Webinar: Resurgence of Leisure destinations by Hotelier Summit Series

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Hospitality Industry 2.0- Resurgence of Top Destinations in India

The Indian Tourism Industry has witnessed one of the major impacts induced by the enforced lockdown. Though the lockdown was necessary to curb the impact of the novel coronavirus, but it left the industry hanging with no support from the government bodies and complete lockdown. India’s top destinations both account for nearly 65-70% of the branded hotel rooms compared to the entire country. The masterclass will focus on the impact on the hotel performance across these destinations during the first half of fiscal 2021 and how does the hotel owners perceive the second half will be.

The masterclass will also put emphasis on the what made the revival of the top business and leisure destinations easier and how what their plans are for these destinations for the next half of the fiscal 2021.

Presenters

Santhosh Kutty

COO Hotels Mahindra Holidays & Resorts

Mr Kutty is currently the Chief Operating Officer - Hotels for Mahindra
Holidays & Resorts India Ltd and in his role he is spearheading the
Operations Management & Pre Opening hotels, Developing & Implementing
brand standards, setting up teams ,Indian & International Luxury hotel &
Luxury Resort assets,Renovation and repositioning two outstanding
properties including Accommodations, public spaces, Award winning
restaurants. He is an expert in managing diverse customer segments from
Heads of states, global leaders, global conferences, to the extremely
demanding resort guest & working with quality partners such as Leading
Hotels of the World (LHW) and achieving Excellence, Winning Awards
throughout his career.

Suhail Kannampilly

CEO Fern Hotels & Resorts

Suhail is A hospitality professional with a keen business acumen that
stems from 17 years of experience in the hospitality industry. An
alumni from IHM Mumbai, Suhail has been instrumental in the
growth and development of Concept Hospitality and has fore-fronted
the success of the Fern brand across India. He is responsible for
launching” Beacon” as an Economy Segment Hotel Brand in 2015 &
is driving the vision to reach 100 hotels by 2020.
With a strong process background, he has ensured key operating
efficiency standards across the portfolio

Sanjeev Sethi

Chief Operating Officer

Sanjeev Sethi is the Chief Operating Officer at Bloom Hotel Group, a mid-market Hotel brand from India, that already runs eleven hotels in New Delhi, Gurgaon, Goa, Bengaluru, Amritsar, Ahmedabad and Udaipur, and now has ambitious plans to add 100 more hotels across South Asia over the next 2-3 years.

The brand has witnessed 300% growth in the signed up inventory in last one year and the Bloom Team is now well geared for a quick brand roll-out, combined with effective execution.

With over 35 years of stellar record and experiences spanning across established hotels like ITC Maurya, Hyatt Regency, in the opening of new properties like The Leela Chanakyapuri and Grand Hyatt Delhi and turning around The Imperial New Delhi, not only does Sanjeev have an extensive understanding of the hotel business and operational expertise, but he is also well recognized for his leadership style and approach to talent management.

Sanjeev Sethi is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad (MEP), Indian Law Institute and ISTD

Vijay Bhandari

COO-Noesis Capital Advisors

Vijay currently holds the position in Noesis Capital as COO, involve with Hotel owners & operators on Feasibility & Market Studies, Capital Raising and Operator Search Assignment.

Experienced Development Professional with a high energy level, sense of purpose, and strong interactive and analytic skills. He has over 16 years of cross-functional experience across industries. Having started his career as an investment banker. He has held various senior managerial positions in the entertainment, consulting and hospitality companies and was involved in appraising & structuring the business transactions. Possess a deep knowledge of, and passion for, the hospitality industry coupled with a sound international perspective and cultural fluency travel across Europe and Asia. Track record of building strong relationships with hotel owners, construction companies, franchisees, Travel industry, and development to accelerate brand growth. Demonstrated ability to enhance stakeholder value by capturing market share and driving financial success with well-balanced quality impressions through Performance excellence.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a master’s degree in Management. Vijay has a strong business development background and experience specifically with hotel management companies with a strong focus on sourcing and negotiating hotel deals for hotel operators and acute advising to hotel owners alike and has a total vision of the hospitality industry.

Himmat Anand

Founder, Tree of Life Resorts

A day dreamer, Himmat left the corporate world in 2007 when he was Chief Operating Officer- India & South Asia - Kuoni Destination Management. He then pursued his decades old dream and launched the Tree of Life Resorts & Hotels in 2010, which today operate in 8 locations and 3 more are scheduled for 2020. He recently also launched A Dog’s Story in 3 locations, which provides amazing getaways for those travelling with their pets or those who are pet lovers.

He started with the Taj Group of Hotels and then moved to tourism. Most of his career was with SITA / Kuoni Travel, which included postings in Frankfurt, London and Paris for a decade. He is a Facebook junkie, posts regularly on LinkedIn and enjoys spending time with Jugnu – his 9 years old Labrador, who is also the mascot of the Tree of Life Resorts and A Dog’s Story

This webinar will show you…

E Panel Discussion

The Resurgence at Top Destinations in India
Session 1-Leisure Destinations

The masterclass focuses on the performance of leisure destinations during the H1 2020-21
Session 2-Business Destinations

The masterclass will focus on the impact of COVID-19 on business destinations during H1 2020-21 .