DJ BIJAL PANWALA’S Hotel BPM Brooklyn in Brooklyn, New York, is set to reopen in late fall following a multi-million-dollar renovation. The 70-room hotel will be managed by Hotel Equites.
Hotel BPM is also known as Hotel Beats Per Minute.
The property will include redesigned guestrooms, public spaces, wellness offerings, a new on-site merchandise venue, a fitness center and its first restaurant and bar, BPM said. The hotel is near Barclays Center and has access to Manhattan and Times Square.
Bijal started at LIU Brooklyn, DJing campus events and hosting college radio, according to his LinkedIn account. He entered the digital music space with AOL as a curator and Mixshow host, later launching Everywhere Radio on SiriusXM, where he promoted South Asian representation on national airwaves.
He entered hotel entrepreneurship by opening the hotel in Brooklyn’s Industry City in Sept. 2012.
His work in branding and hospitality led to the creation of Bijal Brands, a strategy and identity firm, and Panwala Property Management Corp., which focuses on hotel design, development and management, it said. As CEO of Panwala, Bijal oversees growth, revenue strategy, and concept development, along with Hotel BPM Group and Bijal Brands, across hospitality, media and branding.
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