The State Government would provide all support to the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI) in organising its 50th annual convention at the Mayfair lagoon here from September 25 to 27.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has already announced support for the convention and Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Kumar Panda is making all out efforts to showcase Odisha in the mammoth gathering of Who is Who of the Indian Hospitality Industry, sources said.
More than 1000 delegates from India and abroad would participate in the three-day event.
Principal Secretary Tourism laxmi Narayan Gupta said Tourism Department is all keen to organize the event.
Prominent hoteliers and stakeholders from the tourism and hospitality sector would participate and both national and international Media are expected to cover the mega event.
Distinguished hoteliers like Taj Hotels MD Rakesh Sarna, ITC Hotels Dirctor Nakul Anand, Starwood Hotels & Resorts MD Dilip Puri and Jll Hotels & Hospitality Group MD Mandeep S lamba would attend the technical session. Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director of the New Indian Express Group, would too attend.
OTDC Managing Director Anil Samal would be the guiding factor for the organisers, said an office bearer of the FHRAI.
The FHRAI proposes to organize a major carnival on the occasion which coincides with the World Tourism Day on September 27.
About 15 performing troupes from Odisha and equal number of troupes from neighbouring states would perform programmes. In addition to it, there would be tableaus depicting tourism potentials and many other interesting attractions for the common people, said Mohapatra.