Part of Hilton Worldwide Sales' India office, managing key relationships and partnerships in Western India

Spearheading initiatives on IMA India's closed door, by-invitation, peer group, The India CEO Forum, in the Mumbai chapter

Responsible for sales of the chain's luxury business hotels and leisure palace resorts across India for a key geography in Mumbai

Responsible for retention of key accounts and acquisition of competition accounts. In a stint covering five years, handled regional sales for the group's umbrella of luxury resorts and business hotels, managed the RFP process for the business hotels in South Mumbai and represented The Oberoi in key geographic markets of Mumbai

Beginning as a management trainee and moving on to high-value concept selling, my stint here helped me gain hands-on experience in media brand launches [market and competition analysis, positioning strategy, circulation strategy and database development], project execution across a variety of media [print, event, online] and key account management for print and event properties of the group

Technical support for a Calderra Linux based Property Management System. Eventually was entrusted with second level support for the entire bouquet of Property Management Systems used by Cendant branded motels. Was also part of a select team that visited the Cendant Contact Center in Phoenix, Arizona, for an extensive two-month training programme