Guests Remember Hospitality That Made Them Feel Seen. So Do the Leaders Who Deliver It.
Grafa's Hospitality Hub maps 2,800+ hotel, travel-tech, F&B, and MICE leaders — tracking who can run both the P&L and the guest experience in India's post-pandemic hospitality renaissance.
2,800+
Hospitality Leaders Mapped
Post-COVID
Recovery-Proven Pool
Luxury
Premium Segment Covered
MICE
$12B+ Segment Tracked
Talent Hub
Your Hospitality Talent Pool. Guest-Centred. Commercially-Rigorous.
From Taj IHCL veterans to MakeMyTrip's product leaders to Massive Restaurants' F&B operators — Grafa maps hospitality leadership across every service segment and format.
Hotel & Travel Leadership Map
Hotel GMs, travel-tech CPOs, F&B chain CEOs — mapped by brand standard, property type, and commercial model.
Post-COVID Leadership Recovery Tracker
Many senior hospitality leaders exited during 2020-22. Grafa tracks who returned, who pivoted, and who's available with pandemic-resilience experience.
Luxury & Experiential Segment Index
Rising demand for luxury and experiential hospitality needs leaders who've managed international brand standards in Indian market contexts.
GM · 20 yrs
Taj Hotels (IHCL) → ITC Hotels
VP Product · 14 yrs
MakeMyTrip → Ixigo
CEO · 16 yrs
Massive Restaurants → QSR chain
Speed
JD to Ranked Longlist. Two Minutes. Any Hospitality Format.
Grafa parses property type, brand standard, and commercial model — matching hospitality leaders to your exact service context.
Write or Upload JD
Plain language or existing document — Grafa parses intent, not just keywords.
AI Parses Requirements
Role seniority, Hospitality sector, function, must-haves, and success criteria extracted in seconds.
Searches Hospitality Hub
2864+ pre-researched Hospitality leaders queried against your parsed requirements.
Scores 7 Fit Dimensions
Domain, seniority, skills, experience, location, pedigree, certifications — all weighted.
Ranked Longlist + Qs
10–20 prioritised profiles with fit rationale and tailored screening questions.
Live example
“General Manager for luxury resort property in Rajasthan, international brand experience, MICE revenue development, ₹50 Cr+ property revenue managed” → 12 ranked hospitality profiles with brand-standard and revenue-scale scores. Ready in under 2 minutes.
Automation
Everything Automated. Except the Welcome That Creates a Memory.
From brand standard compliance verification to F&B revenue analysis — Grafa automates the operational diligence so you focus on guest experience instinct and team culture leadership.
What Grafa handles
- JD parsing with property type and brand standard extraction
- Hotel GM P&L scale and RevPAR performance verification
- Travel-tech product and platform leadership scoring
- F&B chain operations and brand scaling assessment
- MICE and events revenue development capability mapping
- Luxury and experiential hospitality credential validation
- Hospitality compensation benchmarking across hotel and F&B tiers
- Reference coordination with brand and competitive sensitivity
What stays human
Guest experience instinct
Whether a leader can create an experience that guests remember years later — that instinct is assessed through observation and conversation.
Team culture building
Hospitality runs on team culture. A GM who inspires a 200-person team is different from one who manages them. That distinction is evaluated in person.
Brand DNA understanding
Every hotel brand has a DNA. Whether a leader embodies Taj's elegance or ITC's precision — that fit requires human judgment.
The Grafa principle
“Great hospitality is invisible efficiency that creates visible delight.”
Interview Intelligence
AI in Every Interview. Guest-Aware. Board-Ready.
Grafa scores hospitality leaders on operational depth, guest experience instinct, and commercial acumen — producing evidence for hotel boards and travel-tech investors.
Hospitality Leadership Capture
Property management narratives, guest experience innovations, and revenue development strategies — captured verbatim.
Hospitality Leadership Scoring
Guest experience instinct · Operational depth · Revenue management · Team culture · Brand DNA — scored in real time.
Evidence-Based Hospitality Case
Each recommendation links RevPAR achievements, guest satisfaction scores, and team performance evidence from the interview.
Board & Owner Dashboard
Hotel hires involve property owners, brand companies, and management boards. Grafa produces multi-stakeholder documentation.
“…turned the property around from 42% occupancy to 78% in 18 months by repositioning for the luxury experiential segment, launching a destination wedding programme that became the property's highest-margin revenue stream.”
“How did you convince the ownership group to invest ₹15 Cr in property renovation during a low-occupancy period?”
Live Assessment
Grafa Recommendation
Strong Hire · Present to CEO & Ownership Group
Live assessment during a gm assessment interview session. Names anonymised. All data stays within your Grafa workspace.
Roles · Hospitality & Travel
Every Hospitality Leadership Role. One Platform.
From luxury hotel GMs to travel-tech CEOs to F&B chain operators — Grafa maps the full hospitality and travel leadership spectrum.
Why Hospitality Search Breaks Down — And How Grafa Fixes It
Post-COVID created a permanent hospitality leadership vacuum
Many senior hospitality leaders exited the industry permanently during 2020-22. The remaining talent pool is smaller and more contested than ever. Grafa tracks every recovery-proven leader.
Hotel GMs manage the most complex operational role in any sector
P&L + brand standards + F&B + guest experience + team culture — all in one role. Grafa assesses this multi-dimensional complexity rather than just seniority.
Travel-tech needs product leaders, not hospitality operators
MakeMyTrip, Ixigo, and Cleartrip need tech-native product leaders who understand travel consumer behaviour. Grafa segments this talent separately from traditional hospitality.
Get started
The experience your guests remember starts with the leader they'll never meet.
Book a demo for your hospitality segment — hotels, travel-tech, F&B, or MICE. We'll run a live search with your exact requirements.