“Victoria’s Empress Hotel gets first female manager: Indu Brar will oversee effort to create ‘the best luxury resort in the Pacific Northwest”
The Vancouver Sun (March 25, 2016)
Indu Brar is the first woman appointed as general manager of the 108-year-old Fairmont Empress Hotel, which is undergoing a major renovation slated to be completed in spring 2017.
Brar started her new job two weeks ago, moving from the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver where she served as general manager for 2½ years and oversaw its renovation.
Men outnumber women in senior management positions in the hotel sector, Powell said. “It’s not 50-50, but there are a lot more (women) than there used to be.”
Brar jumped at the chance to manage the historic Empress, calling it “a once in a lifetime opportunity.”