Sharad Singh joins The Westin Goa as Director of Food and Beverage

The Westin Goa has appointed Sharad Singh as the Director of Food and Beverage. With 14 plus years of extensive experience in operations, strategy planning, marketing and promotions, customer relationship management and spotting bar and restaurant trends, he will oversee all aspects of the hotel’s planning and service.

In addition to training the associates, bartenders, executives and managers with technical knowledge, Singh will also be primarily responsible for the inventory, training the hotel staff, assessing projected needs and ordering food and beverage supplies for daily operations. Over the years, he has also become an expert in formulating standard operating procedures that keep the department functioning. His core competencies lie in strategy panning, policies and procedure formulation, restaurant management, vendor and team management, budgeting, sales and marketing, advertising and promotion planning, public relations to name a few.

In his previous roles, Singh was associated with reputed brands like Sheraton Grand in Pune, St. Regis in Mumbai, and Marriott Hotels in Pune, Jaipur and Mumbai. Before this, he also completed an internship program at the Banquets Department at Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Maryland, USA. In addition to all the above experiences and awards, Singh did a three-year diploma in Hotel Management and Catering Technology from Naval Institute of Technology, Mumbai.