CONSTANCE HOTELS AND RESORTS
WE CHAT TO ROSHAN KOONJA , CIO AT CONSTANCE HOTELS AND RESORTS , ABOUT THE GROUP ’ S TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGY
When we called Roshan Koonja , he had just touched down in Mauritius . He was back home from San Francisco after participating at IBM Connect 2017 , a prestigious gathering of CIOs hosted annually by IBM . This was one of a series of recent international conferences that Roshan had been invited to as a guest speaker . Roshan feels privileged to be in these high-profile forums where he passionately shares his experiences with cutting-edge technologies that he has successfully implemented at Constance Hotels . Regular invitations to these international platforms are encouraging signs for Roshan who feels that his organization is respected in the international arena with its successes in embracing change through a people-first digitization model .
To say that Roshan likes technology would be an understatement . Over the last 20 years , he has built an impressive track record in the information and communications technology sector in the hospitality space through the design and development of practical , innovative business solutions . Roshan has established himself as a resultsdriven no-nonsense player within his company , reaching the upper echelon of management in the process . It is no surprise that he is a well-respected and often sought after to speak at global hotel technology conferences .
The information technology industry of the 90s in Mauritius was still in its infancy stages when Roshan joined Constance Hotels . While his first assignment was to implement an IT
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