Jay Welinkar is the new general manager of the Holiday Inn Yangtze Chongqing.

Prior to this hotel, Welinkar was general manager at Holiday Inns at Yueyang and Qinghuangdao where he opened that five-star hotel. He was in China for two years and prior to that was general manager of Holiday Inn London-Bexley. A hotelier with 19 years of experience, he is a graduate of Swiss Hotel School Les Roches and has worked in five countries.