The Hotel Association of India (HAI), a body of the Indian hospitality sector, following its 25th Annual General Meet (AGM) has decided to re-elect Puneet Chhatwal, managing director and CEO of The Indian Hotels Company Ltd, that runs Taj Hotels, as its president.
The association said the team also comprises of KB Kachru as vice president. Kachru is chairman emeritus & principal advisor, South Asia for the Radisson Hotel Group, J K Mohanty (honorary secretary) managing director, Swosti Premium Limited, Patanjali Keswani (honorary treasurer) chairman and managing director Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. and will continue to direct the Association throughout its term of office till 2023.
Rupak Gupta, managing director of U.P. Hotels Ltd., and Surinder Singh, Area Director, IHC Ltd. will be the two newly elected committee members. While Gupta will look at HAI’s member hotels in the category of 5 star deluxe and 5 star, the hotels classified in the ministry’s classification categories of 3 and 4 star would be represented by Singh.