# Anoop Suri

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).

## Education

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.

## Certifications and fellowships

* Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) by American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute
* Fellow of Institute of Hospitality (former HCIMA, London)
* Fellow of Management Studies Promotion Institute
* Fellow of All India Management Council

## Professional memberships

* Founder Member & Treasurer (2007) Skål International, Goa
* Founder Member of International Hotel General Managers Association.
* Professional Member Luxury Hotel Association.
* Member of the International Food Service Executives Association
* Life Member of the Poetry Society of India
* Life Member of the People for Animals
* Ex-member of the Rotary Club of Nilgiri West
* Honorary Member & Adviser for the Academic Council of All India Institute of Career Studies
* Life Member, Red Cross Society of India

## Professional life

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:
* 1992: F&B Manager, Hotel Reis Magos, Goa, India
* 1993: Manager Operations, Hotel Atish, Goa, India
* 1995: General Manager, Hotel Green Park, Goa, India
* 1995: Resort Manager, Shambhala Mountain Resort, Sikkim, India
* 2000: General Manager, ITC Fortune Park Hotels, Darjeeling and Kolkata, India
* 2002: General Manager, Nirula Hotels, Panipat, India
* 2004: Resort Manager, Sterling Days Inn Resorts (two resorts), Ootacamund, India
* 2005: General Manager, Royal Goan Beach Resorts (Karma group), Goa, India
* 2009: General Manager, Sayaji Hotels, Indore, India
* 2010: General Manager, TGB Hotels, Surat, India
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. and Al Zazeera.
In 2016 he was appointed Director of Leminscate Hospitality Initiative Pvt. Ltd. and in 2020 he became Executive director.

## Literary work

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.
His study books on hotel management include:
* Front Office Management
* Food & Beverage Service
* Food Production
* Accommodation Operation & Hotel Maintenance
* Engineering for a Private Hotel Management Institute
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".

## Awards

He has Received various awards personally.
* Rambha Shri Award for Hindi Poetry
* Super Intellectual Award, 1997 from All India Management Council
* Best General Manager 2016 - awarded by Haute Grandeur Global Hotel Awards.
* Excellence in Innovative Leadership 2017- World Leadership Federation.
* Successful Indian GM Overseas - By Golden Globe Tigers 2017
* Leadership Excellence in Hotel Industry - By Asia Hotel Awards for excellence Aug 2017Golden Tiger Awards 2017