By BW Hotelier
FOUR SEASON’S veteran Vikram Reddy, made the shift from Jakarta to Mumbai--taking over as the Four Season Mumbai’s new General Manager.
A native of Hyderabad, Reddy has degrees in Accounting and Economics from the Osmania University in Hyderabad, and Business Administration from the California State University in Long Beach.
While still at school in the US, Reddy grew passionate about hospitality when he got a taste of possibilities working part-time in a hotel in Anaheim, California. ’The wide range of experiences and combination of skills needed made every day exciting!’ he recalls. ’I learned from my mother the art of graciousness towards guests at home, and the hotel business is just a continuation of this,’ he added.
Reddy takes great pride in his work and is a shrewd businessman, entirely focused on success. ’I expect to maintain the highest standards both in myself and my staff,’ he says.
At the start of his career, Reddy worked for three small California hotel companies as Financial Controller in short order, following which he joined Four Seasons in Bali as the Director of Finance in 1993. Reddy spent four years at the group's iconic Jimbaran Bay property before transferring to the Four Seasons Singapore as Area Director of Finance in 1997, overseeing the hotels in Bali and the Maldives. Reddy was encouraged to move into Operations and give his career a different dimension and soon went onto serve as Director of Rooms at Four Seasons Singapore and then Hotel Manager at Four Seasons Philadelphia until 2004. In 2004, Reddy returned to Asia as General Manager of the Four Seasons, Jakarta, where he and his family have resided for the last 11 years.
His dream is to return to his birthplace ’ Hyderabad, India ’ and open a Four Seasons Hotel there.