IHCL CEO Chhatwal Re-elected President of HAI
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The Executive Committee of Hotel Association of India (HAI) unanimously re-elected all office bearers for a consecutive term of two years at the Association’s milestone 25th AGM held in New Delhi recently.
Led by the president, Puneet Chhatwal, MD & CEO, The Indian Hotels Company (Taj Hotels), the team comprises of K.B. Kachru (Vice President) Chairman Emeritus & Principal Advisor, South Asia Radisson Hotel Group, J. K. Mohanty (Hony. Secretary) MD, Swosti Premium, Patu Keswani (Hony. Treasurer) CMD, Lemon Tree Hotels continue to direct the Association throughout its term of office till 2023.
Rupak Gupta, Managing Director, U.P.Hotels Surinder Singh, Area Director, IHCL are the two newly elected committee members. While Gupta is the nominee for HAI’s member hotels in the category of 5 star deluxe and 5 star, the hotels classified in the ministry’s classification categories of 3 and 4 star would be represented by Singh.
While welcoming the new members and congratulating the team, Secretary-General, M P Bezbaruah expressed that continuity will strengthen HAI’s many new initiatives to forcefully voice the interest of the industry.