As Director of Food & Beverage at JW Marriott Jaipur, Resort & Spa, Amit Bhatia is responsible for managing the overall operations of the food and beverage department and delivering excellent guest experiences. He spearheads the property’s culinary team and systematically reviews and introduces new menu options, upholds menu standards, ensures high quality service, increases food & beverage profitability, whilst keeping an eye on labour and food costs.
With over 11 years of experience across a spectrum of luxury, convention & resort portfolios, Bhatia has demonstrated several skills including the creation & execution of Food and Beverage strategies, deployment of profitable business and troubleshooting operations. He is in charge of setting up the beverage portfolio of the hotel as well as training the bartenders.
Bhatia is a highly result oriented, adaptable hospitality professional. He is a dynamic manager with decisive leadership, management and guidance skills and additionally is bestowed with a proven ability to effectively manage operations in intensely competitive environments. He believes in the synergy of operations to enhance employee performance for peak organizational effectiveness.
Bhatia has a Bachelor of Hotel Management degree from GGS IP University Delhi. His career began as a Food and Beverage Associate at Trident Hotel Gurgaon. His stint with Marriott International began when he joined the JW Marriott Bangalore as the pre- opening Room service Manager in 2013. He has several feathers in his cap including, Winner of “Marriott South Asia Beverage Professional” 2016 and Manager of the Year, JW Marriott Mussoorie –2015 & 2017.
Equipped with the responsibility of being a successful Task Force member for numerous pre- opening projects, Bhatia possesses the natural ability to create enthusiastic, productive working environments and his approach is to mentor customer-oriented professionals. In his leisure time, Bhatia enjoys Travel and Sports, Cricket and Football.