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SIHRA News Magazine July-Sep 2010 MASS INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, PONDICHERRY ''DEIVATHINDE SWANDHAM NAADU''- KERALA FOOD FESTIVAL- 2010 Mass Institute of Hotel Management, Pondicherry, celebrated a Kerala Food Festival – DEIVATHINDE SWANDHAM NAADU on nd 2 October 2010. Dr. Iqbal Singh, His Excellency the Lt. Governor of Puducherry inaugurated the festival by lighting the traditional lamp. Thiru M.O.H.F. Shahjahan, Hon'ble Minister for PWD and Thiru M. Kandasamy, Hon'ble Minister for Social Welfare and Co-operation were the Chief guests of the occasion. Dr. M.A.S. Subramanian, Chairman, Mass Institute of Hotel Management along with Mr. R. Prabakar, Executive Director, Hotel MASS, Executive Committee Member, SIHRA, graced the occasion. The Guests of Honour included: Mr. Sudheer Nayar, Secretary General, South India Hotels and Restaurants Association, Chennai. The guests were given a traditional welcome as the girls and boys, dressed up in traditional Kerala attire, lined up with Thalapolis to the accompaniyaing tunes of the Chendda melam. From the palm leaf and mat decorations, to the live performances of the Kerala troop, which showcased the traditional dance forms like Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Kalari Payatu, Thiruvadhira kali, Ottanthulllal the ambience was perfectly set to that of the God's Own Country. The traditional Pookalams along with diyas lit up a festival mood. THE RADISSON RESORT BEACH VOLLEY BALL CORPORATE CHALLENGE The Radisson Resort Temple Bay, Mamallapuram, conducted 2nd edition of Beach Volley Ball Corporate Challenge in association with the Tamil Nadu Beach Volley Ball Council, The matches was played over 3 rd weekends from 23 September and featured 80 teams from Chennai & Bangalore. TCS Team won the finals in Radisson Beach Volleyball th Corporate Challenge Tournament held on 17 October. Vikram Cotah, Senior Vice President, Radisson Resort Temple Bay and Shabin Sarvotham, Resort Manager, Radisson, releasing the official T-Shirt for the event. Mr. Sudheer Nayar, Secretary General, lighting the lamp Members of TCS team, the winners of the Radisson Beach Volley Ball Corporate challenge Tournament with Vikram Cotah, Senior Vice President, Radisson Resort Temple Bay and Shabin Sarvotham, Resort Manager, Radisson, Mamallapuram. Dr. Iqbal Singh, Governor of Puduchery inaugurated the festival 4
SIHRA News Magazine July-Sep 2010 59th AGM of SIHRA held at GRT Convention Centre on 04th September 2010 The 59th Annual General Meeting of SIHRA was held at GRT Convention Centre, Chennai on Saturday 04th September 2010 and was chaired by our President Mr M P Purushothaman. After the completion of various formalities including the approval of the Accounts of the Association for the Financial Year 2009-2010 and other important matters such as the ratification by the floor to the Resolution passed in the previous year’s AGM, permitting the Amendment to the Articles of Association of SIHRA to create the position of President of Honour and Member of Honour, the President Mr Purushothaman addressed the Members. To fill the eight vacancies to the Executive Committee of the Association there were thirteen nominations received including from the 8 retiring EC Members. An Election was therefore conducted under the supervision of an appointed scrutineer and Eight Members were elected to the Executive Committee, which included five of the existing Members and three New Members. At the Executive Committee Meeting that immediately followed the conclusion of the AGM, Mr Vivek Nair, Vice Chairman and Managing Director Leela Venture Ltd, representing Leela Palace Kempinski Hotel Bangalore was unanimously elected as the new President of SIHRA for 2010-2011. Other Office Bearers were also unanimously elected. On assuming the President-ship, Mr Vivek Nair thanked the Members for having elected him to the position and also graciously conveyed to the outgoing President Mr Purushothaman the Executive Members deep sense of gratitude to him for successfully steering the Association for almost ten consecutive years as its President. All Executive Committee Members then rose to give a standing ovation to Mr Purushothaman. Abstract from the speech delivered by Shri M.P.Purushothaman, President, South India Hotels & Restaurants Association th at 59th Annual General Meeting held on 4 September, 2010 at GRT Convention Centre, T'Nagar, Chennai-600017. Dear Friends th It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you all to the 59 Annual General Meeting of South India Hotels & Restaurants Association. The Hospitality Industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the past decade. However the economic slow down has impacted the rate of growth considerably. But tourism growth is gaining momentum since the mid 2009 and is expected to grow further at a fast pace. This is one of the prime sectors that generates significant Employment and a survey done by Ma Foi Randstand suggests that by the end of 2010 there will be an increase in employment opportunities in the Hospitality Sector to the tune of 79,500 people. This is very encouraging sign During my tenure as President of FHRAI in 2008-09, I made a direct appeal to Government of India that hotels must be categorized as an Industry under Industrial (Development & Regulation) Act at the Central level. This would facilitate the State Governments to also similarly confer Industry status for Hotels and thereby extend suitable benefits to the hotels. I am confident that the Government will accept our plea for more incentives and concessions to the Hotel Industry. One of the first and most important results from our close interaction with the Government of India was that the Union Finance Minister in his Budget presentation for fiscal year 2010-2011 announced Grant Investment Linked Deduction under Income Tax to companies in the business of developing hotels – Two star and above anywhere in India. This will spur developments of hotels projects and will attract new players to the market. 2009 was the year that South India and SIHRA was supposed to host the All India FHRAI Convention. But due to unavoidable circumstances the FHRAI Executive Committee recommended postponement due to time constraints. Not to disappoint the Members of SIHRA your Executive Committee decided to host an All India Convention of Hotels & Restaurants for the first time in Kerala “Gods Own Country th th “in Thiruvananthapuram on 7 and 8 December, 2009 with the Theme-“Indian Tourism-Past Learning and Future Earnings” with full fledged encouragement and support of the Kerala State Government and Hoteliers from Thiruvananthapuram. Nearly 400 delegates from all over India participated. The success of this Convention was mainly due to your unstinted support and cooperation. The Post conference tour to Sri Lanka was well participated in. I owe my gratitude to you all for the resounding success of the Convention. Though financially we made a loss due to this convention it more than off sets the gain we have achieved among the hoteliers. Your Association submitted a Prebudget Memorandum to the State Governments of Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka seeking relief and various concessions to the Hospitality sector. The Karnataka State Government favorably considered our memorandum given to the Chief Minister of the State by slashing the Luxury Tax from 12% to 10% on actuals, which was a great relief to hoteliers. Also based on the Memorandum given by your Association to the Chief Minister of Kerala, the Government of Kerala have reduced the Luxury Tax from 15% to 12.5% and from 10% to 7.5% on actuals in different categories of hotels. Similarly based on the Memorandum given by your Association to the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu the Tamilnadu Electricity Board accepted our plea and reduced the Power cut imposed on Hotels from 40% to 20% for certain categories of hotels which was later with drawn completely. I would like thank Shri Ramanatha Bhat, Vice President, Shri. Shyamaraju, E.C. Member from Karnataka, Shri. Suresh. 5
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