Avneesh Kohli - Resume

Avneesh Kohli Date of Birth Addre ss

06th January, 1979 13, Royal Court 5/1 Russell Street Calcutta 700071 Tel: +91 33 22266905 Mob: +91 9805536665 Email: [email protected]

Education Year Degree/ Diploma/Certificate

Institute/ School

2005 P.G. Diploma in Guest Service Management The Oberoi Centre Of Learning And Development, Delhi, India 200 Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel 1 Management Administration, Manipal, India 199 10+2 - Indian School Certificate La Martiniere School For Boys, Calcutta, 7 199 Examination 10 - Indian Certificate of Secondary India La Martiniere School For Boys, Calcutta, 5 Education India Work Experience Year

Designation

Organization

August 2009- currently Hall, Shimla, India

Front Office ManagerThe Oberoi Wildflower

September 2007-July 09

The Oberoi Grand, Calcutta, India

Assistant ManagerFront Office

August 2005-August 07 Assistant Manager- Food and Beverage 2003-2005 Trainee-

Management

The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India The Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development, Delhi, India Taj Bengal, Calcutta, India

Guest Service Management 2002-2003

Food and Beverage Supervisor

2001-2002 Hotel Executive Associate Towers, New Delhi, India

ITC Hotel Maurya Sheraton and

THE OBEROI CENTRE OF LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT, Delhi, India

The Manager Understudy programme for two years provides intensive work experience that grooms Oberoi Managers, to become General Managers of 5 star deluxe hotels across the globe. It delves into all departments; both front of the house and back of the house and develops managerial expertise and complete technical knowledge. This envelops four hotel experiences, along with classroom inputs from the leaders of the hospitality industry in India and abroad.

Training Assignments during Guest Service Management Programme Year Department

Hotel

2003 Food & Beverage Service, Food and Beverage Production The Oberoi, Bangalore, India 2004 Food & Beverage Operation, Front Office, The Oberoi Housekeeping, Finance, Engineering Wildflower Hall, Shimla, India 2004 Food and Beverage Operations, Front Office Trident Hilton, Gurgaon, India 2005 Food and Beverage Operations, Front Office The Oberoi Grand, Calcutta, India

THE WILDFLOWER HALL, an Oberoi Resort, India Brief Company Profile The Wildflower Hall, India is a 85 room hotel, with three restaurants, a bar and 4 banquet halls. • The hotel won the award for Best Hotels in Asia for location & rooms by Condé Nast Traveler, USA, Gold List 2009 • Has been awarded as Best Hotels and Resorts in the World by Forbes Traveler 400, The World’s Best Hotels and Resorts 2008 • Has been awarded as Amongst Top 100 Hotels in the world by Condé Nast Traveler, USA, Gold List 2008 Readers’ Choice Awards 2008 Job Description: Assistant Manager, Front Office • Currently managing rooms division operations as a Front Office Manager THE OBEROI GRAND, Calcutta, India

Brief Company Profile The Oberoi Grand, Calcutta, India is a 209 room hotel, with two restaurants, a bar and 3 banquet halls. • The hotel won the Best Hotel in the Five Star Deluxe Category in Eastern India by the Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal. Job Description: Assistant Manager, Front Office • Currently managing rooms division operations • Manage a team of 46, along with the Front Office Manager, to ensure effective room reservation, cashiering, reception, concierge, bell desk and business centre operations. • Hierarchical position in the Oberoi Hotel chain is RL (Responsibility Level) 6, where RL 4 is the General Manager (Hotel Manager) Key Accomplishments • Played a key role in training and developing the team to achieve higher performance levels • Been a key member in re-evaluating cashiering procedures and setting up improved process’ • Have been recognized as the ‘Employee of the month’ by the General Manager • Developed a multi - skilled team through consistent intra department training and rotation • Have been recognized and appreciated by guests. Also refer http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g304558-d302191r21390946The_Oberoi_Grand-Kolkata_Calcutta_West_Bengal.html Or Google ‘Avneesh/Assistant Manager ’

THE OBEROI UDAIVILAS, Udaipur, India

Brief Company Profile The Oberoi Udaivilas is a 97 room hotel with three restaurants, a bar and five banquet halls. The hotel has won a number of honors, amongst them are • 1st rank amongst 100 Best Hotels in the World by Travel + Leisure, 2007

• Best hotel in Asia – Conde Nast Traveler, Readers’ Choice Awards 2007 Job Description: Assistant Manager, Food and Beverage • Managed the following food and beverage operations - Two specialty restaurants with capacities of 120 and 60 covers respectively - An all day dining restaurant of 80 covers - Bar operations - In room dining operation - Three banquet halls and two conference halls • Along with the Food & Beverage Manager, led a team of a junior manager, 6 supervisors, 48 assistants