Mr. Dilip Datwani, Chairman & Managing Director, Datwani Hotels Pvt. Ltd. has been elected as the President of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) for the year 2016-2017 at the 66th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Mumbai.

 Mr. Dilip Datwani has been an active voice and part of the hotel and restaurant fraternity for over two decades. Known for actively promoting the interests of the industry, he has in the recent past officiated in several capacities including Chairman of the Membership Committee, Chairman of the Classification Committee, and Senior Vice President of HRAWI; besides being an Executive Committee Member of Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI).

“The HRAWI has made tremendous progress and has crossed several important milestones in the last few years. The immediate past committee leadership has relentlessly strived to voice the concerns of members to the Governments and has ensured expedited resolutions where it was much needed. Of the several things that are being panned out for the future at HRAWI, the first would be to set up Food Testing Laboratories that will provide hotels and restaurants the benefit of conducting an unbiased audit of foods from their kitchens,” says Mr Dilip Datwani, President, HRAWI.