‘No Food Wastage’ Resolution By Hotels On New Year’s Eve
Mumbai: In its on-going efforts to inch-up the status of
tourism and hospitality both in terms of service quality and social
responsibility, the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI)
has resolved a ‘No Food Wastage’ Policy for New Year’s celebrations. The
association has requested all its members to maintain a protocol aimed at
discouraging patrons from wasting food. Additionally, the association has
appealed to its members to pledge whatever amounts they can from the day’s
earning for the benefit of the draught hit areas in Marathwada. A letter to
this effect has been circulated amongst hotels and restaurants across all its
member states in the western region that includes Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Diu-Daman and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
The resolution comes in the wake of
the increasing number of farmer suicides and the association’s desire of
expressing solidarity with the agricultural community of which the hotel
industry is a direct beneficiary.
“The New Year season has
traditionally been a season of festivities and revelry. But it is also a season
of charity, good will and compassion. As hoteliers, while we will ensure that
the patrons make merry to their fullest, we will also imbibe the spirit of compassion
and charity to their merriment,” says Mr. Bharat Malkani, President, HRAWI
& Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI).
Among the precautionary steps that
the association has identified to curb food wastage, hoteliers have been
requested to highlight the No Food Wastage message in all their New Year Eve
offers, place placards at all buffet counters and other appropriate places in
their respective premises.
“Farmers are succumbing to nature’s
will and starvation in our country. We are keen to help them in whatever way we
can. We have proposed to our members to pledge a part of their day’s collection
to the draught hit in the Marathwada region,” concludes Mr. Kamlesh Barot, past
President, HRAWI.
Meanwhile, the hotel industry will
also continue its drive to ensure safety of women patrons and like last year,
plans to keep taxis queued for those who may leave in high spirits J
About Hotel & Restaurant Association Western India
(HRAWI)
The Hotel and Restaurant Association (Western India)
is a 65 years old Association of Hotels and Restaurants in Western India. Its
members include smaller Hotels up to 5-Star Deluxe categories. The bulk of its
members like any growth economy are made up of budget hotels. With around 1300
members across Western India, HRAWI covers Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa and the Union Territories of Daman, Diu &
Silvassa, and is considered to be the voice of the Hotel Industry. The
association is part of the national body of Federation of the Hotels &
Restaurants Associations of India (FHRAI), located in New Delhi, which was
originally founded in Mumbai in 1950 by the late Mr. J.R.D. Tata.
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