‘Nepal’s tourism industry is a mix of challenges and opportunities’

Ashish Kumar, general manager of the Hyatt Regency, Kathmandu, on the current situation of Nepal’s hospitality industry, its challenges and opportunities.

Ashish Kumar is the general manager of the Hyatt Regency, Kathmandu. He has more than 23 years of experience in the hospitality industry and has been associated with the Hyatt for 13 years. After starting his career as a front office manager at the Park Hyatt Goa Resort and Spa in 2009, he worked as the rooms director at the Hyatt Regency, Pune and then at the Hyatt Regency in Chandigarh. His first assignment as a General Manager was at the Hyatt Place in Hampi before he joined the Hyatt Regency, Lucknow and thereafter, the property in Kathmandu. Kumar strongly believes that investing in the right people is the key to success. The Post talked to Kumar about the current situation of Nepal’s hospitality industry, its challenges and opportunities. The excerpts.