K. Syama Raju, re-elected President of SIHRA
Posted on: 05/Oct/2015 11:05:34 AM
At the 64th Annual General Meeting of South India Hotels and Restaurants Association (SIHRA) held recently at Chennai, Mr. K. Syama Raju, MD, Hotel Maurya, 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, the Luxury segment and group tourism in India picked up well.
Talking about the Central and State Government`s support in promoting Hospitality Industry, he said Central government`s initiative to introduce e-visa has increased the flow of Tourist arrivals in the current year. 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.
He further added, There is a welcome development in the order issued by the Telecom Regulative Authority of India on the prevailing tariff, whereby Hotels 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.
Mr. Raju also informed that SIHRA office will shortly move 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
