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Hotels, restaurants across Maharashtra hold silent protest on closure of operations

HRAWI President Sherry Bhatia said, "The hospitality industry demands fair play and justice. We request the government to either allow us to continue regular operations with the mandated SOPs (standard operating procedures) or permanently shut us down, rather than keep us half alive and in a state of misery."

Why the restaurant lobby met the BMC Commissioner

The representatives of the Hotel and Restaurant Association – Western India (HRAWI) met BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal, with a request to extend the timings of restaurants and increase seating occupancy. We look at what transpired at the meeting.

HRAWI welcomes Maharashtra govt's decision to re-open hotels, expects 25-40% hotels to open in 1st week

HRAWI are unsure of how many will actually check-in as many hotels have shortage of staff.

Hotel Industry warns tourism will suffer at 18% GST on rooms

In the recently concluded meet on GST, the government has declared a four tier structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 percent of which the service sector will be taxed at 18 percent.

Hotel industry hopes for tangible resolutions in Budget

In the pre-Budget memorandum submitted to the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) and Ministry of Finance (MoF), the association has asked for GST, availing of Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) scheme and Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) without a Classification mandate, issuance of tax-free 'Hospitality Infrastructure Bonds'.