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PolyMinds · Hospitality Consulting

From blueprint to five-star reviews.

Advisory for hotel brands and for those about to become one. Whether you are converting a property, opening your first hotel or rescuing an underperforming one, the practice brings four decades of hotel education and operations to your side of the table.

III.What we do

Institutional-grade hotel counsel.

Every engagement is run against the standards taught at India's premier hotel school — installed on your property, audited monthly, and measured in ratings, RevPAR and repeat guests.

01Concept & pre-opening advisoryFeasibility, positioning and the pre-opening critical path.
02Operations set-up & SOPsSOPs, staffing models and service standards, installed and audited.
03Ratings & guest experiencePrograms that lift review scores and repeat business, measured monthly.
04Training & service academiesCurriculum-grade training for front office, F&B and housekeeping.
05F&B and revenue strategyMenu, outlet and pricing strategy that makes the P&L work.
06Turnaround & asset advisoryOwner-side advisory for properties that should earn more.
Practice chair

Dr. Nisheeth Srivastava

Retired Principal of IHM Mumbai — the institution that has trained Indian hospitality's leadership for generations — with some four decades in hotel education and operations. The practice is chaired by the man who taught the industry its standards.

Practice leadership
Dr. Nisheeth Srivastava · Ritwick Shrivastav · Manoj Bhosale
How we engage

Owner-side, always

We sit on the owner's side of the table — in operator negotiations, brand selection and management reviews — so the property's interest is the only interest in the room.

Clients

Who we serve.

Client engagements in this practice are conducted under strict confidentiality — properties are named only with the owner's consent.

Established brands

Hotel brands & operators

Operating hotels and hotel groups seeking sharper operations — SOP audits, ratings programs, training academies, F&B repositioning and turnaround mandates for underperforming properties.

First-time hoteliers

Owners, investors & entrepreneurs

Landowners, investors and entrepreneurs building their first property — who deserve institutional-grade counsel from day one: feasibility, concept, brand selection and the full pre-opening critical path.

Practice leadership

The hospitality principals.

Dr. Nisheeth Srivastava
Dr. Nisheeth Srivastava
Chair · Hospitality Consulting

Retired Principal, IHM Mumbai. Around four decades in hospitality education and operations at India's premier hotel school.

Ritwick Shrivastav
Ritwick Shrivastav
CEO & Director

Lawyer and data analyst — brings deal structuring, owner-side negotiation and performance analytics to hotel mandates.

Manoj Bhosale
Manoj Bhosale
Director

Runs the commercial architecture of engagements — budgets, revenue models and the monthly measurement cadence.

Engage the practice

Building or fixing a hotel?

A plot waiting for a concept, a property stuck at 3.8 stars, an operator contract on the table — send the brief and we'll take a look.