HRACC Update New
As a member of HRACC of the Ministry of Tourism Government of India, Association maintained active participation through nominated members for inspection of hotels all over India, deciding classification and re-classifications of Star Categories at regular intervals. During the year 2013-14, Association has nominated members in the HRACC inspection of as many as 85 hotels from October 2013 to September 2014 which are as under:-
| S. No. | Hotel | Category | HAI Nominees |
| 1 | Vivanta By Taj Godavari Shlpkala Ltd,1. Faridabad | 5* |
Mr. Ashwin Handa Resident Manager WelcomHotel Sheraton New Delhi District Centre, Saket New Delhi-110 017 |
| 2 | Taj Madras Flight Kitchen Pvt. Ltd,Chennai | Air Catering Unit |
Mr. Amit Khare General Manager Trident Chennai 1/24, G.S.T Road Chennai-600 |
| 3 | Hotel Clarks Avadh, Lucknow | 5* | Mr. Rishi Chopra General Manager Vivanta by Taj-Gomti Nagar Lucknow, Vipin Khand Gomti Nagar, Lucknow-226010 |
| 4 | Chokhi Dhani-The ethnic 5 Star Village Resort | 5* | Mr. Nitin Gupta Room Divison Manager Hotel Clarks Amer Jaipur Jawaharlal Nehru Marg Jaipur-302 018 |
| 5 | Ramada Caravela Beach Resort , Goa | 5*D | Mr. Satya Roy Chowdhury General Manager The Lalit Golf & Spa Resort Goa Raj Baga Canacona Goa-403 702 |
| 6 | Hotel Ocean Palms, Goa | 4* | Mr. D. Kavarana General Manager ITC Maratha A Luxury Collection Sahar, Mumbai-400 099 |
| 7 | Hotel Grand Ridge (DHS Hotels Pvt. Ltd), Tirupati | 5* | Mr. Ravi Nischal General Manager Vivanta by Taj-Fort Aguada Goa Sinquerim, Bardez Goa-403 519 |
| 8 | Hilton, Mumbai | 5*D | Mr. D. Kavarana Area Manager (West) & General Manager ITC Maratha A Luxury Collection Hotel Sahar Mumbai-400 009 |
| 9 | Quality Hotel DV Manor, Vijayawada | 4* | Mr. Sriniwas Lahari
General Manager The Gateway Hotel MG Road, Vijayawada 39-1-63. MG Road Vijayawada |
| 10 | The Westin, Chennai | 5*D | Mr. Anup Kumar Executive Assistant Manager Front Office Taj Coromandel Chennai 37 M.G. Salai Chennai-600034 |
| 11 | The Chancery Pavillion, Bangalore | 5* | Mr. Ranvir Bhandari General Manager ITC Gardenia #1, Residency Road Bangalore-560 025 |
| 12 | Hotel Grand Ridge (DHS Hotels Pvt. Ltd.) Tirupati | 5* | Mr. Raj Shekharan General Manager Firtune Kences TirupatiOpp. APSRTC Bus Terminal Tirupati-517 501 |
| 13 | Trident, Bhubaneswar | 5*D* | Mr. A. Talukdar Vice President The Crown A/1 (a) IRC Village Nayapalli Bhubaneswar-751015 |
| 14 | The Qutab, New Delhi | 5* | Mr. Sandeep Bhatnagar EAM-Room The Grand New Delhi Vasant Kunj-Phase-II Nelson Mandela Road New Delhi-110 070 |
| 15 | Park Plaza Kolkata | 5* | Mr. Pramode Bandari General Manager The Park, Kolkata 17, Park Street Kolkata-700016 |
| 16 | Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur | 5*D | Mr. Bhaskaran T. General Manager The Lalit Laxmi Vilas Palace, Udaipur Opposite Fateh Sagar Lake Udaipur-313 004 |
| 17 | Fateh Prakash Palace,Heritage Grand (Aunit of the Lake Palace Hotels & Motels (P) Ltd.,) | Heritage Grand | Mr. Dhiraj Mehta General Manager Trident, Udaipur Udaipur-313 001 |
| 18 | Kumarakom Lake Resort Pvt. Ltd. Kumarakom | 5* | Mr. Jayanta Das General Manager Vivanta by Taj-Kumarakom 1/404, Kumarakom Kottayam-686 563 |
