Updesh is well known for his reporting as a journalist and editor at a number of travel industry publications. This included the Travel Weekly Group, Travel Asia and Tourism Asia based in Singapore and as an Editor and News Editor at Euromoney in London. He was also a news producer at Sky News. His airline experience includes Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airlines, and executive experience as Global Head of Corporate Communications at Qatar Airways, Head of Press Office at the Qatar Foundation and Global Head of Corporate Communications at Etihad. Updesh has also worked at APCO Worldwide in the Arabian Gulf. He is based in the UK.