Shweta Jain has joined hospitality giant Leela Group as Chief Marketing and Sales Officer. Jain was Diageo's Chief Business Development Officer for Luxury Reserve and Craft in India and South Asia.
Mr. Jain, who is also a board member of Nao Spirits and Beverages Private Ltd, spent more than six years at Diageo, working across multiple teams. Before he joined Diageo, he was marketing director at William Grant & Sons. Jain has also worked with companies such as ShopsClues, Pernod Ricard India, Ogilvy, McCann Worldgroup, Gillette India, and Rediffusion DY&R.
Headquartered in Mumbai, Leela Brands is currently owned by a private real estate fund sponsored by Brookfield Asset Management and operates 12 award-winning properties in major cities and leisure destinations across India. These include flagship hotels in the capital New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Udaipur, Jaipur, Gurugram, East Delhi, Mumbai, Gandhinagar, Kovalam and Ashtamudi in Kerala.
Leela Palace Hotels and Resorts has been named the World's Best Hotel Brand twice in a row in 2020 and 2021 by U.S. Travel & Leisure's World's Best Awards survey. In 2023, the brand was once again ranked in the top three of the World's Best Hotels. brand. The brand has a marketing partnership with US-based Preferred Hotels & Resorts and is a member of the Global Hotel Alliance.
