Shweta Jain has joined the hospitality major The Leela Group as Chief Marketing and Sales Officer. Previously, Jain was the Chief Business Development Officer for Luxury Reserve and Craft – India and South Asia at Diageo.
Jain, who also serves on the Board of Directors for Nao Spirits and Beverages Private Ltd, spent over six years at Diageo, working across various teams. Prior to her tenure at Diageo, she was the Head of Marketing at William Grant & Sons. Her extensive experience also includes roles at ShopClues, Pernod Ricard India, Ogilvy, McCann Worldgroup, Gillette India, and Rediffusion DY&R.
The Leela Group, headquartered in Mumbai, is owned by a Brookfield Asset Management-sponsored private real estate fund. The brand operates twelve award-winning properties in major cities and leisure destinations across India, including New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Udaipur, Jaipur, Gurugram, East Delhi, Mumbai, Gandhinagar, Kovalam, and Ashtamudi in Kerala.
The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has been recognized as the World’s Best Hotel Brand twice in a row by Travel + Leisure, USA’s World’s Best Awards Survey in 2020 and 2021. In 2023, it was again featured among the top three World’s Best Hotel Brands. The Leela brand has a marketing alliance with the US-based Preferred Hotels & Resorts and is a member of the Global Hotel Alliance.