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Beyond The Lobby by Emversity

Beyond The Lobby by Emversity

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Explore groundbreaking conversations with hospitality & travel’s top leaders on "Beyond the Lobby." Hosted by Emversity’s Founder & CEO, Vivek Sinha, this series brings you firsthand stories from the visionaries shaping how the world books, plans, and experiences travel and hospitality. From iconic hoteliers to pioneering travel entrepreneurs, gain insights into what it takes to build enduring brands, navigate challenges, and reimagine the future of global hospitality.

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Episodes
  • The C-Suite Roadmap: Nikhil Sharma's Strategic Rise to Radisson MD
    Nov 3 2025

    In Episode 02 of Beyond The Lobby, Nikhil Sharma, Managing Director and COO of Radisson Hotel Group - South Asia, shares his extraordinary journey from starting at the very bottom to leading one of the world's most recognised hospitality brands. What makes his story remarkable is not just the position he holds today, but the bold choices and leaps of faith that shaped his path.

    From joining Lemon Tree in its infancy, where the startup environment gave him rare, multidisciplinary exposure at a young age, to leading the turnaround of Ginger, scaling Wyndham to 75 hotels, and now driving Radisson's expansion across 20+ cities, Nikhil's journey is a masterclass in passion, hard work, and resilience.

    In just two decades, he has achieved a level of success that few professionals in the hospitality industry, or any other industry, ever reach.

    Key Quote: "There's no secret recipe or secret sauce to it. At the end of the day, two words, passion and hard work, and the resilience to carry on are extremely important."

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • The Man Who Put India's Travel Sector Online: The MakeMyTrip Story
    Oct 31 2025

    Inside Episode 01 of Beyond The Lobby, Deep Kalra, Co-Founder of MakeMyTrip, reveals the untold story behind India's travel revolution. From surviving the dot-com crash to building the country's leading online travel platform, this is a story of conviction, resilience, and reinvention against all odds.

    What You'll Learn:

    • Why Deep chose travel over stockbroking in 2000
    • How 4 years of building bowling alleys prepared him for entrepreneurship
    • The fatal flaw that prevented legacy companies like Thomas Cook from going digital
    • The "phone to online" insight that changed everything

    Key Quote: "Large legacy companies couldn't crack the internet. It's not their fault, it's how they're structured. You have to be fundamentally built as a tech company that happens to be in travel."

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    Twitter: https://x.com/emversity

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    1 hr
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