1. Boston East India Hotels LLC
Boston East India Hotels Pvt. Ltd.
21 High Street, Suite 300
North Andover, Massachusetts 01845
United States of America
Road Opp Bank of India,
Bhatiwado Nerul,
Bardez Goa 403114
India
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Media Contact:
James Foster
India: +91 80-07259222
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TROCA HOTELS HIRES HOTEL MANAGEMENT VETERAN
NICK MOHAN AS THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER
FOR THE SOFALA IN GOA, INDIA
NORTH ANDOVER, MA (September 10, 2013) – Troca Hotels, a curated lifestyle hotel collection, has
announced that Nitin “Nick” Mohan has been named the General Manager for The Sofala 15°74, its flagship
property in Goa, India.
Hotel industry veteran Mohan joined The Sofala from the Park Group of Hotels, a company known as a
pioneer in boutique hotels in India. For the past several years, Mr. Mohan served as Director of Rooms at
The Park, New Delhi, a five-star, 220-room luxury property, until leaving to join The Sofala. Prior to joining the
Park Group, Mr. Mohan spent years gaining international experience in various positions at hotels such the
Toronto Marriott Bloor Yorkville, the Renaissance Toronto Airport, the Hilton Toronto, the New York Marriott
Marquis, the Le Meridien New Delhi, the Maurya Sheraton Hotel and Towers and The Oberoi New Delhi.
“Nick is an experienced hotelier who brings an impressive portfolio of leadership and experience to The
Sofala as the hotel enters a significant growth and marketing period,” said Abhijit “Beej” Das, President and
CEO of Boston East India Hotels. “He was attracted to our model of a curated lifestyle hotel brand, and his
knowledge and grasp of the global hospitality industry makes him an perfect fit to operate curated lifestyle
hotels in India.”
Mr. Mohan has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Delhi and a Diploma in International Airlines Travel
and Management from SITA World Travel in New Delhi. His hospitality industry training includes Cornell
University School of Hotel Management’s Strategic Hospitality Management program and Columbia
University Business School’s Marriott Serve Excellence Training.

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ABOUT THE SOFALA – Located minutes from the culinary epicenter, active nightlife, and beaches of North
Goa, India, The Sofala 15°74 was named to the Conde Nast Traveler Hotel Hot List in 2011, which
celebrated the hotel’s style and architecture, was designed in part by famed Indian fashion design Tarun
Tahiliani. The hotel features twenty four guest rooms, including six suites and one three-bedroom
presidential villa with its own private pool overlooking the region. The hotel is owned by Sun Estates
Developers and is part of the Troca Hotels portfolio. The Sofala’s restaurant, Mia Cucina, offers authentic
Italian food and traditional Italian recipes. The Sofala hosts three weekly live entertainment events: Thursday
Night Live featuring jazz, blues and funk performers from Goa and around the world; the Saturday SoSocial
with a DJ and a variety of live musical accompaniments; and Sunday’s Lounge and Lunch, featuring live
entertainment and free flowing alcohol and food in the hotel’s restaurant and poolside.
ABOUT TROCA HOTELS – The name Troca Hotels is derived from Portuguese and means passage,
voyage, exchange, and transformation which is emblematic of the mission of the company to foster authentic
and relevant exchange and connection between people from different places and cultures. Troca’s unique
properties offer: a shift in time, pace and state of mind, an interchange of experience, a passage to a new
adventure. All properties in the Troca Hotels collection of curated lifestyle hotels derive their names from
points, people and artifacts along the Carreira Da India, the trade route taken by the Portuguese armada
between Lisbon and Goa and Kochi. The Sofala is named for the southernmost city in the Swahili gold trade,
where the Portuguese established a thriving port and harbor. All Troca Hotels are identified by their
geographic coordinates; the latitude and longitude for Goa - 15°N 74°E - is represented in The Sofala 15°74.
Troca Hotels is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston East India Hotels LLC. For more information visit
www.trocahotels.com
ABOUT BOSTON EAST INDIA HOTELS - Boston East India Hotels LLC is a global hotel investment,
development and management company with offices in the United States and India. Headquartered in North
Andover, Mass., the company focuses its development and management activities on strategic markets and
gateway cities globally that have strong fundamentals but are often underserved by quality lifestyle and mid-
scale assets. The company has development infrastructure in the United States, Europe and India and is also
developing the first new upper upscale hotel in thirty years from a major international brand, in North Goa.