Head - Events Vertical at ABP Pvt Ltd
India
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- Head of Events Vertical at ABP Pvt. Ltd.
- Chief Manager Events at Anandabazar Patrika Pvt Ltd
- Past
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- F&B Manager at Taj Group of Hotels
- Manager at Taj Bengal
- Manager at Taj Residency, Bangalore
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Partha Kundu’s Summary
After earning my Hotel Management Diploma from IHM, Calcutta, i was campus inducted by Taj Group of Hotels as a Hotel Management trainee. The initial training for a year was at the very popular Taj Residency, Bangalore.
I was then made a part of the opening team of the luxury Taj Bengal, Calcutta. Here i rose as a Banqueting & Conventions Manager. This was followed by a 4 year stint at Taj Residency, Vizag as the Food & Beverage Manager.
Presently heading the events vertical at ABP group where my primary responsibility was to set up the vertical to create and execute strategies for revenue generation through BtoB and BtoC activities and activation programmes.
Partha Kundu’s Specialties:
I have honed my skills in Strategic Planning, Business Development, Hospitality management and Project Management.
Partha Kundu’s Experience
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Head of Events Vertical
ABP Pvt. Ltd.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
2004 — Present (5 years )
• Business Head of the Event Vertical with verifiable year-after-year success achieving revenue, profit and business growth objectives.
• Strategies for brand positioning and revenue generation through B to B and B to C customer connects and implementation
• Documented high-ROI vertical (7x+ growth in the last 4 years)
• Leading and motivating MARCOM teams for large business houses.
• Extensive experience in Event Management and Hospitality Industry with deep understanding of critical business drivers in multiple markets; successful in building relationships; highly Customer focused and performance driven. -
Chief Manager Events
Anandabazar Patrika Pvt Ltd
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; ABP; Newspapers industry)
March 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)
Head of Events Business of ABP group.
Responsible for conceptualizing & executing large format events, exhibitions, conferences, festivals and providing BTL solutions for the ABP group publications.
The events department is the nodal point for all events, activation and brand promotion activities for the group. The execution expertise developed has resulted in creation of about 60 major and minor events the group handles presently. -
F&B Manager
Taj Group of Hotels
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ABP; Newspapers industry)
September 1988 — March 2004 (15 years 7 months)
• Role to improve profitability of the business
• Implementation of systems to reduce cost and drive ROI
• Improve customer experience, hence, improve traffic and occupancy rates.
Achievements:
• Guest satisfaction scores created newer and newer records for the business division group of Taj Hotels and also the best in the city among all comparable 5 star hotels.
• Increase in revenue by over 35% yoy for 3 consecutive years.
• A market share of 60% of total 5 star market. (TAJ, ITC & PARK)
• Staffing Costs reduced by 15% by multi-skilling and multitasking.
• Profitability has increased by 15% due to reduced expenditures in fixed and variable costs. -
Manager
Taj Bengal
(Hospitality industry)
1989 — 1999 (10 years )
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Manager
Taj Residency, Bangalore
(Hospitality industry)
1988 — 1989 (1 year )
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Partha Kundu’s Interests:
Networking, New Technology, Global Awareness,
Partha Kundu’s Honors:
Executed the highest number of events in the print media - 2007/08
Turned around Taj Residency, Visakhapatnam to a make profits - 1999/04
Best convention & banquets for 2 years in a row by H&FS - 1995/96
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