Mr. Sunder G. Advani

Mr. Sunder G. Advani is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Company. He obtained his undergraduate degree at Temple University and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He was a marketing consultant in the U.S.A. for over 10 years.

Mr. Sunder G. Advani’s foray into the hospitality industry in India started of as a Promoter and later as the Executive Director of the Bombay Holiday Inn Hotel at Juhu Beach. He was also appointed as a representative of Holiday Inn Inc. (worldwide). His mission was to develop Holiday Inn hotels in South-Asia. He successfully achieved targets of establishing Holiday Inns in Bombay, Agra, Madras and Colombo.

Simultaneously, Mr. Sunder G. Advani was a co-promoter of Plaza Hotels Pvt. Limited, which was the first airport hotel and also had a flight catering unit. The hotel did a daily occupancy of over 100% as this was the era of engineers going in large numbers to the Gulf area. The flight kitchen was also extremely successful catering to airlines like Indian Airlines, Alitalia, Gulf Air, Aeroflot, besides others. In 1990, the partners decided to dispose off the property due to personal differences.

Subsequently, Mr. Sunder G. Advani, (who by this time had become the representative for Ramada International Inc. in India), promoted the Ramada Renaissance Resort in Goa along with an investment made by Ramada International Inc. This was the first time that Ramada International had ever invested in a Franchise operation.

Mr. Sunder G. Advani was the recipient of the Hall of Fame Award at ITB Berlin in March 2000. He received an award from Giants International federation in Goa for contribution towards the Hospitality Industry. He was honoured with Vocational Excellence Award from the Rotary in Mumbai. Mr. Sunder G. Advani is an active member of the London based prestigious ‘World Travel and Tourism Council’ (India Initiative) since 2000.