September 4, 2018 – Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI) concluded its 67th Annual General Meeting on August 30, 2018, at The Umrao, New Delhi wherein the Managing Committee of HRANI for the term 2018-20 has been elected.
At the meeting of new Managing Committee immediately held after the AGM, Mr. Surendra Kumar Jaiswal has been elected as President HRANI for the term 2018-20.
Mr. Surendra Kumar Jaiswal is the Managing Director of Deep Group of Hotels at Lucknow, namely, Hotel Deep Palace, Hotel Deep Avadh, Deep Hotel, including Hotel Deep Mayur, Kanpur. The group has come up with Ramada Lucknow Hotel & Convention Centre and will be introducing a budget hotel Ramada Encore. Through the Deep Group’s – Deep Narayan Charitable Trust and Deep Public School, Mr. Jaiswal is involved in various social work.
He also wears the hat of President, Uttar Pradesh Hotel & Restaurant Association (UPHRA). He has been the Honorary Secretary of HRANI & FHRAI and been in the Hospitality Industry for the more than three decades. He has actively represented and lobbied on behalf of the industry for multiple causes and achieved winning outcomes for the Hospitality sector across board.
The elected Office-bearers are as under :–
1. Vice President
Mr. Ravindra Nath Kukreja, Managing Director, The First Floor Restaurant, New Delhi.
Mr. Rakesh Roy, Director, EL Chico Hotels & Restaurant (P) Ltd, Allahabad.
2. Honorary Secretary
Mr. Amarvir Singh, Partner, Hotel Natraj, Ludhiana.
3. Treasurer
Mr. Garish Oberoi, Partner, Hotel Uberoi Anand, Bareilly.
4. Hony. Jt. Secretary
Mr. Ankit Gupta, Managing Director, Hotel Himani’s, Chandigarh.
Mr. Anand Singh Rattandeep Managing Director, Asia Group of Hotels, Jammu.
The members who have recently joined the Managing Committee are:- Mr. Vineet Taing, President, Vatika Hotels Pvt Ltd; Mr. Amit Jain, Managing Director, Radisson Blu Kaushambi Delhi NCR; Mr. Amarjeet Singh, Partner, Hotel Greens, Ludhiana; Mr. Sanjay Thakur, Proprietor, Hotel Marina, Shimla; Mr. Dipinder Benjamin, Director – Franchise Operations Eurasia, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.
Other prominent personalities continuing the Committee includes Mr. Sanjay Sood, (The Devices Restaurant, Shimla); Mr. Luv Malhotra (The Suryaa, New Delhi); Mr. S. M. Shervani (Shervani Hospitalities Ltd); Mr. Rajender Kumar (Vivanta By Taj Ambassador, New Delhi); Maharaj Kumar Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar (Historic Resorts Hotels Ltd.); Mr. Arun Dang (Grand Hotel, Agra); Mr. Pradeep Narayan Singh (Hotel Pradeep, Varanasi); Mr. Vinod Gulati (Gulati Restaurant, New Delhi); Mr. Vidup Agrahari (Hotel Kanha Shyam, Allahabad); Mr. Vikas Malhotra (Hotel Landmark, Kanpur); Mr. Paramjit Singh (Hotel Plaza Bar & Rest, Jalandhar); Mr. Parveen Kumar (Rosemount Hotel, Ranikhet); Mr. Bharat Aggarwal (Mansingh Group of Hotels, Jaipur); Mr. Deepak Parihar (Kalinga Hotel, Jodhpur); Mr. Ajay Agarwal (LMB, Jaipur) and Mr. Pawan Aggarwal (A.P Residency, Ambala)
Following members have been nominated to FHRAI Executive Committee for the year 2018-19 from the Northern region;-
1. Mr. Surendra Kumar Jaiswal, President, HRANI
Managing Director, Hotel Deep Palace, Lucknow
2. Mr. Amarvir Singh, Hony. Secretary, HRANI
Partner, Hotel Natraj, Ludhiana
3. Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, MC Member, HRANI
Executive Director, Historic Resorts Hotels Pvt. Ltd, Udaipur
4. Mr. Vinod Gulati, MC Member, HRANI
Managing Director, Gulati Restaurant, New Delhi
5. Mr. Vineet Taing, MC Member, HRANI
President, Vatika Hotels (P) Ltd, Gurugram
6. Mr. Amit Jain, MC Member, HRANI
Managing Director, Radisson Blu Kaushambi Delhi NCR, Ghaziabad
7. Mr. Dipinder Benjamin, MC, Member, HRANI
Director – Franchise Operations Eurasia, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
About HRANI
Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI) – a Northern outfit of FHRAI is an apex body representing the Hotel & Restaurant Industry of the 9 North Indian States. Since its birth, the organization has been effectively working for the cause of the hospitality industry and plays an important role in developing tourism in the states, which come under its purview. These nine states are Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.