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The Elaf Group, a SEDCO Holding Group company and a leading supplier of traveling, tourist and hospitality solutions, recently wrapped up the latest edition of the Indian Food Festival at the Elaf Jeddah Hotel Red Sea Mall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. H.E. Mohammed Noor Rahman Sheikh, Consul General of India to the KSA ushered in the food festival in the visibility of Ziyad Bin Mahfouz, President and CEO of Elaf Group; Abdullah Bakri, Vice President of Elaf Hotels Company; consul generals of a number of nations; Indian consuls; senior officials from the Elaf Group; and other leading very important people from the Saudi and Indian communities.

Organised in collaboration with the Consulate General of India (CGI) to the KSA and the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), the hospitality, retail and education arm of the Government of India under the Ministry of Tourism, the 4th version of the festival was an incredible success with several guests partaking in it to relish delicacies from different components of the nation. Elaf Group has particularly flown in three popular ITDC chefs from India that showed their cooking skills during the four-day festival.

Bin Mahfouz said: "The KSA's tourist industry remains to achieve year-on-year growth and we see an incredible potential in the tourist and hospitality industries in the near future. The Elaf Group highly support this robust growth with its innovative strategies such as food events to guarantee that both industries position themselves as key contributors to the nation's non-oil economicy.

The Indian Food Festival 2017 was in line with our efforts to display our commitment to supply unique yet authentic Indian food with the Elaf Group's professional touch strengthening the company's leading duty in Saudi Arabia's growing tourism and hospitality sectors."

"The 2017 Indian Food Festival ended on an effective note which saw numerous guests taking part in the celebration of Indian food. We prolong our many thanks to H.E. Sheikh for his presence as well as former consuls general of India to Saudi Arabia, H.E. Mubarak and H.E. Faiz Kidwai for assisting us initiate this festival. Lastly, we are glad to our chefs and their team at the Elaf Jeddah Hotel Red Sea Mall for preparing a gastronomic menu which was highly appreciated by our guests. We assure to proceed with this custom in the coming years and eagerly anticipate organise food celebrations from various other countries too," wrapped up Bakri.

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