Manish BhatiaBhatia formerly was general manager of the 171-room, five-star Hilton Mumbai International Airport hotel in India, where he oversaw a staff of 438. Prior to that, he was general manager of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston-Bedford Glen hotel in Bedford, Mass., a 281-room hotel managed by Dolce Hotels and Resorts, which he joined as director of operations. Earlier in his career, Bhatia was general manager of the four-star Hotel Providence in Rhode Island, director of food & beverage at The Westin Providence, food & beverage director at the Hilton Boston/Dedham in Massachusetts and assistant food & beverage director at the former Al Jazira Beach Resort & Hotel in the United Arab Emirates. He began his career in 1989 at the former Taj Mahal Intercontinental hotel in Mumbai and subsequently worked as a restaurant consultant in Sydney, Australia, and for Royal Caribbean International, based in Miami. He is a 1989 graduate of the Mumbai College of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, where he received a bachelor’s degree in hospitality.