Aims & Objectives

To provide a common platform or place for meeting of the members of Association for the purpose of discussion of common problems, advancement of hotel. Tourism & Travel Welfare ideas, for the protection of members interest. Also for the tourism prospective & development in Odisha.
To develop Hotel Industry inside the state and also to develop the said industry outside the State wherever necessary with the mutual arrangement with any Government or Private Sector.
To develop Tourism industry as a whole inside and outside the State and to develop national & international tourism in India & abroad wherever felt necessary.
To provide diffusion of knowledge about Hotel business among the members and inter-change of the ideas between members of same nature of organization.
To develop civic consciousness for tourism, to raise quality of hotel business and to take steps for development and quality enactment of appropriate legislature for the interest of the members within the jurisdiction of Society Registration Act.
To acquire and take over any immovable or movable properties of nature, if offered or found sick to expand the very objectives of the association.
To maintain, deal with and manage the said movable and immovable properties for the interest of the association.
To enter into any arrangement, contract a partnership with any Government authority or person whosoever and to obtain from any Government authority or person such rights, concession and privileges, as the association may think desirable and to obtain carryout, exercise and comply with any such arrangement, contract privilege, right or concession to achieve the aims of the association as per the provision of the Bye Law.
To do and cause to be done all such lawful things as are in accord with the spirit and principles of the objects of the Association or which are conductive to the attainment and persuit of the aims and objects of the association.
To encourage, promote and protect the growth of Tourism Industry, Hotel & Industry business all persons within members interests or concern in such nature of activities. Hotels, Restaurants, Boarding Houses and all allied trades and to take such steps as may be considered expedient for that purpose, including the provision of legal and other professional advise and assistance to promote & protect.
To collect and disseminate statistical and other information relating to Hotel and kindred interests and to diffuse among its members information on all matters affecting hotels, restaurants, boarding houses and all allied trades and to print, publish, issue and circulate such papers, periodicals, books, circulars, pamphlets and other literature as may seem conductive to any of these objects or calculated to advance those interests for the benefit of members.
To consider all questions affecting the interests of hotels and restaurants and any legislation, bye-laws or regulations affecting the same, and to initiate, support or oppose such legislation or regulation either by petition, public meetings or otherwise any legal matters deems to be fit.
To establish, subsidize, promote, co-operate or amalgamate with affiliate with or become affiliated to, to federate or join a federation of any similar Associations with objects altogether or in part similar to those of the Associations, act as trustees or agents for, or manage, control, superintend lend monetary assistance to or otherwise assist any association and institutions incorporated or not incorporated with objects altogether or in part similar to those of the Association and which may prohibit the payment of any dividend or such profit to its members as would be contrary to the intention of Societies Registration Act 1860, and not being a trade union.
To acquire and take over and apply for the purpose and objects of this Association, all or any of the assets and liabilities of any association or corporation having objects similar to this Association.
To apply for and obtain any rights, concerns and privileges from, and to enter into any arrangements that may seem directly or indirectly conductive to the objects of this Association with any authorities, supreme, local or otherwise.
To invest the funds of the Association not immediately required for the purpose of the Association upon such securities or otherwise in such manner as may from time to time be determined as laid down in Trust Act 20 with approval of General Body.
To encourage the invention and make known the nature and merits of inventions, which may seem capable of being used by persons engaged in hotels, restaurants, boarding houses and all allied trades and to acquire any patents or licenses relating to any such inventions with a view to the use thereof by the members of the Association, either gratuitously or upon such terms as may seem expedient.
To purchase, take on lease or exchange, hire or otherwise acquire, any property (movable or immovable) and any rights or privileges, which the Association may think necessary or convenient for the purpose of its business & activities.
To construct, maintain, enlarge, alter, pull down and remove any buildings or works of Association necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Association.
To sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, mortgage, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with, all or any part of the property and rights of the Association subject to approval of the General Body as per the Societies Act, 1860.
To establish, undertake, superintend, administer and contribute to any charitable or benevolent fund from which donation or advances may be given to deserving persons who be or have been engaged in hotels, restaurants, boarding houses and all allied trades or connected with any person engaged
therein and to contribute to or otherwise assist any charitable or benevolent institutions or undertakings or offered by Govt. on contract service basis subject to approval of the General Body as per the Societies Act, 1860.
To raise or borrow money and secure the repayment thereof on such terms as may seem expedient subject to approval of the General Body as per the Societies Act, 1860.
To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, debentures and other negotiable or transferable instruments or securities when required subject to approval of the General Body as per the Societies Act, 1860.
To unite Hotel & Restaurant establishments of the State for similar objects to encourage promote and protect through lawful means for the interests of the hotels and restaurant industry and to be conferred with the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Orissa as an Organization Member of this association subject to approval of the General Body as per the Societies Act, 1860.
HRAO shall organize fairs & festivals along with Tourism marts within the State, National & International levels.
HRAO shall institute awards for Hotel, Travel & Tourism fraternity to be awarded every year.
HRAO shall establish institute/educational institutions for better academy excellency and employment in Tourism Fraternity & Hospitality.