villingili, The OZEN Collection, and Jumeirah Maldives have shaped his strategic, relationship-driven approach to sales.

Armed with a bold new whitepaper and a renewed focus on emerging markets like India, African Travel and Tourism Association’s CEO Kgomotso Ramothea is positive about redefining continent’s tourism playbook—one rooted in niche experiences, grassroots impact, and purpose. Her mission? To shift global narratives and spotlight Africa’s vast, untapped potential beyond the usual circuit.

In his new role, Jacob will oversee sales strategies to achieve key revenue targets.

In this role, Tiwari will lead the global strategy, innovation, and growth of RateGain’s Distribution business.