EDITOR: TELL US ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY. HOW DID IT ALL START?
It all started in the Year 1994 as a Management Graduate Trainee with Fortune Park Hotels Limited by Welcomgroup. High hopes on entering a new sector among the society and the family with full of regular stream professionals ( Doctors’, Engineers & Technology).
1. 1997 – 1998 Masters in Facilities Management – specialising in Hotel Architecture at Deventer Business School( Hogeschool) Netherlands.
2. 1998 – 2006 ( Choice Hotels, Days Inn, Wimpy Intl)
3. 2000 – First General Manager Assignement with Days Inn India at Chennai
4. 2005 – Awarded as a Young/ Best Genereal Manager of the year for Busdget Hotels – Representing Choice Hotels India
5. 2006 to till date back in Fortune Hotels ( Member ITC’s Hotel Group) as GM
EDITOR: WHAT DO YOU THINK IT TAKES TO SUCCEED IN THIS INDUSTRY?
Smart & Hard Work with passion and up-dation of the current trends, Market analysis & TechnologyEDITOR: WHAT ARE THE ATTRIBUTES YOU LOOK FOR WHILE SELECTING OR HIRING?
Positive Attitude, Willingness to work & Live, Basic Business EthicsEDITOR: WHAT ACCORDING TO YOU CAN TRAINEES DO WHILE THEY ARE TRAINING AT HOTELS TO MAKE IT A WIN-WIN FOR THEM & THE HOTEL/UNIT?
Imagine them as a regular staff, learning in all possible mode & excel above the existing manpower in ideas and workEDITOR: TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR AVERAGE DAY
0545 AM – Gym0845 – Start to Office
0930 – Guest interaction in Lobby & Coffee Shop
1000 – Morning HOD”s briefing
1100 – Administration
1330 – Guest Interaction
1500 – Human Resources & Training Review
1800 – Sales Review
1900 – 2000 – MIS to Corporate
2030 – Back Home
2200 – Retire for the day
EDITOR: HOW DO KEEP ABREAST OF ALL THAT IS HAPPENING IN HOSPITALITY?
Internet Browsing, Social Business Forums, Linked In, Business Awareness meetings and Hospitality Forums in Cyber
EDITOR: TWO REASONS WHY THIS INDUSTRY IS AWESOME!
Challenging, People Management & Passion/ Fun
EDITOR: TWO THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE ABOUT THE INDUSTRY.
Social Status, Emoluments & Common Platform among Business