Young Mewar Princess Carves Her Own Niche

Publication: Corporate Tycoons | By Meghna Agarwal | November 2013

Born with a silver spoon in her mouth to the House of Mewar, Ms. Padmaja Kumari Parmar is glad to have been born to parents who have believed in working hard. To have the ‘princess’ tag only means added responsibility to live upto the name and respect that the Mewar dynasty rests upon her shoulders.

Brought up in the epicenter of hospitality, Mewar, the genre has been her second nature for eons. “Being a member of the House of Mewar has helped me enormously as a professional hotelier. I have always maintained that hospitality comes naturally to people from our background. We grew up with lots of people around us—there is protocol to be maintained and hierarchies to be understood and followed,” Ms. Padmaja points out to Corporate Tycoons. She still moved on to fine polish and globalise her knowledge and started her career in the hospitality industry with the Four Seasons Hotel in New York at age 23. She respects the training she received there even today. She has not looked back from there, and has only hopped levels to put all her skills into practice for HRH Group of Hotels while learning along.

There’s more on and from the pretty princess-turned-business tycoon in the article by Meghna Agarwal in the October issue of Corporate Tycoons. Have a read!

The Vow Factor

Publication: Shubh Yatra | By Dhruv Shringi | November 2013

Shubh Yatra, the inflight magazine of Air India has dedicated a complete article on the most desirable wedding destinations. Authored by Dhruv Shringi, Co-founder and CEO of Yatra Online Pvt. Ltd. it explains what a big value add a great venue/ destination could be in making a wedding memorable for the guests and more so for the wedded couple. Listing out the several cities in India, the article draws attention to India’s most romantic city, Udaipur. The city of lakes has proved to be an idyllic destination for wedding for more than a decade with the ‘Vow Factor’ steadily rising. An interestingly crafted piece, this article is a must-read!

Future trend in-room technology – Hospitality’s Industry Prospective

Publication: HRA | November 2013

The publication explores future trends of in-room technology and has taken a close industry perspective to conclude that the relentless pace that technology and guests’ demands are evolving at, will leave the industry with the only choice of accepting the drastic drift for survival. Directed towards the growth of tourism and hospitality in India, HRAWI Magazine (Hotel and Restaurant Association of West India, Mumbai), met up with Vijay Choudhary, Head IT, HRH Group of Hotels and captured his views in their latest issue. According to Vijay, “Since IT is now considered one of the growth engine for hotels, in-room technology plays a vital role and gives competitive advantage with a measurable ROI.”