Indian Hospitality Excellence Awards 2024: Honoring Outstanding Leadership and Talent in the Industry

DUBAI, UAE, Jan. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The prestigious Indian Hospitality Excellence Awards 2024 unfolded with grandeur at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Greater Noida on January 4, 2025. Marking its fourth successful edition, the event brought together over 200 professionals from across India's vibrant hospitality sector to recognize and celebrate outstanding leaders and organizations. Organized by Hozpitality Group, the awards exemplify transparency and inclusivity, with winners selected entirely through an open voting process involving key stakeholders from the industry. The event was made possible with the support of Stave Hospitality and was further bolstered by sponsorship from notable brands, including Prologic First, Scents Circle, Ex Lenze, Aria Lifewater, Absolute Frame Dubai, SRA Gifts and Awards, Wordswork, and UpliftU.

Adding a touch of inspiration, celebrated Indian wrestler Sangram Singh graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Known for his resilience and achievements, Sangram shared motivating insights into perseverance, discipline, and hard work—qualities that parallel the ethos of the hospitality sector.

Celebrating Excellence in Hospitality

The awards honored exceptional talent across individual and corporate categories, spotlighting achievements in leadership, sustainability, guest services, culinary arts, and more. From the coveted Hospitality Leader of the Year to the Hidden Gem of the Year, each accolade highlighted the dedication and innovation driving India's hospitality industry forward.

Notable winners in the personal categories included:

• General Manager of the Year: Gold – Utsa Majumder, Hyatt Regency Dharamshala Resort
• Sustainability Champion of the Year: Gold – Tulasiram Gurram, Sarovar Hotels & Resorts
• Culinary Champion of the Year: Gold – Surya Narayana, Hyatt Regency Ahmedabad

In the corporate categories, prestigious awards included:

• Hotel of the Year (5 Star): Gold – THE Park Indore
• Restaurant of the Year (Fine Dining): Gold – Asia Alive, DoubleTree by Hilton Gurgaon
• Best Hotel Management Company of the Year: Gold – Indian Hotels Company Limited

A Judges' Choice Awards segment celebrated individuals who made extraordinary contributions to the industry. Among them:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Sudhir Andrews
• Hospitality Icon of the Year: Rattan Keswani
• Rising Women Leader in Hospitality: Namrata Sharma, The Leela Palaces Hotels and Resorts

A Legacy of Recognition

The Indian Hospitality Excellence Awards are part of Hozpitality Group's larger portfolio of global accolades, with 22 award events across the Middle East and India to date. These include the Middle East Hospitality Excellence Awards, Chef Excellence Awards, and F&B Excellence Awards. Together, they form a benchmark for celebrating talent, leadership, and innovation in the hospitality industry.

Top 30 General Managers in India

As part of the celebration, Hozpitality unveiled its Best 30 General Managers in India 2024 list, spotlighting exemplary leaders shaping the future of the industry. This year's honorees include:

• Abhishek Sahai, Conrad Pune
• Kapil Vig, Crowne Plaza New Delhi Rohini
• Pankaj Gupta, Crowne Plaza New Delhi Mayur Vihar Noida
• Suraj Kumar Jha, Crowne Plaza Ahmedabad City Centre

The awards highlighted the industry's unwavering commitment to excellence, innovation, and sustainability, cementing its role as a cornerstone of India's economic growth and cultural heritage.

For further information, please contact: Hozpitality Group Email: email@hozpitality.com Phone: +971 4 334 3177

About Hozpitality Group: Hozpitality Group is a leading name in the global hospitality industry, providing a platform for professionals to connect, share, and celebrate excellence in hospitality. With a strong presence in Dubai and India, Hozpitality Group hosts prestigious events, including the Middle East Chef Excellence Awards, to recognize and honor outstanding achievements in the industry.

Hozpitality.com is an online platform for professionals from Hotels, Restaurants, Airlines, Travel agencies, Clubs, Cruise Lines, Cinemas, Spas, Schools, Suppliers and Retail. Hozpitality offers Branding options, A Community Network for Employers and Job seekers, a directory of Hospitality Suppliers, Latest Hospitality News, Hotel News, Movements and Appointments and Hospitality Announcements Hotel Industry Recruitment, Professional CV designing, Hospitality Courses etc. We provide an effective platform where all hospitality professionals can come together, network and benefit.

Hozpitality.com offers a selection of best Hotel Management Institutes, Schools and Universities and Hotel management Courses. Hospitality Students can search and apply for Hotel management Courses and join the School's Alumni and network with their colleagues. Hozpitality also offers a Market Place for Hospitality Suppliers where Hospitality Products, Services, Offers and Deals can be listed and sold to millions of Global Hospitality professionals.

Hozpitality reaches out to over 1.2 million professionals thru its 2 group websites, www.hozpitality.com and www.hozpitalityplus.com with Registered Members and Social Media from over 186 countries.

The dedicated hospitality Media and News website Hozpitalityplus.com, publishes and shares Latest Hospitality News, Announcements, Hotel openings, Promotions, Events, Hospitality Movements and Appointments and Hospitality announcements, Reviews, Blogs etc.

Hozpitality Consulting is a Global Executive Search consultancy based out of Toronto, Canada. Our success lies in building a long term relationship and delivering results quickly and efficiently for a "much lower cost". We are experts in locating the best possible suitable executive and management candidates for placements in all types of hospitality organizations around the world. Through our matchless database, communication and networking, over the world, we provide our clients with the most skillful candidates.

"Hozpitality Buzz- The inside scoop" is a TV show based on the hospitality industry in Dubai and UAE, is in English and telecast-ed on a premier TV channel in Middle East & North Africa reaching out to approx. 10-12 million viewers. To know more about the TV show, Please log on to:- www.facebook.com/hozpitalitybuzz and https://www.youtube.com/Hozpitality 

Middle East Hospitality Excellence Awards are presented to recognize top industry organizations which have shown skill, creativity, ingenuity and success in the Middle East & North Africa's growing hospitality industry. Logon to www.hozpitalityexcellenceawards.com

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