Poona Hoteliers Association (PHA), a body representing over 60 star hotels in Pune, 11 hotel management institutes, and 10 hospitality vendor members, has appointed Sharan Shetty as President for 2021-22. He was elected at the association’s Annual General Meeting recently at Amanora The Fern Hotel. This is his third year as president.
Other Executive Committee (Office Bearers) of PHA 2021-22 include:
• President of Honour – Suresh Talera
• Immediate Past President – Panchamia
• Vice President – Amit Sharma
• Hon Secretary – Vikramraj Shetty
• Jt Hon. Secretary – Vinay Nair
• Hon Treasurer – Shrinivas Chaphalkar
• Jt. Hon. Treasurer – Sumit Sharma
• Secretary General – Prapti Deshpande
• Members – Suju Krishnan, Mahua Narayan, Biswajit Biswas, Akhil Agarwal, Sumit Kumar
• Past Presidents – Arun Nayar, Sanjay Singh
• Patrons – MPS Anand, Satish Bakre
Talking about the new executive council, Shetty said, “I am thankful to the members for having elected me for the year as their President. The past two years, has been very tough for Hospitality Industry due to the Pandemic situation. The PHA has been in the forefront, engaging local as well and state authorities about a number of issues such as Industry Status, MSEB charges , waiver for Property Tax, taking on the Novex , IPRS & PPL amongst a host of other issues . The Poona Hoteliers Association has been an active voice in Maharashtra in highlighting and working towards these issues along with the Regional Associations and the government. It also took up the successful recovery of all dues owed by the State Govt to the hotels which were taken for the front line workers during the first wave. We also have many activities planned for members such as Educational Seminars, Training Programmes, Blood Donation Camp, PHAPL 4.0 (Cricket Tournament) and many more for the year.”
