Panel Discussions at the India Nightlife Convention & Awards (INCA) 201

21 September, Mumbai: The Fourth Edition of the India Nightlife Convention & Awards (INCA) 2019 was held at The St. Regis, Mumbai on 18^th & 19^th of September. INCA has been celebrating the nightlife and hospitality industry in India for the last four years through insightful panel discussions encouraging an opportunity to create a stable, sustainable and transparent scenario for bars and nightlife in India. The two-day convention and awards saw talent from across the industry and an extravagant award ceremony recognizing the achievers of the year. With Heineken & Chivas being their proud sponsors for this year, they completed another accomplished year. 

The convention, which was spread over two days included a series of intellectual panel discussions and a magnificent award ceremony to felicitate the best in the nightlife & hospitality industry across the country.

Eminent personalities from around the world such as Mr. Lutz Leichsenring (Club Commission of Berlin), Mr. Mirik Milan (Former Nightlife Mayor of Amsterdam), Mr. Ramon de Lima (Chairman – NGO Night Mayor of Amsterdam),  Mr. David Lopez(Deputy Director of the Costa Este’s Group, Spain), Ms. Nino Brown (DJ/Promoter), Ms. Monica Dogra (Actress/DJ/Singer), Ms. Anya Sapozhnikova (Creative Director - House of Yes) especially traveled to Mumbai and brought their perspective of the nightlife industry from across the world to benefit the Indian nightlife scenario.

The national-level winners saw the crème de la crème of the hospitality and nightlife industry bag some of the top awards while there were a few pleasant surprises.

The proud winners of the glittering award ceremony hosting all the stalwarts in the business of hospitality were as below in chronological order:

INCA Honour - in recognition of invaluable contribution to the Indian restaurants were– Riyaaz Amlani, Ankit Jain, Pranav Rungta, Nitin Nanavaty, Sherzad Sodawaterwala, Nilesh Jayant Shahasrabudhe, Rahul Singh, Manu Chandra, Shamsh Babwani, Rajendra Soni, Sagar Daryani, Thomas Fenn, Kabir Suri, Anurag Katriar, Priyank Sukhija

INCA Bar for Wines 2019 – The Wine Company, Delhi

INCA Bar in a Hotel 2019 – The Hong Kong Club, Andaz Hotel Delhi

INCA Beer Bar/Microbrewery of the Year – The GRID, Kolkata

INCA Café Bar of the Year – Perch Wine & Coffee Bar, Delhi

INCA Dive Bar of the Year – The Ghetto Pub, Mumbai

INCA Lounge of the Year – KOKO Asian GastroPub, Mumbai

INCA Open Air Bar of the Year – Rockpool, W Goa

INCA Resto Bar of the Year – Olive Bar & Kitchen, Mumbai

INCA Bartender of the Year – Lopsang G Lama from Cocktails & Dreams Speakeasy, Delhi

INCA F&B Director of the Year – Vimal Verma from Andaz Hotel Delhi

INCA Mixologist of the Year – Rahul Raghav from The Bombay Canteen & O Pedro, Mumbai

INCA Standup Act of the Year – Zakir Khan

INCA Band/Singer/Songwriter of the Year – The Local Train

INCA Pop-up of the Year – Seth Troxler from Wavlngth

INCA Artist Manager of the Year – Re-present

INCA Promoter of the Year – sLick!

INCA DJ of the Year (Male) – Tie between Kohra and Bolt!

INCA Music Event/Festival of the Year – Vh1 Supersonic

INCA Boutique Festival of the Year – Tie between Far Out Left Festival and Satellite Beachside

INCA DJ of the Year (Female) – Monica Dogra

INCA Bar of Cocktails 2019 – Toast & Tonic

INCA Bar Food 2019 – A Reverie, Goa

INCA Bar of Interior 2019 – Plum by Bent Chair, Aerocity Delhi

INCA Concept Bar of the Year – Plum by Bent Chair, Aerocity Delhi

INCA Nightclub of the Year – Prism Club & Kitchen, Hyderabad

INCA Debut of the Year – Dragonfly Experience, NCR Delhi

INCA Venue for Live Performances 2019 – Cohiba Bar & Kitchen, Goa

INCA Contribution to the Nightlife Industry – Shatbhi Basu, Henry Tham

INCA Bar of the Year – Plum by Bent Chair, NCR Delhi

INCA Bar Chain of the Year – Social

The red carpet was literally smoking with the presence of Suchitra Pillai, Malini Agarwal, Kim Sharma, Shibani Dandekar, Sahil Khan, Zakir Khan, Sulaiman Merchant, Arjan Bajwa, Vikram Raizada, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Rij Eappen amongst others.

About India Nightlife Convention & Awards:

INCA annually brings thousands of industry professionals from the nightlife community together to discover new products, trends & strategies in the industry. It is a 2-day business convention followed by Awards to felicitate the best in the industry. It is a property of Kickstart Entertainment & an initiative by National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI).

Kickstart Entertainment:

Kickstart Entertainment provides expertise adequately flanked by a dedicated young, vibrant & professionally qualified team with backgrounds in event management, brand activation, marketing, designing & skills alike servicing across the country offering competitive costs for all services provided.

NRAI:

National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) is the Voice of the Indian Restaurant Industry. Founded in 1982, it represents 100000+ restaurants; an industry valued INR 3, 09, 110crores. Being the leading association of the Indian restaurant industry, NRAI aspires to promote and strengthen the Indian Food Service Sector. Headquartered in Delhi, the association in its 35^thyear has a pan India presence with members comprising of restaurants, suppliers and educational institutes associated with it.