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Amit Kumar, Sheraton Grand Resort and spa, Chennai receiving the General Manager of the Year Award at the HASHTAG Awards by HVS ANAROCK
HBI Staff | Goa
The HOPE 2023 summit was concluded by conferring the #HASHTAG (HVS Anarock Showcase Hospitality & Tourism Awards Gala) Awards, which honoured the best-performing hotel general managers and hotels from across categories—Economy, Midscale, Upscale and Luxury—and to hotels in each of these categories that have delivered outstanding performances in a glittering ceremony. HVS ANAROCK also presented an ‘Industry Leader of The Year’ award. The nominations went through a stringent qualitative and quantitative rating matrix and were evaluated by a jury of eminent industry leaders outside the hotel & hospitality fraternity.
#HASHTAG aims to establish the gold standard for hospitality awards.
Finding mention in the #HASHTAG roll of honour are-
BEST HOTEL AWARDS IN BUSINESS SEGMENT
The Hotel of the year: ECONOMY – Hometel Chandigarh
The Hotel of the year: MIDSCALE – The Fortune Park Lake City, Thane, Mumbai
The Hotel of the year: UPSCALE – Hyatt Place, Hyderabad
The Hotel of the year: UPPER UPSCALE – Radisson Blu Hotel Guwahati
The Hotel of the year: LUXURY – The Leela Palace Bengaluru
BEST HOTEL AWARDS IN LEISURE SEGMENT
Resort of the year: MIDSCALE – Ramada Resort Kochi
Resort of the year: UPSCALE – The Savoy IHCL SeleQtions, Ooty
Resort of the year: UPPER UPSCALE –Vivanta Dal View Srinagar
Resort of the year: LUXURY – Alila Fort Bishangarh
BEST GENERAL MANAGER
Best General Manager: ECONOMY – Ankush Sharma, Ginger, City Centre, Noida
Best General Manager: MIDSCALE – Suresh Kumar, Ramada by Wyndham, Kochi
Best General Manager: UPSCALE – Manish Yadav, Fortune Select Forest Hill, Kasauli
Best General Manager: UPPER UPSCALE – Amit Kumar, Sheraton Grand Resort and spa, Chennai
Best General Manager: LUXURY – Rajiv Kapoor, Fairmont Jaipur
Future Leaders Annual Group Submission Hospitality Industry Projects (FLAGSHIP)- The Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa, New Delhi
General Manager of the Year– Amit Kumar, Sheraton Grand Resort and Spa, Chennai
HOPE 2023 Sustainability Champion of the year award – ITC Hotels
HOPE 2023 Industry Leader of the year award – Puneet Chhatwal, Managing Director & CEO, IHCL
