Meet The Founder -
Durjay Sengupta, Founder.
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A decade-old veteran of the hospitality industry, Durjay has closely interacted with global luxury travelers all his professional life, leading him to develop a keen understanding of their needs, motivations and concerns. This led him to envisage different sort of travel company, for whom every guest would be a unique adventure, where holiday ideas would spring from true insight into the preferences and interests of each individual traveller, leading to a truly bespoke luxury holiday experience that would be one of a kind in the Indian subcontinent.
Durjay started Compass India Inc. singlehandedly in the year 2000.
Durjay is passionately fond of travel and travellers. He continues to traverse the length and breadth of the subcontinent to stay up to date and remains hands-on to the extent that guests occasionally find it hard to believe that he “also” owns the company.
These days, he does legal work for the company, as well as hotel confirmation, while pitching in with operations and in other departments; he's a bit of a jack of all trades. But, he says, "I enjoy watching the company grow, and I enjoy being here every step of the way."
Sanjay Puri [ THE TEAM ]
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Born in Chandigarh, Sanjay’s journey in the travel industry began in exotic Benaras, the world’s oldest living city, where he worked with the prestigious TAJ Hotels Resorts and Palaces, interacting with thousands of travellers who poured into the city from all over the world.
The experience prepared him well for his sojourn with Compass, helping him develop a keen understanding of the needs and expectations of discerning global travellers. With Compass, he has honed his formidable skills even further, ensuring a service quality that consistently meets and often surpasses the highest global standards. Sanjay’s key responsibilities include formulating and implementing standard operating procedures to meet the Compass’s high benchmarks and determining the company's mission and strategic direction as conveyed through policies and corporate objectives.
Sanjay’s passion is people who travel, and he uses his hawk’s eye for detail to ensure that very Compass guest receives the highest levels of personal care, courtesy, luxury and security in the course of her holiday. Sanjay is also a highly enthusiastic practitioner of competitive sports like tennis, badminton, table tennis and cricket but generous and gracious host that he is, if you played with him, he would probably let you win.
RADHIKA [ THE TEAM ]
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Radhika grew up in Goa and naturally got addicted to holidays and leisure. She completed her graduation and joined the Leela Goa in Guest Relations. There was no looking back since then and worked her way to Customer Service with chains like Le Meridien and Ramada. Joined COMPASS in 2012 and since then has been managing a team of passionate service executives in meticulously managing holidays all over the Indian subcontinent. She is our “one-stop-shop” and “go to person” for everything related to our valued guests. Though she is in the payroll of the company but according to her own words, “I work for my guests and only report to them” is reason enough for all of us to listen to her every request and command. All of us miss her when we travel on our personal holidays as no holiday can be imagined without her meticulous guest management. Customized holidays are never without issues and hiccups and need one person to hold together the tour management and for COMPASS it is RADHIKA and her team.
Rahul Kumar [ THE TEAM ]
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When Manager of Contracts Kumar first joined on with Compass at the company's inception, he had no idea that it would grow as quickly as it has into a worldwide brand for experiencing India. But looking back, he's also not surprised.
"India has such a wide range of things to see and do, and such a wide range of heritage," he says. For travelers with an equally wide range of travel interests, a company that provides such customized packages was certain to grow.
These days, he does legal work for the company, as well as hotel confirmation, while pitching in with operations and in other departments; he's a bit of a jack of all trades. But, he says, "I enjoy watching the company grow, and I enjoy being here every step of the way."