User talk:Richardcjg

Richard Clement Joseph: (Born November 22, 1964) is an Indian born in Sikka (jamnagar) Gujarat. The youngest of 5 children of Late Mrs. Pamela & Late Mr. M.K.Joseph.

Education: After his high school graduation from Sahunagar Higher Secondary School, he has done his diploma in Hotel management and completed the course in 1986 with flying colors and topped Rajasthan.

Career Path: From 1984, 13th October he worked for The Taj Lake Palace Hotel in Udaipur, between 1995 - 1997 posted in Taj Sheba Hotel Sanaa in the Republic of Yemen.There after worked for the Radisson Plaza Resort & spa, Cambay Resort & spa, Palanpur Palace Mount Abu and has a very good experience in pre-opening hotels. In the early years in Taj Lake Palace I was very keen in revenue management and was the highest scorer in up-selling from 1986 to 2003. Was instrumental in introducing in the Royal welcome at the Taj Lake Palace, this was after going thru the 2 years data of guest satisfaction report and understanding that the front office scores of guest welcome was not as remarkable as it should be. Was also the first to introduce the pontoon dinner and the gangaur boat dinners which became a all time favorite among all guests. A two year data analysis was done about the then conference room and presented the report to the General Manager, the report emphasis was on converting the conference hall Chandra prakash to a suite room, although the general manager further presented the paper to the higher authorities as his brain child to convert the conference hall to a suite room. Finally the conference hall was converted to a suite room and one of the first distinguished guest was a member of the Rolling Stone Keith Richards.

On the 23rd July 2003 at 1630 hrs left the Taj Lake Palace Hotel and went on to Join the Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ahmadabad as the Senior Manager of Hospitality. Initially the scope of job was to look after the corporate office at Bhat and soon was promoted as the Head of Hospitality and Administration for the Cadila group of company-Looking after their units in Bhat, Ahmadabad, Mumbai, Bangalore & Delhi. After a stint for 2 years left the Cadila group and joined the Palanpur Palace as the General Manager. After that worked for the Radisson, & Cambay Group. Well experienced in pre-opening of hotels and resorts.