Indawo yokutyela iWestin Desaru Coast yabhengeza ukubekwa kukaVikram Mujumdar njengoMlawuli Jikelele weWestin Desaru Coast Resort. UVikram ligqala elinamava kwaye elihlonitshwayo kwishishini elinamava ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-2 yolwazi kuyo yonke imiba yolawulo nokusebenza kweehotele kwihlabathi liphela. Kule minyaka idlulileyo, umsebenzi wakhe kwishishini umbonile ebambe iindima eziphambili zolawulo kumazwe awahlukeneyo kumazwekazi amathathu.
Phambi kokujoyina iqela eWestin Desaru Coast Resort, uMujumdar ebesandula ukuba nguMlawuli Jikelele weQela loMsebenzi eSt. Regis Vommuli Irizothi eDhaalu Atoll eMaldives, esongamela iqela xa bekuvulwa indawo yokuchithela iihotele ezingama-77. Ngaphambi kwale ndima, wayenguMphathi Jikelele kumawonga amaninzi awaphumelela uW Seoul Walkerhill eSouth Korea, ukusukela ngo-2014 ukuya ku-2017. Ihotele enamagumbi angama-253 yayiyeyona hotele yokuqala enophawu luka-W eAsia Pacific.
KwiNdawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iWestin Desaru Coast Resort eJohor, ekumazantsi mpuma kunxweme lwePeninsular Malaysia, uMujumdar uzise amava akhe amninzi kushishino lokongamela kunye nokulawula iinkqubo ezichaphazelekayo ngexesha lokuvulwa kwangaphambili kwehotele yesithathu yaseWestin eMalaysia. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, uqeshe ikomiti yesigqeba eqhuba kakuhle kakhulu kunye neqela lobunkokheli, waqulunqa uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwangaphambili lwehotele, kunye nokubeka iinkqubo kunye nezikhokelo kuwo onke amasebe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukusebenza ngokungenasiphako kwindawo yokuhlala esandula kuvulwa.
UMujumdar wazalelwa eIndiya kwaye wafumana isidanga sakhe kwezobuGcisa kwezoQoqosho kwiDyunivesithi yaseMadras, kwiKholeji yaseLoyola e-Chennai, ngo-1991, ngaphambi kokuba ayokufumana iMasters ye-Management in Hospitality e-Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration e-Ithaca, eNew York Ngomhla ka-Meyi 1999. Emva kokuthweswa kwakhe isidanga, waqala umsebenzi wakhe kwishishini ngendima yokuqeqeshwa kwabaphetheyo kwiiOberoi Hotels and Resorts eIndiya, kwaye kwisithuba seminyaka embalwa, wakhawuleza wasebenza indlela yakhe enyuka ngezikhundla ebambe iindima zolawulo eOberoi.
Ujoyine iMarriott International kwi1999 njengoMphathi woHlolo lweNgeniso kwiOfisi yeCluster Revenue eBoston, eMassachusetts, indima awayeyibambe phantse iminyaka esibhozo. Ebekade ekunye neMarriott International ukusukela ngoko, kwaye kule minyaka idlulileyo ubambe iindima eziphambili zolawulo neMarriott International kwihlabathi liphela, kubandakanya neehotele zaseMarriott e-UK naseSingapore; iSheraton Grande Laguna esePhuket; Isiqithi saseNaka, ihotele yoQokelelo eNtofontofo ePhuket kunye neRoyal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers eBangkok, Thailand.
UMujumdar yingcali ethobekileyo nehlonitshwayo phakathi koogxa bakhe kwaye uyaziwa ngokubeka impilo-ntle yamalungu eqela lakhe ngaphezu kwako konke. Amava akhe abanzi kulawulo lwengeniso kwicandelo lokwamkela iindwendwe kunceda ekuqinisekiseni impumelelo yokuvulwa kwepropathi nganye ayongameleyo, apho alawula khona uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali kwaye enze uqikelelo oluchanekileyo lwabo bonke abachaphazelekayo ababandakanyekayo. Ngexesha lakhe lokuzimela, uMujumdar ngumfundi onomdla othanda ukudlala itenesi. Uthetha isiNgesi, isiHindi, isiTamil nesiMarathi.
