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Kohli, Pritam Hotels’ director, elected president of HRAWI at 68th AGM
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Tuesday, 11 September, 2018, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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Gurbaxish Singh Kohli, director, Pritam Hotels, has been elected president of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) at its 68th annual general meeting (AGM) held in Mumbai. Prior to being elected president, he served as the association’s senior vice-president.
Prrem Tiwari, HRAWI’s former vice-president, will now serve as senior vice-president, while Sherry Bhatia will be vice-president and Pradeep Shetty will be honorary secretary. Nirav Gandhi will continue as joint honorary secretary, while Dilip Kothari will be honorary treasurer and Aspi Nallaseth will be secretary general.
Kohli has been one of the most active proponents of growth of the hotel and restaurant sector in the country. He said, “HRAWI has been the industry’s voice in championing its progress, in liasioning with the governments and has been a pillar of support for its members.”
“Over the last couple of years, HRAWI has ceaselessly worked towards alleviating many hurdles that the industry faced, ranging from the highway liquor ban to the recent plastic ban,” Kohli added.
“Simultaneously we also supported and led the way for FSSAI’s several food safety training and certification programmes across the Western region. We also introduced a first-of-its-kind independent classification system in India that follows the global practice of trade bodies for rating hotels,” he added.
A second-generation hotelier, Kohli owns Dadar’s famous Pritam restaurant and set up the iconic Pritam da Dhaba and the four-star Hotel Midtown Pritam in the 1980s. “HRAWI has made tremendous progress, and I would like to congratulate my predecessor Dilip Datwani and his team for doing an outstanding job during his term,” he added.
“From here, it is my intent to complement the efforts made so far by the association and maintain the momentum. I also hope to engage with the government, concerned authorities and other trade bodies as best as possible for the benefit of our fraternity,” he added.
“We will focus on resolving issues that are potential hindrances to the industry’s growth and will align efforts to best address and meet our members’ needs,” Kohli stated.
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