G Kamala Vardhana Rao, IAS officer 1990 Batch, Kerala Cadre has joined as the Chairman and Managing Director (C&MD) of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC). Prior to assuming the office at ITDC, Rao was designated as the Principal Secretary, Government of Kerala. Rao also served…

Sabre Corporation has appointed Frank Trampert as Managing Director & Chief Commercial Officer, EMEA & APAC, Sabre Hospitality Solutions. In this role, Trampert will be responsible for the financial performance, customer engagement and overall growth of Sabre Hospitality Solutions across Europe, the Middle East, Africa…

The JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar has appointed Manoj Jangid as the new Director of Food and Beverage. In his new capacity, Manoj will play a pivotal role in guest satisfaction plans and will lead the hotel’s Food and beverage operations. He started his journey with…

Accor has appointed Kerrie Hannaford as Vice President Commercial for Accor India & South Asia. Being well versed with Accor’s processes and systems in Sales, Marketing and Distribution, Kerrie will be able to integrate and capitalize on current team strengths and add tremendous value to…

Hilton has announced the appointments of Rohit Dar and Ranjan Malakar as Regional Directors of Operations in India, aiming to further strengthen the company’s India operations. Hilton has appointed more than 10 senior leaders from across industries in the last two years to lead different…

Recently appointed as Russia’s Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism, Zarina Doguzova is a dab hand at handling top international events. Instrumental in making the Winter Olympics and last year the FIFA Cup, grand successes, Doguzova is now keen to strengthen Russia’s tourism ties…

Manuj Sahney is appointed as Food & Beverage Director at JW Marriot Kolkata. He is responsible for supervising the kitchen management team, food planning, ensuring quality standards, process improvements and staff resourcing amongst others. In his earlier stints, he has worked with Crowne Plaza New…

The JW Marriott Mumbai recently appointed Debarati Bose as the new Director of Sales and Marketing. In her new capacity, Debarati will play a pivotal role in driving and overseeing all aspects of sales and marketing strategies, optimizing the hotel’s revenue and market share. Prior…

Amadeus has appointed Maria Taylor as Head of Commercial, Asia-Pacific for the Hospitality business unit excluding the Indian subcontinent and China. Maria was previously responsible for Asia-Pacific sales at TravelClick, which Amadeus acquired in October 2018. In this role, Maria supervised the expansion of the…

Katrina Leung, Managing Director of Messe Berlin (Singapore) talks about ITB Asia 2019. ITB Asia 2019 has attracted unprecedented exhibition demand from a total of 58 National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) and Regional Tourism Organisations (RTOs), representing a year-on-year growth of 23.8 per cent and 25…

Fairfield by Marriott Pune Kharadi announces the appointment of Aniket Kulkarni as their Hotel Manager. Aniket has been with Marriott International for the last 14 years and is adept and well-acquainted in the industrial know-how. His role as the Hotel Manager for Fairfield by Marriott…

Fairmont Jaipur has appointed Amit Sangwan as their new Director - Food & Beverage. Amit comes with more than 16 years of experience and understanding of the luxury market nationally and globally. He will be responsible to oversee the food quality and costs in achieving…

Hilton Mumbai International Airport announced the appointment of Vipul Mishra as their Commercial Director. Vipul comes with an outstanding experience of 14 years working with varied hotels in India and abroad. He will be responsible to help the brand to maintain a trajectory of growth…

Ludo Verheggen, Director of Global Air Content Adoption Strategy, Amadeus Travel, shares his perspective on NDC. New Distribution Capability (NDC) is IATA’s new data standard for XML-based data communications, which will give airlines the ability to distribute their content through third parties. Since NDC is…

Auromatrix Hotels has announced the appointment of Sudhir Sinha as Chief Operating Officer, India, for the development of G6 Hospitality, known for its iconic Hotel brands, Motel6 (M6), Hotel6 (H6) & Studio6 (S6) in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. G6 has over 1400 hotels…