Keys Hotels makes Fresh Appointments to Strengthen Core Management and Scale Growth

LOS ANGELES-based Berggruen Group’s Keys Hotels today announced the appointments of senior resources including Manoj M.V as Director of Sales – South (India), Arindaam Banerjeea as General Manager – Human Resources and Muheeb Ahmed as the Cluster Director of Sales – Bengaluru, with an aim to further strengthen their core team.

M.V, a former employee at Keys Hotels, brings with him 18 years of rich expertise to his new position as the Director of Sales – South (India). With similar years of expertise in hiring good talent to support and create best organisational values, Banerjeea has previously worked with The Oberoi Group- Oberoi Flight Services as Head- Human Resources – Kolkata & Chennai.

Ahmed has joined Keys Hotels as the Cluster Director of Sales – Bengaluru post assignments with some prominent brands across the country. He comes with 16 years of diverse experience in sales and marketing and will be overall responsible for sales to meet the objectives of the hotels.

Commenting on the new appointments, Anshu Sarin – CEO of Berggruen Hotels, said, “Keys Hotels has emerged as one of the preferred hospitality brands in India for both guests and potential team members. With our brand promise of Happy Stays which we introduced last year, we had reiterate our commitment to our guests and importantly to ourselves. With an intent to scale our growth, it is quintessential for us to strengthen our core team so as to deepen our brand penetration, bolster sales and strengthen our operations. We are delighted to welcome Manoj, Arindaam and Muheeb as part of the team at strategic positions in Keys Hotels. We believe that professionals like them, with their wealth of experience, are assets that will further strengthen our commitment to serve our guests better.”

Founded in the year 2006, Keys Hotels currently operates about 2000 rooms with a portfolio of 21 properties in 19 cities among three brands - Keys Prima (Upper Midscale), Keys Select (Midscale) and Keys Lite (Economy). Last year Keys Hotels also introduced a reinforced brand promise of Happy Stays, which offers guests an overall enriched experience, according to the hotel company.