HRAWI ANNOUNCES NEW COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP
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The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) held its 64th Annual General Meeting (AGM) recently to elect the office bearers for the term 2014-15. At the AGM, Bharat Malkani, Managing Director, Hotel Transit was elected as the President for the term. The office bearers are Dilip Datwani as Senior Vice President; Gurbaxish Singh Kohli as Vice President; Pradeep Shetty as Honorary Secretary; Sherry Bhatia as Joint Honorary Secretary and Prrem Tiwari as Honorary Treasurer for the same term.
“I, like my predecessors, will strive to work in the best interests of the association and the hotel industry as a whole. With the support of this team we will continue with the good work and resolve any pending matters at the earliest. Our vision is to work inclusively with the Government. Government and industry are equal stake-holders in building the Tourism potential in this great nation of ours. We believe by working together we can achieve the potential of doubling the tourism arrivals into the Western Region in a span of two years. We shall prioritize working on resolving the various tax and regulatory issues like Luxury Tax rates in Madhya Pradesh, Entertainment Tax in Maharashtra, visa-on-arrival issue in Goa among others. I congratulate the preceding office bearers for all they have achieved so far, including the recent successful launch of the non-commercial laboratory for food testing in Vadodara and wish all the new members all the very best for the future,” said Malkani.
The six members nominated for Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) for 2014-2015 to represent from Western Region are Bharat Malkani, Vivek Nair, D. S. Advani, Gurbaxish Singh Kohli, Pradeep Shetty and Nirav Gandhi.