According to a PIB release, Sultan Ahmed, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism in a written reply to the Loh Sabha said that the Indian government has taken various steps to make India an attractive tourist destination. The steps are: Increasing availability of skilled manpower for the hospitality sector; Focusing on growth of hotel infrastructure, particularly that for budget hotels; Development of infrastructure at tourist sites with the cooperation of other Ministries/Departmen... Read Full Story
A two─day national conference on 'Hospitality Industry: Developments & Challenges' was recently held at MM Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Mullana, Ambala. According to Jaideep Singh, General Manager, Human Resources (Corporate), Jaypee Hotels, two important attributes, attitude and soft skill, which are essential for hospitality jobs, are lacking among the students, who are churned out by the hospitality institutes today. He also said that the knowledge level of ... Read Full Story
According to a PIB release, Sultan Ahmed, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism in a written reply to the Loh Sabha said that the Indian government has taken various steps to make India an attractive tourist destination. The steps are: Increasing availability of skilled manpower for the hospitality sector; Focusing on growth of hotel infrastructure, particularly that for budget hotels; Development of infrastructure at tourist sites with the cooperation of other Ministries/Departmen... Read Full Story
Encouraged by the growing demand for ready─to─eat traditional Punjabi cuisine in global and domestic markets, Markfed has decided to set up a modern cannery to ramp up production with a capital outlay of Rs 22 crore. “The new cannery line coming up in Rajpura, Punjab will specifically cater to the rising demand for our ready─to─eat food segment in overseas and domestic markets,” a senior official of Punjab State Cooperative Supply & Marketing Federation (Markfed) told PTI in Chandigarh.Th... Read Full Story
Chef Abhijit Saha, Founding Director and Chef of Avant Garde Hospitality, which owns Caperberry, the modern Spanish cuisine restaurant and Tapas Lounge in Bengaluru has been awarded 'Chef Entrepreneur of the year' award by The Indian Federation of Culinary Associations (IFCA) and World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS). The award was presented during the National Culinary Congress, which was held at Hyderabad recently.Saha been rewarded for his entrepreneurial ventures, besides his contri... Read Full Story
Ever since the 26/11 terrorist attacks, hotels in Mumbai are not taking any chances and have hired the services of background screening firms and appointed ex─armed forces personnel, besides installing a host of new security devices to prevent such attacks in the future.According to a report by Mayank Soni of the Times of India, Ashish Dehade, Managing Director, First Advantage, a background screening firm, earlier claimed that only a couple of hotels consulted them, they now have more than a... Read Full Story
According to a PIB release, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha recently, Kumari Selja, Union Minister of Tourism stated that the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has released Rs 42.14 crore for 19 projects in Himachal Pradesh for promotion and development of tourism during 2007─08 and 2008─09. This includes infrastructure projects, IT project, fairs, festival and events. An amount of Rs 11.27 crore has been released for Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) at Shimla and Hamirpur and Food Craft Ins... Read Full Story
According to a PIB release, in order to increase level of processing and promote food processing industries, to exploit both the domestic and international market potential for processed food products, Vision 2015 Document has been finalised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI). It will envisage tripling the size of the processed food sector by increasing the level of processing of perishables from six to 20 per cent, value addition from 20 per cent to 35 per cent and share i... Read Full Story
According to a PIB release, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha recently, Kumari Selja, Union Minister of Tourism stated that the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has released Rs 42.14 crore for 19 projects in Himachal Pradesh for promotion and development of tourism during 2007─08 and 2008─09. This includes infrastructure projects, IT project, fairs, festival and events. An amount of Rs 11.27 crore has been released for Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) at Shimla and Hamirpur and Food Craft Ins... Read Full Story
Encouraged by the growing demand for ready─to─eat traditional Punjabi cuisine in global and domestic markets, Markfed has decided to set up a modern cannery to ramp up production with a capital outlay of Rs 22 crore. “The new cannery line coming up in Rajpura, Punjab will specifically cater to the rising demand for our ready─to─eat food segment in overseas and domestic markets,” a senior official of Punjab State Cooperative Supply & Marketing Federation (Markfed) told PTI in Chandigarh.Th... Read Full Story
