Key happenings in the world of hospitality
| Winning Glory L-R: N Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister, Andhra Pradesh felicitated Madhav Bellamkonda, general manager, Novotel Vishakhapatnam Varun Beach with the ‘Award for Excellence’ under the ‘Classified Hotels – 5 Star Deluxe’ category for the year 2013-2014 on the occasion of World Tourism Day held in Vijayawada | Joy of Giving Novotel Hyderabad Airport in association with GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, organised a cleaning and painting drive of the neighbourhood, MP Primary and High School campus, on the occasion of World Clean-Up Day |
| Helping Hand Tres, a modern European cuisine restaurant, along with Love Care Foundation (LCF), an NGO, distributed food among unprivileged children on the occasion of World Food Day | Exquisite Hospitality (Second left) Taljinder Singh, general manager, Taj Palace, New Delhi and (second right) Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnamese Prime Minister along with other Vietnamese delegates at their welcome reception organised by the hotel |
| New Journey (Centre left) Digvijay Dhabriya, MD, Dhabriya Polywood and (centre right) Hitesh Agarwal, CFO, Dhabriya Polywood along with other directors and sales and marketing heads of the company at the opening bell ringing ceremony celebrating the company’s listing on the SME platform of the Bombay Stock Exchange | Culinary Challenge (Right) Eric Weber, general manager, Hyatt Regency, (centre) Sunil Donde, MD, Robertet Flavors and Fragrances India and a participant from SMILE Foundation at the Hyatt Culinary Challenge 2014 – people cooking for people event held at Hyatt Regency Mumbai |