MOVEMENTS

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Welcom Heritage Hotels appoints Chief Executive Officer D. Kavarana has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Welcom Heritage Hotels. He has an experience of nearly 35 years with ITC Hotels. In his position as the CEO at WelcomHeritage Hotels, he will focus on expanding the brand to 50 heritage properties by the year 2015, to provide guests with a royal experience at the WelcomHeritage Palace Hotels and an adventure at the nature resort destinations. He joined ITC Hotels as a management trainee in 1977. Since then he has worked in most of the ITC Hotels, mainly in the F&B discipline, until the year 1999.

The LaLit Ashok Bangalore welcomes new GM The LaLit Suri Hospitality Group has appointed Bhaskaran T as the new General Manager for its Bengaluru property - The LaLit Ashok Bangalore. He brings with him over 16 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Prior to this, he was the General Manager of The LaLit Laxmi Vilas Palace Udaipur for two years. He has also worked with various hotels such as the Hyatt Regency, Novotel Hyderabad, Viceroy Hotels, The Leela Palace Kempinski, InterContinental and The LaLit Mumbai.

Grand Hyatt Goa announces General Manager Grand Hyatt Goa has appointed Jaco le Roux as General Manager. He has over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry and has worked with the Hyatt group world over in various positions such as General Manager, Director of Food & Beverage and Executive Assistant Manager. Prior to joining the Grand Hyatt Goa, he worked as the General Manager of Hyatt Regency Oubaai Resort and Spa for three years. Apart from working in his home country, South Africa, he has also worked and managed 5-star chains in various locations such as Muscat, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Moscow, Belgrade and London.

Courtyard by Marriott, Bilaspur appoints GM Marriott International has appointed Amit Midha as the General Manager of Courtyard by Marriott, Bilaspur. Midha has been associated with the hospitality industry for over 15 years. He has previously worked with Jaypee Hotels and Six Senses Spa in Greater Noida; Oberoi Hotels in Gurgaon, Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur and Udaipur; Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai; Grand Hyatt in Mumbai and Delhi and JW Marriott in Mumbai.

Shangri-La Hotel, Bengaluru appoints General Manager Shangri-La Hotel, Bengaluru has appointed Jens Peter Corder as General Manager. Corder, an Australian national, brings with him more than 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry. He has held executive hotel management positions for over eight years across different Shangri-La properties in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and now in India.

Park Plaza East Delhi appoints General Manager Sarovar Hotels announced the appointment of Jaidev Dutta as General Manager at Park Plaza in East Delhi. Dutta has over 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry encompassing expertise in F&B Management, Operations Management and Strategic planning. For a major part of his career, he was associated with the Taj Group of Hotels. His last assignment was as Director - F&B at Novotel Visakhapatnam.