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Over a 100 nominations raced to make it to the power 25 List of Housekeepers. Mohammad Parvej placed 16^th on Power 25 List of Housekeepers.

Hoteliers Web announced their top 25 Housekeepers from South East Asia, Middle East and Africa in a Virtual live event on 15 November.

The event was presented by Pooja Rajpurohit and Biljana Jovanovic for Hoteliers Web. The Jury looked at the most influential Housekeepers from these regions who have contributed to not only in just their hotel units but also worked largely for the housekeeping fraternities.

“The ability to bring change for our teams, the hotel and the region, was very important to us during this unprecedented time,” Hotel Sarina authorities said in a press release.

Parvej is the housekeeping Manager of Hotel Sarina, Dhaka. He is also the president of Bangladesh Housekeepers Association. He has been playing a vital role for the housekeeping sector of Hospitality industry in Bangladesh. He is continuously bringing all housekeepers together and always plan for the progress of the team.

Especially, during this pandemic situation, he maintained liaison with other housekeeper leaders from different parts of the world and made plans on how to combat this situation. Parvej has also plan to establish a training institute in future to create world class hospitality leader.

This award from Hoteliers Web is one of the recognitions towards his long term goal.

Prabhat Shukla, placed the 1^st position on Power 25 List of Housekeepers. He is the Director of Housekeeping – InterContinental Doha City. Prabhat is also the president of Asian Housekeepers’ Association.

Bangladesh Housekeeper Association’s (BHA) 3rd get together held on 19 September 2020 at Hotel Sarina – Dhaka. This time they gathered to celebrate the ‘International Housekeeping Week’. Due to COVID -19 pandemic, the celebration was very different and had to assure all the safety procedures.

BHA organised evening snacks and cut a cake for the event. Most of the Executive Housekeepers of the country from various star rated hotels were present at the ceremony. All the industry leaders shared their ideas and thoughts, how they are facing the challenge of COVID-19. They also had discussion on what can be done to overcome this situation. Many employees in this particular sector have lost their jobs and are going through financial hardships. Many left the capital Dhaka and moved to their hometown to save cost of living.

BHA tried their best to be with the members of this association during this crisis. The association extended their helping hands towards the Hospitality (specially housekeeping sector) industry. The association also reflects on the future plan till the whole industry recovers fully. At their next meeting, they will propose activities based on the situation of the unemployed members. From the very beginning of the pandemic, the association raised and contributed funds where possible to help its members.. The president of the Association Mr. Mohammad Parvej (Housekeeping Manager Hotel Sarina), General Secretary Mr Khan Ali Azam (Executive Housekeeper Lakeshore Hotel) were present at the event to welcome the guests.

The Association is promised to work together to fight this battle with COVID-19. BHA also has a plan to establish a Tourism Training Institute to train the people from the industry specialist and prepare them for the tourism sector.