| 19 | JW Marriott, New Delhi | 5* | Mr. David Mathews General Manager The Oberoi 443, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V Gurgaon-122 016 |
| 20 | The Umrao, New Delhi | 5*D | Mr. Nitesh Gandhi General Manager Trident, Gurgaon 443, Udyog Vihar Phase-V, Gurgaon-122 016 |
| 21 | Royal Park, Kakinada | 3* | Mr. Ajit Singh Garcha General Manager The Park, Beach Road Visakhapatnam-530 023 |
| 22 | Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd. Navi Mumbai | 5* | Mr. Sumit Kant General Manager Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai, Vashi Plot No. 39/1, 6 to 15 Sector 30-A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai- 400 701 |
| 23 | Lemon Tree Hotel, Chennai | 3* | Mr. Amit Khare General Manager Trident, Chennai 1/24, G.S.T. Road Chennai-600 027 |
| 24 | Crowne Plaza, Kochi | 5*D | Mr. Saji Joseph General Manager Le Meridien Kochi NH-47, Bypass, Maradu Cochin-682 304 |
| 25 | Taj Chandigarh, Chandigarh | 5*D | Mr. Aashish Gawari General Manager The Lalit Chandigarh Rajiv Gandhi IT Park Chadigarh-160101 |
| 26 | The Park, New Delhi | 5*D | Ms. Charulata Sukhija Director Marketing Hotel Association of India B-212-214, Somdutt Chamber-1, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi- 110 066 |
| 27 | Trident Hyderabad | 5*D | Mr. Girish Sehgal General Manager Taj Falaknuma Palace Engine Bowli Hyderabad-500 053 |
| 28 | Taj Residency-Aurangabad | 5* | Mr. Virji Safaya General Manager WelcomHotel Rama International R-3, Chikalthana Aurangabad-431210 |
| 29 | Uday Samudra Leisure Beach Hotel & Spa Trivandrum | 5* | Mr. Mathew Thomas General Manager Vivanta by Taj-Kovalam G.V. Raja Vattappara Road Kovalam, Trivandrum-695527 |
| 30 | Golden Palms Hotel & Spa, Bangalore | 5*D | Mr. Zubin Songadwala General Manager ITC Gardenia #1, Residency Road Bangalore-560 025 |
| 31 | Monotel Hotel, Kolkata | 4* | Mr. Atul Bhalla General Manager ITC Sonar JBS Haldane Avenue Opp. Science City Kolkata-700 046 |
| 32 | The Westin Pune Koregaon Park Pune | 5*D | Mr. Mahipal Singh General Manager Vivanta by Taj-Blue Diamond, Pune, 11, Koregaon Road Pune 411 001, Maharashtra |
| 33 | Ramada Navi Mumbai, Navi Mumbai | 4* | Mr. Swaroop Datta General Manager The Park Navi Mumbai No. 1, Sector-10, CBD Belapur Navi Mumbai-400 614 |
| 34 | The Park, Visakhapatnam | 5*D | Mr. Souvik Bhattacharaya General Manager The Gateway Hotel Beach Road Visakhapatnam-530 002 |
| 35 | Novotel Varun Beach, Visakhapatnam | 5* | Mr. Souvik Bhattacharaya General Manager The Gateway Hotel Beach Road Visakhapatnam-530 002 |
| 36 | Hotel Diplomat, New Delhi | 4* | Mr. Anil Chadha General Manager ITC Maurya A Luxury Collection Hotel Diplomatic Enclave New Delhi-110 021 |
| 37 | Welcom Hotel Grand Bay, Visakhapatnam | 4* | Mr. Jaideep Biswas Director (Sales & Mktg.) The Park Beach Road Visakhapatnam-530 023 |
| 38 | Crowne Plaza Today Gurgaonj, Gurgaon | 4* | Mr. Sumeet Taneja General Manager Vivanta by Taj Gurgaon Taj Group of Hotels |
| 39 | The Westin, Gurgaon | 5* | Mr. David Mathews General Manager The Oberoi 443, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V Gurgaon-122 016 |
| 40 | Hyatt Regency , Chennai | 5*D | Mr. Hitendra Sharma EAM Room Taj Club House No. 2, Club House Road Chennai-600 002 |
| 41 | Radisson Blue Plaza Delhi | 5*D | Ms. Akanksha Lamba F & B Manager Trident Gurgaon 443 Udyog Vihar, Phase V Gurgaon-122 016 |
