KATHMANDU: Chandragiri Hills Resort located at Chandragiri Hills on the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley has been awarded ‘International Hospitality and Travel Award 2019’.

Indian State Minister for Culture Prahlad Singh Patel and former minister and parliamentarian Vijay Goel jointly handed over the award to Founding Chairman and Proprietor of Chandragiri Hills Hemraj Dhakal at a special function organized in New Delhi, India on Friday.

Expressing his happiness after receiving the award, Dhakal said that not only Chandragiri Hills but the whole tourism sector of Nepal has received the award.

India Tourism Development Corporation, Hospitality India and GTC Events have been providing the award to best hotels, resorts and airlines among other tourism-related organizations in South Asia annually.

At the same function, General Manager of Chandragiri Hills Abhishek Bikram Shah was awarded the ‘Youngest General Manager of the Year’.