Marriott strengthens India presence
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Rajeev Menon has been named to the newly-created position of area vice president for India, Pakistan, Maldives & Malaysia; and Anant Joshi has been appointed regional global sales director for India. Both will be located in Marriott’s new Mumbai regional office.
Earlier, Marriott opened a development office in Gurgaon which is responsible for the company’s growth in the country.
Earlier this year, Marriott announced the expansion of its existing hotel portfolio in India to 21 properties by the year 2010 from six hotels now.
Since then, two more hotels, a Courtyard property in Amritsar and a second Renaissance hotel in Bangalore, have been added.
“Concurrently, our sales volume within India is growing by double digits and our RevPar (revenue per available room) was up 32 percent in the third quarter as a result of the country’s rapidly expanding, vibrant economy and emerging middle class,” said Geoff Garside, executive vice president for Asia-Pacific..
He added that opening an office in India to house the area operations and regional global sales teams was a logical next step.
“We see tremendous future potential in India and are energized by the prospects.”
Among the first initiatives to be jointly hosted by the teams headed by Menon and Joshi was an Indian Sales Mission in late October.
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