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Keys Hotels and Resorts strengthens core team

| | Jul 02, 2015, at 12:30 am
Mumbai, July 1 (IBNS) Keys Hotels, a leading chain of business hotels, has appointed several new veteran hospitality and marketing professionals to bolster its operations, marketing and sales functions.

Arpan Dutta joins as ‘Senior Vice President, Operations’, Shailesh Srivastava and Harish Rao join as ‘Head – Sales’ and ‘Head – Marketing’ respectively, while Kaustubh Lawande comes onboard as ‘Head – E-Commerce.’

Arpan Dutta, Senior Vice President, Operations, with over twenty years of experience in the hospitality and Entertainment industry has worked with companies like The Oberoi, Hyatt Regency, , Taj at the leadership role.

Most recently he was with Cinemax India Limited as Chief Operating officer which merged with PVR Limited.

He also serves as a council member for prestigious global industry expert network Gerson Lehrman Group.

Harish Rao, Head - Marketing, is an MBA - Marketing from Pune University and has over 15 years of experience in the field of marketing.

He has worked for various companies namely Kingfisher Airlines, Idea Cellular, Jet Airways and Air Costa before joining Keys Hotels.

Kaustubh Lawande, Head-Revenue, an Art graduate from the University of Mumbai, joins from AirAsia and has over 15 years of hospitality experience spread across Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Go Air and The Lalit, Mumbai.

Speaking about the appointments, Anshu Sarin, CEO, Berggruen Hotels Pvt. Ltd said, “We have an aggressive plan to rapidly grow our base across India. Hence it Imperative for us to strengthen our core commercial team. This would help us  deepen our brand penetration, bolster sales and strengthen our operations. We are delighted to appoint Arpan Dutta, Shailesh Srivastava, Harish Rao & Kaustubh Lawande at strategic positions in Keys Hotels. We believe that professionals like them, with their wealth of experience, are assets who will play a pivotal role in achieving our business objectives."

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