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Arvind Shetty re-elected as president of AHAR FHW Staff Mumbai ARVIND SHETTY has been reelected as president of the Indian Hotel & Restaurant Association (AHAR) for the year 2013-2014. The election of the new office bearers took place during the recently held first joint meeting of the outgoing and incoming managing committee members, at Hotel Krishna Palace, Mumbai. Chandrahas K Shetty, advisor, AHAR was unanimously elected as the returning officer, who conducted the meeting. The new office bearers for the year 2013-2014 include: vice president for various zones which are Zone-I: Shailendra Shetty, Canara Lunch Home, Colaba; Zone-II: Gangadhar Shetty, Hotel Udupi Niketan, Nagpada; Zone-III: Suresh Shetty, Durga Parmeshwari Bar & Rest, Lalbagh; Zone-IV: Prithviraj Shetty, Hotel Sundar Vihar, Pratiksha Nagar; Zone-V: Ravindra Nire, Classic Bar & Rest, Chembur; Zone-VI: Sunil Patil, Hotel Satkar, Ghatkopar; Zone-VII: Vilas Jhaveri,
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Shreeji Veg, Oshiwara; Zone-VIII: Shivaji Shetty, Hotel Sansar Bar & Rest, Kurla; Zone-IX: Sudhakar T Shetty, Gopalkrishna Veg, Andheri; Zone-X: Anil Salian, Hotel Delicacy, Kandivili. Shashidhar Shetty, Govindas Durga Bhavan, has been appointed as the joint treasurer, Nitin R Shetty Pratiksha Bar & Rest,Mumbai Central as the treasurer, Satish Shetty Ambience Bar & Rest, Kandivili as the joint secretary, Sukesh
Shetty Hotel Hindmata, Tardeo as the general secretary. Arvind Shetty Hotel Utsav, Juhu Vile Parle holds the position of president again for 2013-2014. The new entrants to the office bearers are Shashidhar Shetty elected as joint treasurer, Ravindra Nire as vice president, Zone-V and Sukesh Shetty, who earlier served as the general secretary has been elected for the same post again.
Registration and submission of C-Form goes online FHW Staff Mumbai IN WHAT can be described as a landmark step, the Mumbai Police has made the C-Form registration process for foreign guests fully online. The hotel industry for long has been demanding the easing of procedures, reduction of paperwork and making submission of forms online. The move to make the procedure online in Mumbai is expected to go live in other cities of Maharashtra too. Gurbaxish Singh Kohli, vice president, Hotel & Restaurant As-
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January 16-31, 2014
Pride Hotel aims to emerge as national hotel chain
sociation Western India (HRAWI) said, “Hotels providing accommodation to foreigners had to submit C-Form to the registration authorities within 24 hours. This entailed a lot of paper work and submission of hard copies. The new order eliminates not only the paperwork and procedures but also reduces wastage of man-hours. More importantly, it marks a change in attitude and adoption of modern practices. In the era of emails and digitisation, hard copies were out of place.” The office of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special
Branch 2, CID, FRRO, vide a note, declared that, “Hotelkeepers need not submit manual C-Form to FRRO, Mumbai office provided CForm are sent online and the hotelkeepers submit undertaking to this office in enclosed format.” Dinesh Advani, president, HRAWI, said, “The new order is a great relief to all hoteliers. We are thankful to Aswati G Dorje, DCP HQ2, Special Branch for acceding to this request. Together with the Mumbai Police we will be holding seminars for hoteliers to ensure adherence to guidelines and compliance.”
THE PRIDE GROUP currently has panIndia presence in Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Nagpur, Kolkata, Delhi – Aerocity (2014), Ahmedabad, Kochi, Sriperumbudur, Jaipur and Kanha. The Pride KC Hotel and SPA – Chandigarh (Panchkula) and Pride Sun Village Resort and Spa, Goa are the latest addition to the list of hotels across India. The group is currently undertaking a massive expansion plan with an objective to emerge as a national hotel chain, with a presence in al most all regions of the country offering world class hospitality standards, combined with excellent ambience and quality service. Pride Hotels also offers contemporary banquet and conference facilities. For a lavish wedding the company's hotels in Kolkata, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh (Panchkula), Goa, Jaipur and Kerala (Kochi and Alleppey) can accommodate 500-1000 persons, while for a simple gatherings, their Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai properties can cater to 50-250 persons. The hotel offers an exclusive wedding package which comprise of essentials like venue decoration, welcoming guest, entertainment (DJ with live music), sitting arrangement with floral touch, pooja vidhi, photography, gourmet wedding cake, first night suite, home coming ceremony, etc. at select Pride locations. Pride Hotels also has an option suited for conferences and meetings in these locations with a host of meeting hall, conference venue, lawn, business centre, etc. All the venues have been upgraded to state-of-the-art technology like audio visual equipments, onsite IT support, high speed internet access, etc.