Anoop Suri is a hotelier from India. He was born on 18 March 1971 in an industrial colony of Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) in the city of Haridwar. He is from a middle class family. His father Amrit Lal Suri worked at BHEL and his mother Prem Suri was a homemaker. He was married to Niketa on 25 May 1998, and had two children who were called Sidharth Suri (born on 31 July 1999 at New Delhi) and Saloni Suri (born on 24 June 2006, in Margao, Goa).
He finished his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1 (central school) in Haridwar in 1988 and got his Hotel Management Diploma from the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and applied Nutrition.
In 1991 he started his professional career as a management trainee in cost controls with Bakers Basket, a unit of Blue Diamond Hotels, Pune. He shifted back to Goa, where he had finished his studies in hotel management. He joined one of the oldest luxury hotels, Fidalgo, as an operations management trainee, and was trained in all departments. He was part of the Executive Management Team as an assistant to the General Manager.
His professional timeline is:
In March 2015 he made a decision to go to the Kurdistan region of north Iraq to work on a project called the Korek Mountain Resort & Spa on Mount Korek. At that time he was interviewed by RudawTV for their show Made in Kurdistan. [5] and Al Zazeera. [6]
In 2016 he was appointed Director of Leminscate Hospitality Initiative Pvt. Ltd. [7] and in 2020 he became Executive director. [8]
He is also a motivational writer and guru. He has written several articles on hotel management and travel related topics that have been published in various magazines and trade newspapers. He also undertakes lectures and presentations. [9]
His study books on hotel management include:
He is working in close cooperation with Global Hospitality Initiative to produce online courses and has offered the first course "Managing Covid19 in Hotel industry". [8]
He has Received various awards personally.
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