The Hyatt Regency Dehradun resort in India hands Karan Singh Nagra marketing for the future Alila Lansdowne

Hyatt has promoted Karan Singh Nagra to Cluster Director of Marketing, heading marketing for two hotels in Uttarakhand, in northern India. Announced on 9 November 2026, the role puts him in charge of marketing and communications for the Hyatt Regency Dehradun Resort and Spa, where he has worked since 2024, and for the Alila Lansdowne, a resort still in preparation.

One marketing director for two resorts

The title of Cluster Director of Marketing describes a marketing director shared by several hotels within the same group. Karan Singh Nagra now steers the marketing strategy of both properties: digital presence, press relations, campaigns and sales support.

He says he is grateful for the trust Hyatt has placed in him, and wants to give each of the two hotels a brand story of its own.

From Kolkata to Dehradun, three roles at Hyatt

After an MBA in marketing from Praxis Business School in Kolkata, Karan Singh Nagra started out in retail and radio, at Spencer’s Retail and then at the 91.9 Friends FM station, before becoming senior marketing and communications manager at JW Marriott Kolkata. He joined the Hyatt Regency Dehradun in April 2024 as marketing and communications manager, became head of the department in January 2026, and now takes charge of marketing for both hotels.

In Dehradun, he has worked on the resort’s image, digital strategy, press relations, influencer partnerships and the promotion of its restaurants.

263 rooms at the foot of the Mussoorie hills

Opened in April 2022, the Hyatt Regency Dehradun was the first Hyatt hotel in Uttarakhand. It covers around 1.7 hectares at the foot of the Mussoorie hills, near the Malsi forest, and has 263 rooms, including 24 suites. On the roof, the Beyul restaurant serves North Indian and Tibetan cuisine next to the Sky Pool and its bar; the resort also has the Malt Bar, the Range restaurant, a spa with six treatment rooms and around 3,100 m² of event space.

Alila Lansdowne, the resort still to come

The second hotel, the Alila Lansdowne, has not opened yet: Hyatt is recruiting its pre-opening team and has published neither an opening date nor a room count. Lansdowne is a small mountain town in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. Alila is one of Hyatt’s luxury brands (see the 36 Hyatt brands ranked), and the group’s Asia-Pacific region will be led by Stephen Ho from 1 January 2027. In the Indian Himalayas, we have also featured the Himalayan Woodcroft hotel, in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh.