Paul P John the Chairman and Managing Director of Kumarakom Lake Resort, Kerala, India is renowned for the success of his venture into the hospitality industry 8 years ago with Kumarakom Lake Resort, the culmination of a dream to offer the ultimate in luxury and service.

His second hotel, an all suite luxury, business hotel in Bangalore recently opened its doors and exemplifies new meaning to the terms luxury and modern comforts, being the second in a chain of leading properties that cater essentially to the discerning traveller.

Paul P John began his career in the liquor industry with John Distilleries, and today his company has been declared the 4th largest liquor company in the country with production at over 18 locations across India and an annual turnover of over Rs. 800 crores.

Constantly driven to venture new venues and achieve new heights, he has business interests in USA as well, with a furnishing fabric trading house based in Tampa, Florida, that has a distribution network across the USA and Canada.

Chateau de Banyan, the latest of the Paul John Enterprise, recently spread its wings across India's blossoming wine industry. As wines achieve growing recognition in the country, Chateau de Banyan intends to bring world-class wines to the discerning wine drinker and thus introduced its first brand - Big Banyan wines, a brand of premium wines that offer 5 distinct, individual varietals of whites and reds.

Born 30th Sept 1965, and with a degree in commerce and law, he is an NRI, settled in the USA for the past 8 years. With his wife and two daughters he resides at Bangalore when in India.