𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 (𝐆𝐀𝐄𝐇𝐏) 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐈𝐇𝐌) 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐢𝐦 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. Held at the luxurious Mayfair Spa & Resort, Ranipool, the summit brought together hospitality professionals, industry leaders, and academic institutions to tackle some of the biggest challenges in hospitality education, workforce development, and bridging the gap between academia and industry. The event zeroed in on closing the skills gap, making sure students get the right training and job opportunities that align with industry needs. It also shone a spotlight on technology trends, workforce readiness, and skill-building, with a mix of panel discussions, expert talks, and networking sessions that connected key players in hospitality and tourism.
𝐆𝐀𝐄𝐇𝐏’𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭
𝐆𝐀𝐄𝐇𝐏 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐀𝐫𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 “𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦.” 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.
𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐆𝐀𝐄𝐇𝐏’𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐑 & 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐌𝐬. 𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐢, 𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐫. 𝐓𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐩 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐚, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 & 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐢𝐦, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐫. 𝐂.𝐒. 𝐑𝐚𝐨, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐇𝐌 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐤 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.
With its strong industry presence and forward-thinking discussions, the Industry Partnership Summit 2025 is poised to make a real impact on reshaping hospitality education and workforce development in India. It’s all about preparing the next generation of hospitality professionals to thrive in a fast-evolving industry.
