NEW DELHI: Marriott Worldwide Inc. has appointed Ranju Alex as its space vp for the South Asia area. She is going to take over from Neeraj Govil who has been relocated to Singapore since being appointed senior vp of operations for Asia Pacific, excluding China, final 12 months.
As a key member of Marriott Worldwide’s management, she will probably be primarily based in Mumbai and oversee the corporate’s operations throughout India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan, the corporate stated in an announcement.
She will probably be chargeable for creating and executing a strategic street map that may concentrate on establishing model positioning and successfully increasing market share of the Marriott portfolio in South Asia. Previous to this appointment, she was the Market Vice President for West India.
Alex has over 28 years of hospitality expertise and has been with the agency for 12-years. She is an alumnus of IHM Kolkata and began her hospitality profession with The Oberoi Group.
Rajeev Menon, President Asia Pacific (excluding China) stated, “I’m delighted that she has taken on this function to guide our enterprise operations throughout South Asia as we concentrate on main the enterprise restoration throughout the area. Her in depth hospitality expertise and powerful management expertise will enable us to leverage the power of our manufacturers as we proceed to innovate and develop throughout the area”.
Market vp, Gaurav Singh who relies in Bengaluru will oversee South and East India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Marriott has additionally appointed Arun Kumar as market vp who will oversee North India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Kumar will probably be primarily based in Gurgaon.
Marriott Worldwide’s present portfolio in South Asia options 139 properties, managed and franchised, with over 25,000 rooms throughout 38 cities.
As per a report by hospitality agency Hotelivate, in FY21, provide of organised rooms in India grew 3.3% on 12 months. India has about 144,000 branded rooms, together with the 4,093 new rooms launched final 12 months. A majority of this stock got here up in main metros, rising 1% in FY21. Delhi topped the charts with 15,181 rooms, adopted by Mumbai, together with Navi Mumbai, at 14,330, and Bengaluru with 13,901 rooms.
Supply: Live Mint