According to Graham Wood, Divisional Director Resorts designate, Sun International: “To strengthen Sun International’s presence in the Indian market, Outbound Marketing’s appointment as general sales agent for India is an important step in the right direction in increasing our market share in India”.

Outbound Marketing is spearheaded by Ms. Vasudha Sondhi, its Managing Director. An Indian national, she brings twenty years of travel and hospitality experience in senior positions at Hyatt International, Le Meridien Hotels and other travel organisations. Vasudha has also been instrumental in setting up and establishing strategies of several national tourism boards in India.

Ms. Sondhi heads the Sales and Marketing team responsible for Sun International’s account. The Team at Outbound Marketing includes Lopamudra Gupta Parui and Vandana Mathur.

Commenting upon her appointment, Ms. Sondhi said,” The space for luxury in travel remains largely unfulfilled and through this appointment Outbound Marketing further expands its reach in this segment.”

Regional Sales Manager, Lopamudra G Parui will be responsible sales in Western India and South-West India. She has fourteen years of experience in the hospitality industry and comes with a strong background of hotel sales. Her previous assignments were with Hyatt Regency, New Delhi; Sofitel Umaid, Ahmedabad and Majorda Beach, Goa. Prior to joining Outbound Marketing. she was withDevigrah Resorts, Udaipur as Regional Manager Sales.

Vandana started her careerwith Outbound Marketing 4 years ago. She is responsible for selling Sun International’s hotels and resorts in Southern Africa & Egypt for North, East and South-East India .Prior to this she was handling Sales and Marketing for Le Telfair Golf and Spa Resort, Mauritius and marketing activities for HRH Group of Hotels, Rajasthan.

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About Outbound Marketing

Outbound Marketing Pvt. Limited was established in January 2002 to handle outsourced sales and marketing within the travel and hospitality industry. We are affiliated with Connect Worldwide since 2003. Connect Worldwide is a global e-commerce and representation company with over 42 offices in 36 countries.

Outbound Marketing represents various hotels, Spas and destination management companies such as Choice Hotels International, Allson Hotels and Resorts, Asia, Le Telfair Golf and Spa Resort, Mauritius, Radisson Edwardian Hotels U.K, Sun International Resorts & Hotels, Southern Africa and Egypt, Six Senses Hotels, Resorts and Spa, Indochina Services, Pegasus Incoming, Austria.

Sun International’s operations include resorts, luxury hotel products, and casinos in 14 jurisdictions in South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.Everyday, over

50 000 customers from over 50 countries visit a Sun International property.Over a period of three decades, the group has invested more than R10-billion in new tourism infrastructure. It employs

over 8300 people in southern Africa, has indirectly created 50000 new employment opportunities in the broader tourism industry, and it has been estimated that its business has a direct impact on the livelihood of more than 500000 people in the sub-continent.For further information regarding Sun International or any of the properties, visit their website: www.suninternational.com