"THANK YOU TripAdvisor ! "
Very few people in
this world get to do what they love - as part of their profession.
…..and to be able to
bundle it all together is a matter of great luck.
For me my first love
is to catch people doing right - the second is to teach in hotels – third
is to write – and the fourth is photography.
For many years I
would do this as 4 separate streams – till something phenomenal happened to me
around June 2014.
Through a
well-wisher of mine- Sanjeev Mahajan, owner of Fortune Select Excalibur,
Gurgaon. (I call it a magical stroke of luck). I came to know of something
called Trip Advisor.
Till then I had only
heard about TripAdvisor – but it was only in 2014 that I came to know about the power of
this platform.
I started to pen my
reviews on Trip Advisor from thereon - and one thing to led to another
thereafter.
Soon I realised that
it is a platform which is allowing me to connect with all my passions in one shot ..... I can
write about the hotels I visit for my workshops…I can catch people doing right
on my reviews ….and I can shoot pictures too. In the process I can also contribute to the
traveller community . Isn’t this amazing I thought to myself!
As I write this blog
I have 307 reviews on Trip Advisor now - 192 unique restaurants, 91 Hotels
and 24 Aviation reviews. My reviews have been read by 1.35 lac people and I
have had the good fortune of contributing 4000+ photographs on this platform.
Sitting at 1.5 lac points I am a Level 6 contributor !
However I remain
humble to this day - and I remain honest to my intentions and passions.
This story is not
about my statistics – this is about how the universe comes together to help you
– when you really want something earnestly.
This is also a story
of my gratitude to Trip Advisor for allowing me to contribute on their
platform, and to the hundreds of Chefs and members from the hotel industry who
inspired me to write on them.
I feel very
fortunate to be in this position.
Bakery
Chef Ravinder Belwal of Fortune Select Excalibur crafted the cake showcased in this blog . Brand Master Chef Inder Dev from the same hotel orchestrated the ceremony.
The cake cutting was held on August 12, 2016 at Fortune Select Excalibur - which also happens to be the hotel on which I wrote my first TripAdvisor review. ( Interestingly I had mentioned Chef Ravinder's name there too).
The cake cutting was held on August 12, 2016 at Fortune Select Excalibur - which also happens to be the hotel on which I wrote my first TripAdvisor review. ( Interestingly I had mentioned Chef Ravinder's name there too).
Text by: R Kesava Mallia in Hyderabad.
Pictures: Fortune Select Excalibur, Gurgaon.
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