 Dheeraj
Kukreja has taken over as general manager and vice president (operations),
Piccadily group. He will be based in Lucknow. His responsibilities include
heading The Piccadily Lucknow, a five-star 112-room with extensive conference
and banquet facilities |
| Rajat Chatterjee has been appointed as general
manager, Goa Marriott Resort effective June 18, 2007
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| Ramesh Shiva has been elevated from the position
of general manager to vice president (operations) at Sabari Inn, which is
managed and marketed by Choice Hospitality India. He has several years of
experience in the hospitality industr. |
 Rajiv
Mishra has joined the Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical &
Technological Sciences (SMU) as senior lecturer (Hospitality Management)
in the Directorate of Distance Education headquartered at Manipal and has
taken over the responsibilities of setting professional standards in the
hospitality management courses run by the university. |
 Jit
Bose has been promoted as the director (Marketing) at Hyatt Regency
Kolkata. He carries with him 16 years of experience working with Leela,
Taj and Le Meridien group of hotels. He joined Hyatt Regency Kolkata as
assistant director of sales in March 2004 and was promoted as director of
sales in March 2005 |
 Neha
Arya has been promoted as marketing communications manager of Hyatt
Regency Kolkata. She brings eight years of experience. She joined Hyatt
Regency Kolkata as the PR manager in June 2006. |
| Dama Subhash, regional director (south), Indiatourism
(Chennai), Department of Tourism, Government of India, has taken over the
additional charge of the principal and secretary of the Institute of Hotel
Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition with effect from
June this year
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| PD Gupta has joined Suryansh group of hotels
Bhubaneswar, Orissa as the executive director. He is the operational head
of the group. Gupta has vast experience of 28 years in different luxury
hotels like HHI Kolkata, Swosti group, Bhubaneswar, etc |
 Raymond
Paul Mc Shane has recently joined The Grand New Delhi as the new general
manager. An Irish national, Mc Shane has worked with various international
brands like Intercontinental Hotels in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Hyatt in Kazakhstan,
Hyatt Regency in Almaty and Hyatt Regency La Manga Resort in Southern Spain
among others |
 IHG
has recently appointed Lokesh Sabharwal as director development,
South West Asia (SWA). Operating from the new South West Asia headquarter
of IHG in Gurgaon, he will be responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating
and closing management contract agreements. He will also be involved in
new builds, conversions and identifying strategic locations |
 Amadeus
has appointed Karun Budhraja as its VP (corporate marketing &
communications) for the Asia Pacific region. He will be based in Bangkok
and will take up this appointment in mid August 07. He will be responsible
for all communication and marketing activities for the region, including
media and public relations activities, events, internal communications,
advertising, etc |
 Dubai-based
carrier, Emirates Airlines, has appointed K P Venugopal as sales
manager for the state of Andhra Pradesh. He will be based in Hyderabad.
His key responsibilities will comprise achieving sales targets and maintaining
cordial relations with the travel agent community.
In a career spanning 16 years, Venugopal has extensive experience in the
aviation sector |
 Abhijit
Bose has recently joined as the general manager of The Park New Delhi.
A graduate of hotel management from the Institute of Hotel Management, Kolkata,
he has been in the industry for over 21 years. He has a distinguished background
as a F&B person with Taj Mahal Mumbai, Taj Bengal and The Park Calcutta |
