‘Park’ed in hospitality

Priya PAUL... finds herself in an industry which is on a roll and is expectedly laughing out loud!

Priya Paul, the Director of Apeejay Surrendra Group and President of Park Hotels, has been a frank and forthright entrepreneur in the hospitality sector. An Economics graduate, her soaring growth chart in the hotel industry has made more than few envious of her grit and gumption.

Conferred the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award at the turn of the millennium, by the Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India, her sophisticated demeanour hides behind it a determined-to-succeed entrepreneur.

Being in the service industry, Priya is an out-an-out people’s person. Rupa Thomas, Associate Director, Corporate Communications for the Park Hotels says that Priya Paul believes her biggest asset to be her team, “which makes it great to work with her and work for her.” As a result, Priya takes great personal interest in the growth and development of all her employees that has led to the formation of an exhaustive training calendar for all management trainees, while seniors managers are sent to Harvard and Cornell to study international trends.

“She meets every employee of the various units of ‘The Park’ formally and informally to understand their needs and to thank them for helping her realise her dream,” says a source in The Park.

Paul believes work should be fun, and combined with her unswerving belief in her employees, is making them determinedly stand by her side in taking The Park chain to great heights.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2008
An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

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The Sunday Indian

Apple iPhone set to launch in June end!

The proximity sensor detects when the phone is lifted to the ear and immediately gets into the power save mode! Since the phone will be up against the mighty Nokia N series and Sony Ericsson W series, Apple has made sure that its music phone is not deprived of the regular high end ‘expected’ features. EDGE, a 2 MP camera, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0 will accompany the handset. The iPhone will also be available with the usual iPod features. The iPhone comes in both 4GB and 8GB versions, enough to store 16 hours worth music.

On the prospective entry, Avinash Ramachandra, Head (Marketing), Apple Asia, told 4Ps B&M, “The iPhone is going to be launched by the end of this month (June) in the USA. The 4GB version will retail for $499, while the 8GB version will retail for $599.” His answer was unclear though when asked about the India debut; but Manil Shetty of Maple Technologies, a reseller of Apple products in Mumbai, tweaked our hopes as he said, “The Apple iPhone might just reach India by January next year.” Till then, let’s make do with the Chinese, eh!

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The Sunday Indian

Getting a makeover

The Air India crew has decided that enough is enough: it’s time to move with the times and smartly! As a starter, the emphasis will be on being well turned out. Fashion guru Pierre Cardin and reigning desi diva Ritu Beri have been roped in for the makeover. While Ritu Beri will create new uniforms for the female cabin crew – Cardin will take care of the male dressing. High time Air India became more fashionable – particularly now that Jet and Kingfisher have been giving everyone a complex!

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The Sunday Indian

A commitment to saving lives and looking good!

It wasn’t always like this though. If we go back in time, during the Age of Sail, we find that the only kind of lifeguards then, were people who were paid to rescue ship-wrecked sailors. Armed with little more than a row boat, this fearless group of people would row out, oft en in a wild storm to rescue sailors in danger. However, the advent of steam-ships and a general increase in the sturdiness of the sea vessels rendered them obsolete. The need for lifeguards began to be felt in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when going to the beach, surfing and swimming began to gain acceptance. With this development came the inevitable rise in water related fatalities. For instance, during one weekend in Newport Beach, California, in the early 1900s, 18 deaths were reported, the cause – drowning. Alarmed by this and other similar incidents, beach authorities and local bodies decided to set up life guarding services so that trained professionals would be on constant stand-by in case of an emergency. That was the start of lifeguards, as we know them today. Initially, reflecting their heritage, these early lifeguards were also equipped with long row boats. During emergencies they would row out and pull the victim into the boat before he drowned. Single rescues, popularised by Baywatch the world over, where a lone swimmer would swim out and save someone from drowning, were frowned upon, as the panicked victim presented a danger to everybody. This type of rescue was possible only much later when rescue buoys came into existence.

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