BW HOTELIER INDIAN HOSPITALITY AWARDS & SUMMIT 2018
CONCLAVE THEME: DEALING WITH DISRUPTION
10:00 AM
Gates Open. Registration + Tea & Coffee
11:00 AM
Welcome Address by Annurag Batra, Chairman / Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld.
11.10 AM
Dealing with the market forces of the Indian hospitality market: Manav Thadani, Co-Founder Hotelivate.
Introduced by: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier.
11:35 AM
11:45 AM
Subject: Dealing with Disruption
PANELISTS: Raj Rana, CEO, South Asia, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group; Sunjae Sharma,VP, Operations, India, Hyatt International; Jean-Michel Casse, COO, India and South Asia, AccorHotels; Samir MC, MD, Fortune Park Hotels; Anshu Sarin, CEO, BerggruenHotels; Vilas Pawar, CEO, Choice Hotels; Nikhil Sharma, COO, Ginger Hotels; Kapil Chopra, Chairman of the Board – EazyDiner; . Moderator: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier.
12:30 PM
Hospitality’s Disruptive Challenges: Rattan Keswani, Deputy MD, Lemon Tree Hotels
Introduced by: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier.
1:15 PM TO 2:15 PM
2:15 PM
How Technology is making the Kitchen a better place.
2:15 P.M. TO 2:25 P.M
Debarjun Ray, Product Head, HAIER Commercial Refrigeration Division
2:25 P.M. TO 2:55 P.M
PANELISTS: Neeraj Tyagi, EAM Food & Beverage, Shangri-la by Eros, New Delhi; Sandip Narang, Executive Chef, Taj West End, Bengaluru; Rahul Prabhakar, Chief Engineer-ITC Maurya Hotel , New Delhi ITC ltd; Basil Massey, Founder CEO, Procurement Professionals World Wide; Rajat Sethi, GM, The Grand New Delhi; Manish Uniyal, Manager, Cold Chain Solutions, HAIER.
Moderator: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier.
3:00 PM
Expanding in a Disruptive Space: Sidharth Gupta, Co-Founder, Treebo Hotels
Introduced by: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier
3:35 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M. TO 4:40 P.M.
The importance of clean air for Hotel Guests
Moderator: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier
Arvind Chabra, Country Head, Blueair
4:00 PM TO 4:10 PM
4:10 TO 4:35 PM
PANELISTS: Sareena Kochar, Vice President (Housekeeping), Lemon Tree Hotels; Vaneeta Arora, Director (Housekeeping), The Park New Delhi; Vaishali P Sinha, Founder & Gen Secy, IPHA; Suman Majumdar, VP Engineering, Hyatt Regency, Delhi; Dhananjay Kumar, GM, The Suryaa, New Delhi; Arvind Chabra,Country Head, Blueair
4:35 PM
4:50 PM TO 5:30 PM
Disruptive Force in F&B. Serving the Guest a different experience:
PANELIST: Manisha Bhasin, Senior Executive Chef, ITC Maurya; Alex Moser, Executive Chef, Andaz Delhi; Ravitej Nath, Regional Chef Entrepreneur; Priyam Chatterjee, Executive Chef, QLA; Abhishek Basu, Executive Chef, The Park, New Delhi; Bakshish Dean, Corporate Chef, Prime Gourmet.
Moderator: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier.
11:00 AM
Gates Open. Tea & Coffee.
11:15 AM
Emcee requests delegates to move into the main hall
11:20 A.M. TO 12:05 P.M.
The Challenges of Disruption to Hotel Operations
PANELISTS: Zubin Songadwala, General Manager ITC Maurya, New Delhi; Tristan Beau de Lomenie, Director of Operation LUXE Hotels India General Manager Delegate – Pullman & Novotel New Delhi Aerocity; Jaideep Anand, General Manager, The Leela Ambience Gurugram; Benita Sharma, Area General Manager-Golden Triangle and General Manager, WelcomHotel Sheraton New Delhi; Suraj Kumar Jha, General Manager, Crown Plaza, Gurugram; Somnath Mukherjee, General Manager, Taj West End, Bengaluru.
Moderator: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier.
MICE: How to Keep Customers Happy and Keep Ahead of the Curve.
12:10 PM to 12:20 PM
OPENING PRESENTATION: Dhiraj Tulsiani, Regional Sales Manager, Cvent Hospitality Cloud
12:20 P.M. TO 12:55 P.M.
PANEL DISCUSSION
PANELISTS: Naveen Rizvi, Regional Director India & Indian Ocean-Pacific World & Executive Director -ICE –Integrated Conference and Event Management; Arif Patel, Vice President, Sales, Marketing, Distribution & Loyalty, AccorHotels India; Madhav Sehgal, General Manager, Andaz Delhi; Rajeev Kohli, Joint Managing Director, Creative Travel; Natasha Yashwal, AVP, Trade and Travel MICE, Lemon Tree Hotels; Suja Chandy, Vice President, Invest India; Nathan Sharma, Senior Manager, Cvent Hospitality Cloud.
Moderator: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier.
1:00 PM TO 2:00 PM
2:00 PM TO 2:40 PM
OPENING PRESENTATION: Co Representative
PANELISTS: Bobby Mukherji, Bobby Mukherji & Associates; Amitabh Srivastava, Artist ,Art consultant & Founder of The Art Kommune New Delhi and Arts4all Foundation in New York and also Joint Secretory HPMF; Nikhil Sharma, COO, Ginger Hotels; Nitin Nagrale, Vice President Materials at Foodlink Restaurants and Catering India and Founder & General Secretary HPMF; Zia Shiekh, CEO, Svenska Hotels; Juna Banerjee, Executive Housekeeper, ITC Maurya; Company Rep.
Moderator: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier
2:45 PM TO 3:25 PM
Sanjay Sethi, MD & CEO, Chalet Hotels in conversation with Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier
3:25 P.M. TO 3:45 PM
3:45 PM TO 4:25 PM
Ownership in the Age of Disruption
PANELISTS: Kartikeya Sharma*, Managing Director Piccadilly Group of Companies; Paritosh Ladhani, Joint Managing Director Radisson Blu Agra; Sonica Malhotra, Joint Managing Director, MBD Group; Zia Sheikh, CEO Svenska Hotels; Jehangir Aibara, Director, Mahajan & Aibara; Garish Oberoi, President, FHRAI; Souvagya Mohapatra, Executive Director, Mayfair Hotels.
Moderator: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier.
7:00 PM ONWARDS
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