Aviation and hospitality players anticipate good times in near future

New Delhi: Industry leaders from the aviation and hospitality sectors came together recently to delve on the career prospects in the aviation and services sector, during a round table conference organised by AHA Air Hostess Academy. The participants included Anil Bhandari, MD, JHM Interstate Hotels India Ltd; Kamal Hingorani, VP, SpiceJet; John Powell, Regional Manager - North & East India, Qantas Airways; Pran Dasan, Regional Manager - South Asia & Pakistan, Kuwait Airways. Sapna Gupta, Founder and Director, AHA Air Hostess Academy and Rajan Mehra, Business Head, Strategic Alliance Department, AHA were also present during the session.
During the discussion, the speakers were of the unanimous view that the current downturn is a temporary phenomenon, and that these industries will eventually bounce back. This is due to the fact that India's potential in aviation and hospitality has not been met so far. Further, in comparison to even its much smaller neighbours like Thailand, Singapore and Sri Lanka, India has a lesser frequency of flights — in the hospitality sector, the total number of hotel rooms is minuscule, compared to its neighbours. For instance, Bangkok alone has more hotel rooms than the entire hotel room inventory of India. More than 500 aspirants from all branches of AHA Air Hostess Academy in Delhi NCR were part of this discussion.
10/12/08 HospitalityBizIndia

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Dec 2008