March 26, 2015

Uday Rao has been named General Manager at Four Seasons Resort Bali At Jimbaran Bay

Updated April 29

Already General Manager of Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, Uday Rao has just been appointed to also serve as General Manager of Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay. Arriving in Bali in 2012 as the Resort Manager at Sayan, Uday was promoted to General Manager within just six months. Over the past three years, he has fallen in love with Bali. “Living here, my life has changed profoundly on a personal and professional level. So when the opportunity was presented to expand my role here, I did not hesitate at all.” A native of New Delhi, Uday completed high school in India before immigrating to San Diego at the age of 16 to study business management in the United States, then in Japan. Post graduation, he got the travel bug and gravitated to the world of hotels. As he explains, “I practically grew up in hotels.” Uday started with Four Seasons in 1991 in Chicago, working as an overnight receptionist, then ascended through various positions, transferring to Tokyo, Singapore, Dallas and the Maldives. He returned to India in 2006 to openFour Seasons Hotel Mumbai, serving as Hotel Manager. Though he has worked once with another hotel company, Uday feels most comfortable with Four Seasons. “I have spent more than 23 years with Four Seasonsin various parts of the world at various stages of my career. There’s no better place for me than Four Seasons.This is where I belong and feel the best fit with the company culture, the philosophy and the people.” Though located only 90 minutes apart, the two Resorts in Bali feel completely different. With only 60 suites and villas, Sayan is nestled in a lush green river valley in the island’s central highlands near Ubud. With 156 villas and residences, Jimbaran Bay is like a traditional Balinese village set right on the ocean’s edge on the southern coast.

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