DDP Trailblazer
M. P. PURUSHOTHAMAN
Besides being at the helm of a conglomerate that includes hospitality, sugar production, property, power, and packaging across South India, M.P. Purushothaman has served as the President of Federation of Hotels s&& Restaurants Association of India (FHRAI) for three terms and President of South India Hotels & Restaurantsants Association (SIHRA) for 10 years. “I am very happy that I was selected as a recipient of this prestigious award,” he says. While he insists that the industrytry has changed a lot in the last few years for good, he’s not in favour of the recent liquor ban on hotels on national andnd state highways. “So many hotels are affected because of the recent Supreme Court verdict. FHRAI is going with a review w petition to the Supreme Court, after that we have to wait for that verdict,” he adds.