| 42 | Hotel The Royal Plaza, New Delhi | 4* | Mr. Imit Arora Resident Manager The Lalit, New Delhi Barakhamba Avenue Connaught Place New Delhi-110 001 |
| 43 | Hotel Manorama, Vijayawada | 3* | Mr. Neelabh Pandey Front Office Manager The Gateway Hotel M.G. Road Vijayawada 29-1-63, M.G. Road Vijayawada-520 010 |
| 44 | Trident, Agra | 5* | Mr. Ashutosh Chhibba General Manager ITC Mughal A Luxury Collection Hotel Fatehabad Road Taj Ganj, Agra-282 001 |
| 45 | The Lodhi, New Delhi | 5*D | Mr. Tarun Sobti Director Sales The Oberoi Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg New Delhi |
| 46 | JW Marriott, New Delhi | 5*D | Mr. Gaurav Issar RDM The Oberoi 443, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V Gurgaon-122 016 |
| 47 | The Oberoi Cecil, Shimla | Heritage Grand | Mr. Vishal Kapoor General Manager Radisson Shimla Good Wood Estate Lower Bharati Road Longwood Shimla-171001 |
| 48 | Radisson Jass Hotel, Shimla | 5* | Mr. D.P. Bhatia General Manager Clarkes Hotel The Mall Shimla-171 001 |
| 49 | Svelte Hotel & Personal Suites, New Delhi | 4* | Mr. Pankaj Mathur General Manager The Suryaa New Delhi New Friends Colony New Delhi-110 025 |
| 50 | Hyatt Regency, New Delhi NCR, Gurgaon | 5*D | Mr. Nitesh Gandhi General Manager Trident, Gurgaon 443, Udyog Vihar Phase-V, Gurgaon-122 016 |
| 51 | The Gateway Hotel Ganges, Varanasi | 5*D | Mr. Saurabh Mathur General Manager Radisson Hotel Varanasi The Mall, Cantonment Varanasi Uttar Pradesh-221 002 |
| 52 | ITC Windsor (A Luxury Collection Hotel) Bangalore | 5*D | Mr. Mahesh Pillai EAM The Lalit Ashok Bangalore Kumara Krupa High Grounds Bangalore-560 001 |
| 53 | The Chancery Pavillion, Bangalore | 5* | Mr. Zubin Songadwala General Manager ITC Gardenia #1, Residency Road Bangalore-560 025 |
| 54 | Golden Palms Hotel & Spa, Bangalore | 5*D | Mr. Somnath Mukherjee General Manager The Taj West End Race Course Road Bangalore-560 001 |
| 55 | The Ashok, New Delhi | 5*D | Mr. Rohit Arora General Manager The Park 15, Parliament Street New Delhi-110 001 |
| 56 | Hyatt Regency, Mumbai | 5*D | Mr. Ashish Kumar Rai General Manager The Leela, Mumbai Sahar Mumbai-400 059 |
| 57 | Coconut Lagoon, Kottayam | 4* | Mr. Jayanta Das General Manager Vivanta by Taj Kumarakom, 1/404, Kumarakom Kottayam-686563 |
| 58 | Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur | 5* | Mr. Sunil Gupta General Manager ITC Rajputana Palace Road Jaipur-302 006 |
| 59 | Hotel Mansingh, Jaipur | 5* | Mr. Sunil Gupta General Manager ITC Rajputana Palace Road Jaipur-302 006 |
| 60 | ITC Maurya, New Delhi | 5*D | Mr. V. Wanchoo Sr. Executive Vice President & General Manager The Imperial, New Delhi 1, Janpath New Delhi-110 001 |
| 61 | The Gateway Hotel, Bangalore | 5* | Mr. Zubin Songadwala General Manager ITC Gardenia #1, Residency Road Bangalore-560 025 |
| 62 | Vivanta by Taj, M.G. Road, Bangalore | 5*D | Mr. Zubin Songadwala General Manager ITC Gardenia #1, Residency Road Bangalore-560 025 |
| 63 | J.W. Marriott, Bangalore | 5*D | Mr. Vinod Valson General Manager Vivanta by Taj M.G. Road Bengaluru 41/3, Mahatma Gandhi Road Bengaluru-560 001 |
| 64 | Vivanta by Taj-Trivandrum, Trivandrum | 5* | Mr. N.C. Somaiah General Mmanager The Leela Kovalam Thiruvananthapuram-695 527 |
