CELEBRATIONS -- 25
WHEN STAR HOTELS
CELEBRATED NEW YEAR WITH DEPRIVED PERSONS
By P S SUNDAR
In a moving gesture, the
star-studded Taj group’s IHCL SeleQtions Hotels in The Nilgiris – Savoy in Ooty
and Gateway in Coonoor – celebrated New Year on January 1, 2022, with the deprived
segments of the society.
This is in continuation of the tradition established by these hotels over the years. “Our HR department colleagues Deepak and Sachin planned and executed the celebrations with great enthusiasm in true reflection of our ‘Tajness’ culture”, Cluster General Manager of these hotels Ritesh Choudhary told me.
The executives of Gateway Hotel
Coonoor visited ‘Anbalayam’ the old age home run by M N Trust in Denalai
village. Started and run by a Baduga
couple Ramamurthy and his wife Rajeshwari in 2005, the Trust, bearing the name
of Ramamurthy’s mother Mitchiammal and father Nanjaayyaa, presently has 51 inmates,
most of them elderly women. They are all deserted by their family members
and belong to very poor economic background mostly in rural centres.
We cut the cake specially made by Executive Chef Ramalingam.
We presented each inmate with a coffee mug as our New Year gift.
The executives of Savoy Hotel
Ooty went to Mizpah Trust which takes care of the orphaned children since 2000.
Every year, Sonam who runs ‘The
Wishn Oven’ cake extravaganza in Ooty, enjoys preparing a multi-tier special
cake for these children. Continuing with
this practice, she donated an excellent cake which the children enjoyed cutting
and eating!
“Here, we served mutton biriyani,
raita, laddu, apple and banana. We gifted
each child with stationery materials and chocolates”, Ritesh said.
“We followed the Standard
Operating practices in both places and also used the occasion to create awareness
on safety norms against Covid”, he added.
(Response can also be sent to: pssundar.coonoor@gmail.com)
