Hotelier Tejinder Singh, who moves to Kolkata as the Area Manager, East & Cluster General Manager will now head ITC Hotels East. In this capacity, he would oversee both the Kolkata properties, namely ITC Sonar and ITC Royal Bengal. Additionally as the new upcoming WelcomHotel properties at Bhubaneshwar, Kathmandu and Port Blair become operative, the same will be under his leadership An alumnus of IHM Pusa and ITC Hotels Management Institute, Mr. Tejinder Singh, popularly known as 'Teji' began his journey more than two decades back at ITC Maurya in 1994 as a management trainee. Since then he has held senior management positions at several ITC Hotels in Delhi, Jaipur and Hyderabad. He has also garnered management expertise through international exposure in the aviation industry as the General Manager Customer Services & in-flight Dining for Europe, UK & North America based in Brussels and subsequently as the General Manager Service Delivery & Guest Experience for the brand. An integral part of the pre-opening team as the General Manager of ITC Kohenur, Teji, was one of the leaders for positioning and launch of this 274 luxury destination located in the heart of Hyderabad’s new business district (HITEC City), with six food and beverage offerings, a large convention center, meeting rooms, and Spa. In addition to ITC Kohenur, he has been a core member of the pre-opening team of ITC Hotels and has played an integral role in the launch of several hotels, namely ITC Grand Chola in Chennai, WelcomHotel Jodhpur, WelcomHotel Bella Vista, Chandigarh, ITC Grand Bharat, Gurugram as well as WelcomHotel Dwarka, New Delhi. Further to this, Teji was the Divisional Head of Food & Beverage of ITC Hotels in 2012. He has also served as the Resident Manager of ITC’s flagship Hotel ITC Maurya, New Delhi in 2014 and the General Manager of ITC Rajputana in 2015.