| 65 | Courtyard by Marriott, Pune | 4* | Mr. Suresh Talera Chairman Talera Group of Hotels 13, Wilson Garden Near Poona Railway Station Motilal Talera Marg Poona-411 001 |
| 66 | Park Hyatt Chennai | 5*D | Mr. Ian Dubier General Manager Taj Club House No. 2, Club House Road Chennai-600 002 |
| 67 | The Imperial, New Delhi | 5*D | Mr. Shekhar Sawant Resident Manager ITC Maurya a Luxury Collection Hotel, Diplomatic Enclave New Delhi-110 021 |
| 68 | Novotel Varun Beach, Visakhapatnam | 5*D | Mr. Souvik Bhattacharya General Manager The Gateway Hotel Beach Road Visakhapatnam-530 002 |
| 69 | Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Hyderabad | 5*D | Mr. Srinivas Lahari General Manager Taj Banjara Road No. 1, Banjara Hills Hyderabad-500 034 |
| 70 | Oberoi Flight Services, Mumbai | Air Catering Unit | Mr. Phillippe Charraudeau General Manager ITC Maratha A Luxury Collection Hotel Sahar Mumbai-400 099 |
| 71 | Old Harbour Hotel, Fort Kochi | Heritage Basic | Mr. Saji Joseph General Manager Le Meridien Cochin Maradu Cochin-682 304 |
| 72 | Dream Hotel Cochin | 5*D | Mr. Saji Joseph General Manager Le Meridien Cochin Maradu Cochin-682 304 |
| 73 | Crowne Plaza, Greater Noida | 5* | Mr. Pankaj Mathur General Manager The Suryaa New Delhi New Friends Colony New Delhi-110 025 |
| 74 | Hilton Garden Inn, Thiruvanathapuram | 5*D | Mr. Murugan Rajan General Manager Vivanta by Taj Trivandrum, Kerala C.V. Raman Pillai Road Thycaud Thiruvananthapuram-695 014 |
| 75 | The Lalit Golf & Spa Resort, Goa | 5*D | Mr. Shridhar Nair General Manager The Leela, Goa Cavellosim Village, Mobor Goa-403 731 |
| 76 | Le Meridien Cochin | 5*D | Mr. Amardeep Singh General Manager Trident Cochin Bristow Road Willingdon Island Cochin-682 003 |
| 77 | Hotel Clarks Shiraz, Agra | 5*D | Mr. Rohit Dasgupta General Manager Trident Agra Fatehabad Road Agra-282 001 |
| 78 | Trident Gurgaon | 5*D | Mr. Vishvapreet Singh Cheema General Manager Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi National Highway No. 8 New Delhi-110 037 |
| 79 | Intercontinental Marine Drive Mumba | 5*D | Mr. Sanju Soni General Manager Trident Nariman Point, Mumbai Nariman Point Mumbai-400 021 |
| 80 | Vivanta by Taj Gurgaon | 5*D | Mr. Nitesh Gandhi General Manager Trident Gurgaon 443, Udyog Vihar, Phase-V Gurgaon-122 016 |
| 81 | Hotel Royal Orchid, Bangalore | 5* | Mr. Kunal Chauhan General Manager The Leela Palace, Bangalore 23, Kodihali, Airport Road Bengaluru-560 008 |
| 82 | Marriott International Hotel, Pune | 5* | Mr. Mahipal Singh General Manager Vivanta by Taj Blue Diamond, Pune 11, Koregaon Road Pune-411 001 |
| 83 | Taj Sats Air Catering, Mumbai | Air Catering Unit | Mr. Amit Samson General Manager The Lalit Mumbai Sahar Airport Road Andheri East Mumbai-400 059 |
| 84 | The Oberoi, New Delhi | 5*D | Mr. Vivek Shukla General Manager The Lalit New Delhi Barakhamba Avenue Connaught Place New Delhi-110 001 |
| 85 | Trident Gurgaon, Gurgaon | 5*D | Mr. Vishvapreet Singh Cheema General Manager Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi National Highway No. 8 New Delhi-110 037 |
| 86 | Ramada Plaza Palm Grove, Mumbai | 5* | Mr. Nowzer Dudhmal Deputy. General Manager Taj Lands End Bandstand, Bandra (W) Mumbai-400 050 |