HOLIDAY INN Express & Suites Bengaluru Racecourse announced the appointed of Shipra Sumbly Kaul as the General Manager. She comes with over 17 years of experience in the hospitality industry and is entrusted with the responsibility of spearheading the opening and successful operations at Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bengaluru Racecourse - the first Holiday Inn Express business hotel that opened in October 2017.
Prior to joining Holiday Inn Express and Suites Bengaluru, Shipra successfully launched Holiday Inn Chennai OMR IT Expressway as the General Manager. She joined IHG as Director of Sales and Marketing and over the years grew in the company to EAM and taking over as General Manager worked in various roles in Crowne Plaza Bengaluru, Holiday Inn Chennai OMR IT Expressway and grew within the company to become the first female General Manager in the entire South West Asia region of InterContinental Hotels Group.
Shipra is a hospitality management graduate from IHM, New Delhi and started her career with ITC group in 2001. Over the years, Shipra has worked with many renowned brands like Taj Palace, New Delhi, Trident Gurgaon, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, The Leela and Royal Orchid Hotels in different capacities starting from Food & Beverage moving on to Sales and Marketing. Out of these she has been a part of many pre-openings before and also successful operating hotels.