Priya Paul
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Priya Paul is a prominent woman entrepreneur of India
, and currently the Chairperson of Appeejay The Park Hotels
chain of boutique hotels.
After the death of Surrendra Paul, she succeeded him in 1990 as the Chairperson of the Hospitality Division of the Apeejay Surendra Group.
Her contributions to industry and commerce, particularly in the field of Hospitality Industry
have been repeatedly recognized and she has received several awards and citations, including the following:
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, and currently the Chairperson of Appeejay The Park Hotels
The Park Hotels
The Park Hotels is a chain of five star hotels in India. The Park Hotels belong to the Apeejay Surrendra Group, headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India...
chain of boutique hotels.
Career
She joined the company, after finishing her studies in Economics at the Wellesley College (US) working under her father, as Marketing Manager at the Park Hotel, Delhi, at the age of 22.After the death of Surrendra Paul, she succeeded him in 1990 as the Chairperson of the Hospitality Division of the Apeejay Surendra Group.
Her contributions to industry and commerce, particularly in the field of Hospitality Industry
Hospitality industry
The hospitality industry consists of broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, restaurants, event planning, theme parks, transportation, cruise line, and additional fields within the tourism industry. The hospitality industry is a several billion dollar industry...
have been repeatedly recognized and she has received several awards and citations, including the following:
- The Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India conferred on her Young Entrepreneur of the Year award (1999–2000),
- She was nominated for The Economic Times AwardsEconomic Times AwardsThe Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence are the awards conferred by The Economic Times in the field of business, corporate and government policies, economies in India...
as the Businessperson of the year (2002–2003), and - Tatler magazineTatlerTatler has been the name of several British journals and magazines, each of which has viewed itself as the successor of the original literary and society journal founded by Richard Steele in 1709. The current incarnation, founded in 1901, is a glossy magazine published by Condé Nast Publications...
rated The Park (Bangalore, India), a part of her Group, as one of the 101 Best Hotels Worldwide in 2003.