Thailand-based Dusit International has launched a new global sales office (GSO) in Mumbai to manage sales across all market segments including leisure, MICE and corporate business.
Heading the office is Keshwar Bhagat, director of sales – GSO India, who will be responsible for selling all Dusit Hotels & Resorts, establishing marketing partnerships with leading local companies, and preparing inroads for Dusit-branded hotels to open in India in three-to-five years.
The Indian office will focus on Tier 1 cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, but will also cover smaller cities which are emerging as important source markets for outbound travel.
The opening of a GSO in India was a strategic move to tap India as one of the world’s fastest-growing outbound travel markets, as the Thai hotel group plans to grow its worldwide portfolio to 80 properties within the next four years, said Lim Boon Kwee, COO, Dusit International.
