Vish Bhatia
CEO
Vish has over 20 years of experience in revenue management and hospitality investments. He also Co-Founded Hotelsoft Inc., a Silicon Valley based, revenue management and business analytics software company. Before launching Hotelsoft, Vish was the Vice President of Revenue Strategies at Aston Hotels & Resorts overseeing revenue management and distribution for 30 hotels, resorts and condominium collection properties, with over 4,500 rooms in Hawaii and mainland USA. Previously, he held leadership positions in revenue management and distribution at Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, a 30 hotel luxury chain in Asia, Morgan’s Hotel Group, Miami and The Plaza Hotel, New York, a Fairmont managed hotel. He was also instrumental in raising a $585 million fund at Everstone Capital, a $1.7 billion private equity and real estate fund. Vish served on the Revenue Management Advisory Board of HSMAI and was a member of the Chief Revenue Officer roundtable from 2011-2013. Vish holds a Masters degree from Cornell-ESSEC university and enjoys painting and golf in his spare time.
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Carolina Pachon
VP Revenue Strategy & Digital Marketing
Carolina directs her love for math and analytics into revenue management and digital marketing. She currently manages a multi-property portfolio of luxury hotels such as Taj Campton Place in San Francisco, CA, Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston and S Hotel Montego Bay, Jamaica and consults with other SBEs in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area. At plainbright hospitality LLC, she has been helping clients achieve their online goals by designing and executing personalized digital marketing strategies, since 2011. She was the Co-Founder & CEO and is now a Lifetime Honorary Member of the Colombia Green Building Council (CBGC), which is affiliated to the US Green Building Council (USGBC). Prior to that she was a Regional Manager at Citibank International.
Carolina is a graduate of the Master of Management in Hospitality (MMH) program from Cornell University and holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.