KB Kachru has been instrumental in building Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group’s business in India since 1998. Prior to being appointed as the company’s chairman emeritus and principal advisor in South Asia in July, 2016, he served as its executive VP, and was responsible for its overall strategy, hotel development, management and functional support of key markets in the region.
An industry veteran, he is an active member of various tourism and hospitality advisory committees at the state and national level and has been on the board of directors for the Tourism Corporation of various state governments and on the board of governors of the Institute of hotel management in New Delhi. He has also served as an executive member of Pacific Asia Travel Association’s India Chapter, the American Society of Travel Agents of India, Hotel Association of India, Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India and India Convention Promotion Bureau.
Nominated co-chairman of the Travel and Civil Aviation Committee of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and executive member of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Kachru has been a trailblazer for positive change in the hospitality industry. He spearheaded the formation of the Institute for International Management and Technology in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University, UK.
