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Hotel Management institutes to open in 30 WB towns
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LOCALCORRESPONDENT on 12 May, 2008 12:25:00
 
Kalyani: To materialize the dream of students belonging to middle class
families, a society of entrepreneurs involved in hotel and hospitality industry
has come up to set up Hotel Management institutes in small townships of West
Bengal. With the aim to impart trainings on Hotel Management at affordable cost,
the Futuristic Group would soon set up Hotel Management institutes in at least
30 small towns in West Bengal.
To begin with, the group on Sunday announced opening of the project,
"Futuristic Institute of Hotel Management (FIHM)" starting with institutes at
Bandel and Naihati where students would be charged fees as low as Rs 7,500.
Revealing the details, Abhijit Bhattacharjee, brain behind the project and head
of the Aquatic chain of hotels in Eastern India said, "Most of the Hotel
Management institutes are located in big cities and it is naturally very
difficult for students from small towns to purse the course."
"The FIHM would also provide scholarship to poor meritorious students and also
give special industrial and job training, apart from a definite placement
support," added Bhattacharjee.