Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) has earned gross profit of Rs383.04 lakh and net profit of Rs181.89 lakh after providing depreciation to the tune of Rs201.15 lakh for the year 2015-16 upto February 2016.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday presided over a meeting of Board of Directors of HPTDC.
During the meeting it was disclosed that the operational profit of the Corporation for the last year was Rs224.59 lakh and net profit of Rs19.72 lakh after wiping out previous year net losses of Rs457.37 lakh.
The Chief Minister appreciated the efforts of the Corporation for being honoured with “National Award on e-Governance for the year 2015-16 and Gold Award” by Government of India for implementing online hotel reservation system and innovative use of Information Communication Technology by State Government.
All the non-official and official members presented the award certificate and trophy to Virbhadra Singh. The award money share of HPTDC amounting to Rs28,571 was also donated to Chief Minister Relief Fund. Apart from this, it was also revealed that Himachal Pradesh had been awarded “Better Holiday Awards 2016 for Triund (Macleodganj)” as best holiday destination by 'Holiday IQ' which would be presented on March 30 at Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi.
The Chief Minister said that the new units, Hotel Gauri Kund in Bharmour of district Chamba, Hotel Nupur in Nurpur of Kangra and four Cottages at Kaza had been made functional.