AccorHotels appoints chief development officer

AccorHotels has promoted Gaurav Bhushan to chief development officer effective from July 1, 2015.

Bhushan will report to AccorHotels CEO Sebastien Bazin and will be directly responsible for the development of the Asia Pacific region.

Bhushan takes over from Christian Karaoglanian, who left the group after 40 years with Accor.

He began his career with AccorHotels in 1995 in Australia, where he held several positions in operations and finance.

In 2000, he was promoted to business development officer for Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, and extended his area of responsibility to become VP development for North Asia and the Pacific in 2004.

Since 2006, Gaurav Bhushan has headed the Asia Pacific development teams and coordinated the development of joint ventures and partnerships in the region.

Gaurav Bhushan has an MBA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investments from the Securities Institute of Australia.