Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 27: Prominent hotelier Mushtaq Chaya was re-elected as chairman of Jammu Kashmir Hoteliers Club while Tariq Ghani as secretary general.
The Annual General Meeting of the JK Hoteliers Club was held at Harwan in Srinagar, wherein, all the members of the JKHC were present in the meeting, including those from Gulmarg, Sonmarg, Pahalgam, Jammu and Ladakh Chapter.
Elections were held during the AGM, in which office bearers for Srinagar were elected. Aqib Chaya was elected as president of the Gulmarg chapter; Khawar Geelani as vice president and Saqib Beigh as secretary general. Farooq Hafiz was re-elected president of the Sonamarg chapter, Majeed Sofi vice president, Imityaz Wani secretary, Junaid Shahdad as treasurer- Srinagar, Nazir Mir -Coordinator, Srinagar.
Director Tourism Fazlul Haseeb graced the occasion as chief guest and Deputy Director Zeehshan was the guest of honour.
Chairman Mushtaq Ahmad Chaya highlighted various issues faced by the tourism sector and drew attention towards the issues hoteliers of Srinagar, Gulmarg, Sonmarg and Pahalgam. Renewal of hotel registrations, ease of doing business and tourism promotion at national level were discussed.
The Director Tourism gave a patient hearing to the members and assured them that all the problems of the Tourism Industry would be resolved at the earliest.