FHRAI signs MoU with J&K government to support hospitality infrastructure development

The MoU was signed in the presence of the LG of J&K, Manoj Sinha, Union ministers, Hardeep Singh Puri, minister for housing and urban affairs; Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the PMO.

The Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the J&K government to help with the development of hospitality and related infrastructure. The MoU was signed at the Real Estate Summit that was jointly organized by the government of Jammu & Kashmir, the central ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA), and the national real development council (NAREDCO) at the Jammu Convention Centre, recently.

This is the first time a hotel federation of the country is signing an MoU with any State government for hotel infrastructure development. The MoU was signed in the presence of the LG of J&K, Manoj Sinha, Union ministers, Hardeep Singh Puri, minister for housing and urban affairs; Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the PMO.

On signing the MoU with the J&K government, Gurbaxish Singh Kohli, vice-president, FHRAI said, “With this MoU, we look forward to strengthening further the public-private partnership in the region to leverage on the enormous potential the region has to offer for hospitality and tourism. We are hopeful that this will facilitate the J&K government providing land to FHRAI members for various projects and extending incentives and other benefits as per extant policies and rules. New developments in hospitality will give a strong push to economic growth through increased investments and will create more employment opportunities in the region.”

Kohli also represented the hospitality sector in the country at a forum on ‘Next Destination J&K: Tourism, Films & Entertainment, Logistics, Commercial, Warehousing’ organised as part of the Real Estate Summit.