JW Marriott Chandigarh has appointed Jyoti Rathore as new Spa Manager. Her primary responsibilities include managing Spa operations and budgets, enhancing Spa sales, Spa revenue management strategy, executing marketing as well as ensuring and delivering exceptional customer service. Prior to joining JW Marriott Chandigarh, Jyoti…

The Orchid Hotels has recently appointed Tridib Ghosh as Vice President, Sales & Marketing in Mumbai. With over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry, he aims at driving revenues, contribute towards brand development and marketing initiatives of Orchid Hotels. Prior to this, he…

Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board (Los Angeles Tourism) is deepening its foothold in the India Market with the appointment of Seema Kadam as it’s first-ever Regional Director, India. In her role, Seema will develop and support air service for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX);…

Visit Orlando has appointed Michael D. Waterman as Chief Sales Officer for Visit Orlando. Michael will oversee the travel industry and convention sales teams for the official tourism association of the most visited destination in the United States, reporting directly to Aguel. With almost 30…

MakeMyTrip has announced the appointment of Sunil Suresh as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for MakeMyTrip and Goibibo. Sunil will drive the company’s marketing efforts to support overall strategic objectives, overseeing all initiatives across the marketing funnel, including brand, social, performance and innovation marketing…

Courtyard and Fairfield by Marriott Bengaluru Outer Ring Road has appointed Harshad Nalawade as Director of Operations. Prior to this, Harshad was working as the Director of Food & Beverage at JW Marriott Hotel Pune. In His earlier stints, he worked with Taj Mahal Hotel…

Visa Lounge has appointed Kunal Sampat as the Country Head - Sales. With over 22 years of experience in the travel and tourism industry, Kunal has worked extensively in the fields of sales and operations, and has been responsible for successfully establishing Pan-India footprints of…

Gaurav will report to Aditya Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer, India & South Asia. Gaurav is one of the early OYOpreneurs and during his 4-year stint as the Head of North Region, he has been a key driver to the company’s growth and expansion across the…

Alila Diwa Goa has appointed Suveer Sodhi as the new General Manager for Alila Diwa Goa and The Diwa Club by Alila. Suveer is an energetic and dedicated professional with over 13 years of experience in the hospitality industry. He was earlier with Hyatt Regency…

Hilton recently announces the appointment of Amitabh Tyagi as Senior Director, Technical Services. In his new role, Amitabh will provide technical support and oversee the design, planning and execution of all Hilton hotel projects in India. With over 2 decades of experience in hotel project…

Sabre Corporation has appointed Brett Thorstad as Vice President Sales Management, South East Asia and APAC joint ventures. In this role, Brett will oversee sales performance and drive the retention and growth of agencies across the Southeast Asia region. He will also be responsible for…

Rupinder Brar (IRS IT:1990) appointed as Additional DG (Tourism), Ministry of Tourism for a tenure of five years. She replaces Meenakshi Sharma (IA&AS:1988)

JB Singh, President and CEO, InterGlobe Hotels speak about the growth and opportunities in the country and challenges which needs to be addressed for growth. With a specific focus to build the Ibis brand in India, IGH currently operates 18 properties and has a pipeline…

Vikas Kumar has been appointed as the General Manager of The Westin Pushkar Resort and Spa - Westin Hotel’s first resort property in India. Vikas has taken on the responsibility for overseeing the hotel operations and ensuring stellar standards of guest service. With over 18…

Navin Kumar Choudhary, an IAS officer of 1994 batch and currently serving as Principal Secretary to Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Industries and Commerce Department, shall hold the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Tourism Department, in addition to his own duties till further orders.