Continuing the efforts of facilitating members and also the hospitality
fraternity, HRANI has partnered with Google. The Association will help hotels
and Google to directly tie-up and enhance the brand visibility of a hotel unit
on Google and drive direct bookings.
To disseminate the detailed information amongst members and fraternity,
HRANI also partnered for the first Google Hotelier Summit 2023 in India
which was held on 29 Mar 2023 from 1300 hrs to 1800 hrs at the The Leela
Ambience Gurugram Hotel & Residences, Gurugram
The Summit witnessed the presence of Google experts and industry
professionals from the travel and hospitality sector. The members of the
Managing Committee from all Ten States & UT’s of Northern Region attended
the event.
During the event, the welcome address was delivered by Chaitanya
Chunduri, Head of Shopping Partnerships, Google.
Garish Oberoi, President HRANI in his keynote address welcomed Google for
recognizing the potential of India and investing in the hotel industry. He
stated that HRANI has been a vibrant interface between Google and the
members of Association and we look forward to more such collaborations to
help the industry in the future.
Addressing the gathering, he further stated that Google is a friend of
hoteliers who want to establish and build their online presence, grow direct
bookings and engage your guests for a personal and positive experience.
Take advantage of Google’s free tools and products to grow your direct
bookings!
The Summit included presentations and panel discussions by industry experts
on Deep-dive for Hotels: How to establish presence on Google; Taking
ownership of your Google Business Profile; Getting the Best Out of Your
Connectivity to Google and Extranet Connectivity. Activating hotel Free
Booking Links [FBL] to drive direct bookings.
The experts included Hermione Joye, Sector Lead - APAC Travel, Google gave
insight on travel trends and Google features. The other speakers included
Dave Pavelko, Partnerships Director; Pratip Banerjee, Group Product
Manager: Laura Marie, Team Lead Hotel Ads APAC, Google; Eugenie Lam,
Head of APAC, Travel Partnerships Google; Deepak Sudhakar Strategic
Partnerships Development Manager, Travel – APAC Google, Arvind Kannan,
Product Manager Google. The speakers from the hospitality industry included
Devanshu Bhatia, VP Marketing, Oberoi Hotels and Sundar Singaram,
Secretary General, SIHRA.