India is art, not science: Hilton Hotels' Asia Pacific President

Alan Watts and Navjit Ahluwali discuss their India plan

Alan Watts, executive vice-president and president for the Asia Pacific (APAC) at Hilton Hotels & Resorts, and Navjit Ahluwalia, its senior vice-president and country head, discuss their India plan with Shally Seth Mohile. Edited excerpts:

Hilton has charted an aggressive growth strategy for the APAC, what are your priorities?

Watts: As we speak today, one in every four hotels being built right across APAC, and one in every three in China, is a Hilton one. Like most in the sector, we are very focused on APAC. Asia leads the world in growth (here) and what it means is to bring the right