Arpit Sood

- Experienced travel and food content creator with a strong presence on Instagram via @ridenomad (Travel) and @crushovermeals (Food) accounts. - Collaborated with over 40 restaurants, cafes, bars, and outlets, creating captivating content to showcase their offerings. - Established partnerships with renowned brands such as Marriott, ID, The Lalit, The Fern, LBB, and Black & White, delivering high-quality visuals and engaging narratives. - Demonstrated expertise in crafting compelling stories around travel destinations and culinary experiences, driving engagement and brand awareness.

• Exceeded targeted sales goals through the continuous pursuit of new sales opportunities and expert closing of customer deals. Achieved 152% sales target in the first month and averaged 121% target during my tenure. • The highest conversion rate of 56% of leads during a month. • Collected information on sales and service issues to coordinate with the marketing team to plan marketing campaigns • Followed up with customers after completing sales to assess satisfaction and resolve technical or service concerns.

- Built a website from scratch for the property, redesigned the Menu, created visual content and increased digital presence by setting up profiles on Google, Airbnb, MakeMyTrip, TripAdvisor etc. - Introduced WFH packages with free Wi-Fi which helped maintain an average occupancy of 70% even during the Covid lockdowns. -Worked on the expansion of the property by introducing newer categories of rooms and face-lifting of the property. - Got the best rating on Google in the target market within 6 months of going live

- Was part of Food & Beverage team and integral part of reopening team during the Covid-19 lockdown. - Was awarded for most positive guest feedbacks and reviews on various social media platforms for consecutive 3 months. - Gained experience of planning and operations of banquets, bar, coffee shop, fine dine and speciality restaurants. - Handled numerous conferences, VIP meetings, corporate events, social gatherings and social events. - Helped in managing the inventory and requisitions on regular basis.

• Worked as an Intern in all major departments of the hotel (Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Front Office, F&B Service, Kitchen, Housekeeping) • Awarded with The Letter of Appreciation for my outstanding efforts during busy operations and maintaining 100% attendance during Industrial Exposure Training.

- Elected as Class Representative & Academic Ambassador with 92% votes in favor. - Selected as one of the 2 representatives out of 268 students to lead the team for G20 event. - Successfully led a team of 25 students for a span of 3 days at G20 CII Innoverge. - Elected to the core committee for Marketing Club and member of Academics Committee - Won 1st prize in Guess The App competition in Management Fest hosted by Oxford College of Business Management, Bangalore

- Core member of Food & Beverage Club and Discipline Committee - Secured 2nd position in the intercity Essay Writing Competition organised by the Ministry of Tourism. - Organized numerous events at the college level, as well as district level including the meeting of government delegates, Governor's house social event, Chandigarh Carnival, Rose Festival etc