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…

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has announced the appointment of Nikhil Sharma to the role of Area Director for the Eurasia region. Nikhil will have a full management remit encompassing franchise operations support, regional sales, revenue management services, while also steering the marketing strategy for the…

The Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) has announced the appointment of Martha Collett as the new Dean of the institute. Martha was the Regional Manager of CATHSSETA (Culture, Art, Hospitality, Travel and Tourism, Sport and Sectoral Education and Training Authority) South Africa and previously worked…

Hilton India has announced the appointment of Melville John as the General Manager of DoubleTree by Hilton Goa Panaji. In his new role, Melville will oversee the day-to-day operations and spearhead the growth and development of the property. With over two decades of extensive experience,…

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);…