Association of Resource Companies for the Hospitality Industry of India was formed in 1986 to promote co-operation among persons, firms of Companies connected with Hospitality trade and industry, producing equipment, machinery & supplies, and providing services to various Hotels & Restaurant & manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers or retail dealers or person interested in this trade. ARCHII adopts a common policy and collectively takes such steps as may be deemed necessary or expedient to further safeguard the interest of its members, pertaining to the trade & industry.

Today ARCHII, is a well recognized platform to discuss contracts, for interaction between members, to look after the interest of members, to regulate and standardize and as far as possible to adopt ethical business practice in the Hospitality trade. ARCHI sponsors and support various conferences, exhibitions and lectures along with investigation, collecting and circulation of information and statistics relating to the Hospitality trade. It also educates its members and general public by all suitable means about the benefits and utilities of environmental technology from the hygienic point of view.

Being a democratic body and having gone into regular elections of its executive committee, it helps in settlement of disputes by reconciliation among the members and Hospitality institutions.

ARCHII has been active to represent officially the view of its members on any matter either technically or commercially affecting the interest of its member in Hospitality trade to the Government of India, Local Government, Chamber of Commerce and any other public or private authority.

ARCHII promotes goods/equipments by arranging meetings and having one to one discussions with various high profile visitors and guests, invited specifically in their periodical meetings. It also circulates among the members the information on various new upcoming projects on hotels, restaurants and resorts for their business benefits in the printed manner as well as by its own website www.ARCHII.org

ARCHII is also the co- sponsored of the now famous AAHAR exhibition being held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi every year for the past 28 years.