As Robinson’s Hotel and Resorts (RHR) recently-named Senior Vice President and Business Unit General Manager, Barun Jolly now oversees the upscaling and expansion of their portfolio with 30 hotels and over 5,000 keys across 19 municipalities. Following the call to “explore more in the Philippines” by founder John L. Gokongwei, Jolly has set the road map as the global hospitality company moves to greater heights.
With his 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Jolly has noted how the upper segment of Filipinos evolved as well-traveled individuals with a growing taste for adventure and luxury. With an expanded disposable income, this market segment frequently travels for business and leisure to popular destinations in the country and abroad. “You know, Filipinos are more globally traveled than most of the population in Asia, primarily, because of the OFWs and by sheer nature, they love to travel.
Having that exposure outside the country, they’ve got a global outlook of hospitality. So we ask ourselves, why should we not bring the Filipino touch of hospitality with a global footprint?” “Today, I say this with a lot of confidence; RHR is truly a hospitality company with a global footprint. RHR has the widest footprint of brands to cater to different markets; the largest hospitality company today by number of hotels in the most widespread locations in the country.
We have our upscale hotels, Grand Summit Hotel GenSan and Summit Ridge Tagaytay, and smart .