Mr. K.
Syama Raju, re-elected President of SIHRA
At
the 64th Annual
General Meeting of South Indian Hotels and Restaurants Association (SIHRA) held
today at Chennai, Mr. K. Syama Raju was re-elected President and Mr. T.
Nataraajan, , CEO, GRT Hotels and Resorts was re-elected Hony. Secretary for
the year 2015 – 2016.
The method of E-Voting was followed for the first time to
select the office bearers of SIHRA.
Speaking
after the election, Mr. Syama Raju said that inspite of world recession in
Business tourism segment in the later part of last year, the Tourism Sector in
India picked up comfortably on luxury segment & group tourism.
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| Mr. K. Syama Raju, President, SIHRA |
While
talking about the Central and State Government’s support in promoting
Hospitality Industry, he said “Central government’s initiative in the
introduction of e-visa has increased the growth of Tourist arrivals in the
current year exponentially.
The state governments have decided to promote
special tourism areas like Medical tourism, MICE tourism and Religious tourism
to increase the occupancy of rooms. I am sure that there will be substantial
growth in the revenue to the states if proper review is done on the
implementation of taxes and cess.”
While
talking about Tamil Nadu’ role, he said, “Tamil Nadu was ranked in 2014 as the
leading state both in Domestic and International tourist arrivals. I am sure
that this will provide enough opportunity for the state to revamp and review
the progress for the hospitality industry.”
He
further added, “There is a welcome development in the order issued by the
Telecom Regulative Authority of India in the prevailing tariff whereby Hotel
will be treated on par with domestic subscribers. This was done with the
efforts taken by SIHRA and FHRAI (The Federation of Hotel & Restaurant
Associations of India) before TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate
Tribunal).
The company law Board has brought new amendments which our
Association will be following and necessary changes will be done. Regarding
legislation Food safety and standard Regulation introduced by FSSAI ,our
representation with the Authority on the anomalies was considered
and have postponed the legislation till 2016. I request the members to follows
the basic regulations from the hygienic point of view.”
In
his speech, Mr. Raju also informed that office of SIHRA will shortly be moved
to new premises with more facilities and this year’s FHRAI Golden jubilee
convention will be hosted by HRAEI (Hotel & Restaurant Association of
Easter India) at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
The
following were elected as Vice Presidents:
Mr.
K Murali Rao, Managing Director, New Woodlands Hotel – Vice President for Tamil
Nadu & Pondicherry
Mr.
Subir Bhowmick, Director Projects, Taj GVK Hotels and Resorts Ltd.
Hyderabad Vice President for Andhra Pradesh
Mr.
Suresh Pillai, Director, Hotel Horizon, Trivandrum, Vice President for Kerala
Mr.
K Nagaraju, Director, The Atria Hotel, Bengaluru, Vice President for Karnataka.
The
following were elected Executive Committee members
Mr.
R. Srinivasan, MD , Radha Regent Chennai
Mr.
Balakrishna Reddy, Director, Bliss Hotels Limited, Tirupati
Mr.
Prabhu Shankar, Director, Ashraya International Hotel, Bengaluru
Mr.
G V Krishnaiah, President , AP Hotels Association , Hyderabad
Dr.
M. Venkadasubbu, , President of Tamil Nadu Hotels Association
Mr.
Venkataramana Babu, New Woodlands Hotel, Chennai
Mr.
D Srinivasan, Director, Sree Annapoorna Sree Gowrishankar Hotels Pvt. Ltd.
Mr.
D V S Soma Raju, Katriya Hotel , Hyderabad
For
more information please contact Ms. Elina Maller, Secretary General, SIHRA –
Ph: 2829 7511, elina.maller@sihra.in / Mr. Satyan Bhatt, MD, Prism PR – Ph:
98400 85411
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