Has previously worked at Hyatt Regency Delhi, Hilton New Delhi, The Oberoi Mumbai and ITC Hotels

The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has announced the appointment of Virender Razdan as The General Manger, The Leela Bhartiya City Bengaluru.

With a career spanning over three decades, Razdan is a performance oriented senior hospitality professional who has worked at Hyatt Regency Delhi, Hilton New Delhi, Oberoi Hotels Mumbai, The Leela Mumbai and ITC Hotels in Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru. Over the years, he has honed his skills in managing a diverse team of people and build strong relationships that facilitate effective stakeholder management. He has successfully translated strategic goals into operational plans to achieve targeted growth in sales and drive profitability.

Welcoming Razdan in his new role, Anuraag Bhatnagar, Chief Operating Officer, The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts, said, “We are very elated to welcome Virender Razdan to his new role at The Leela Bhartiya City Bengaluru. His expertise will help us drive strategic conversations with both our internal and external stakeholders and we are confident that his valuable experience will further strengthen our positioning within a key market like Bengaluru further consolidating the positioning of the newly opened property. It is good to have him back with The Leela family and we cannot wait to achieve newer benchmarks together.”

Proficient in managing complex budgets, Razdan has the business acumen to make accurate projections to drive strategic business decisions. With a passion to motivate teams and develop people, he possesses good leadership skills and organisational capabilities and plans to strongly implement them at The Leela Bhartiya City Bengaluru.

Razdan is a science graduate from Kashmir University and has also completed his IHM. During his hospitality career, he has undergone several training and certification courses from institutes of repute like Cornell University and IIM Ahmedabad.