Business Reporter :
HOTEL and Restaurant
Association Western India
(HRAWI) recently held
‘Empowering Hospitality
ConclaveandAwards’ function
atHotelCentrePoint.Theevent
was inaugurated by Dr Sagnik
Chowdhury, DDG & Regional
Director (Western & Central),
Ministry of Tourism,
Government of India. Dr
RavinderSingal,Commissioner
of Police, Nagpur was special
guest on the occasion while
Pradeep Shetty – President –
Federation of Hotels and
RestaurantAssociationofIndia
(FHRAI) and HRAWI and
TejinderSinghRenu–President,
Nagpur Residential Hotels
Association (NRHA) were also
present.
Expressing his views, Dr
Ravinder Singal acknowledged
the hospitality industry’s concerns but emphasized the
broader perspective law
enforcers mustmaintain while
enforcing law and order.
Dr
Sagnik Chowdhury expressed
his happiness and said,“guests
from all parts of the world visitIndia,and thehospitalitysector is essentially a melting pot
of cultural exchanges.
Enhancing guest experiences
isourcoreoffering;wearemore
than just venues to stay.”
A highlight of the event was
the Lifetime Achievement
Award presented to Shivkisan
Agrawal, CMD of Haldiram
Group.Othernotableawardees
included Jasbir Singh Arora of
HotelCentrePoint;SatyenJain,
CEO & Director of The Pride
Hotel;andTejinderSinghRenu,
OwnerofHotelPritam, for their
excellent contributions to the
industry.SanjayGupta ofHotel
Nagpur Ashok was recognisedfor his significant contributionto the hospitality sector inNagpur. Awards were also presented to Manoj Bali, General
ManagerofRadissonBluHotel,
whowas awardedBestGeneral
Manager;ShrikantMallik,SousChef of Hotel Pride, who wasrecognised as the Best Chef
(Hotel); Aum Ashok Hansles of
Ashoka Restaurant; and AmitKandwal, General Manager of
Hotel Centre Point, who wasawardedtheBestYoungGeneral
Manager. Anil Nair of EnriseSayaji andPrafulDeshmukh of
Gingerreceivedawards forBestNew Hotels in Nagpur