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Neha Chhabra embodies #leadership #hospitality and #teamwork. I used to be a regular in her top floor restaurant at a North Bangalore hotel with my corporate guests where she was the then general manager and the team felt her presence even during the hours when she was not on the floor (she joked, “oh! that’s […]

I needed to park myself in Dubai for almost a week in July, ignoring the sweltering heat. The reason – my postgraduate students at Indian School of Hospitality had shown interest in working in the burgeoning hospitality industry in the Middle East. I needed a network of CXOs and HR Heads who’d evaluate profiles and […]

Lindt & Sprüngli has always been a favorite brand for me since 2010. I used to buy the Lindt bars and praline for home from a golf course road store, spending a little extra on pay days (another habit I had picked up from my father, who used to buy my sister and me a […]

Top Roles in Demand:   🏗️ Development Managers – Scout land, negotiate JVs, drive 200+ projects in Tier 2/3 cities (e.g., Ayodhya, Shillong).   📊 Feasibility Analysts – Crunch RevPAR models; mid-market hotels need 72%+ occupancy to justify.   Guess what! Careers in Hospitality Development: India’s Next Big Opportunity (2025-2030) would look like 🌟!   […]

India’s cafe sector is booming (43% of shoppers influenced by social media content per 2025 DHL report), with Tim Hortons India capturing premium QSR share amid competition from Starbucks and local chains. System-wide sales growth (global Tim Hortons): 6.9% in Q3 2025, with India contributing to international gains (8.6% YoY).   Tim Hortons entered the […]

#People build #businesses 🙌. I love to help them when they are busy building it, unconditionally. 1 Cr. to a 1000 Cr. INR of ARR, from D2C to B2B, from domestic to international markets.   Once I had an opportunity to advise a vineyard on creating a category, wine in a can. On another occasion, […]