Aionos has appointed Parikshit Choudhury as Global Head of its Travel and Hospitality Practice, strengthening its leadership as the company looks to expand AI-led enterprise solutions across the global travel and hospitality industry.
New Delhi: AI-focused enterprise technology company Aionos has announced the appointment of Parikshit Choudhury as Global Head of its Travel and Hospitality Practice. As part of the Executive Leadership Team, Choudhury will lead the global growth and expansion of the practice, focusing on delivering AI-powered enterprise solutions for hotels, airlines, airports, cruise lines and other travel businesses.
Choudhury brings more than two decades of experience across travel, hospitality, technology and consumer services. He joins Aionos from the MakeMyTrip Group, where he spent over a decade in leadership roles, managing businesses across hotels, homestays, ground transportation, B2B travel distribution and customer experience.
During his tenure at MakeMyTrip, he played a key role in building ibibo Hotels and leading the integration of the MakeMyTrip and Goibibo hotel businesses. He also helped scale the myPartner travel agent network and spearheaded AI-driven customer experience transformation initiatives across both platforms.
Before joining MakeMyTrip, Choudhury held leadership positions at GE Capital, MRF Tyres and Times Internet, including its real estate platform Magicbricks.
Commenting on the appointment, CP Gurnani, Co-Founder and CEO of Aionos, said that Choudhury’s experience in building large travel businesses and understanding industry operations would strengthen the company’s efforts to support the sector’s AI transformation.
He highlighted that artificial intelligence is expected to reshape several aspects of travel and hospitality, from traveller discovery and booking experiences to the operational management of hotels, airlines and airports. Choudhury’s experience across distribution, partner ecosystems and AI-led customer experience is expected to help Aionos deliver solutions at scale.
Speaking about his new role, Parikshit Choudhury, Global Head of Travel and Hospitality Practice at Aionos, said that the industry presents significant opportunities for AI adoption, given its complex and high-volume operations.
He noted that AI can directly contribute to improving revenue, customer experience and operational efficiency. At Aionos, his focus will be on bringing together the company’s industry expertise and AI capabilities to help clients move beyond pilot projects and achieve measurable results at scale.
Choudhury holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Calcutta and an MBA from ITM Group of Institutions. He has also completed a classroom programme at Naspers Academy by Harvard Business School, earning certification in Business Strategy.
With this appointment, Aionos aims to strengthen its presence in the global travel and hospitality sector, where growing AI adoption is creating opportunities to improve customer engagement, streamline operations and build more efficient enterprise experiences.
By: Sejal Thakur
