The much anticipated IATO Election is over and the results are out. And it did spring a few surprises. The new team that IATO members have elected for the 2018-2020 term included a few surprise faces in Kerala based Airtravel Enterprisess’ EM Najeeb and Rajesh Mudgil of Planet India Travels who have been elected as Sr. Vice President and Hony. Secretary of IATO. This is Najeeb’s first stint in the IATO Office Bearers team, whereas Mudgil, who has earlier also served in the similar capacity six years ago, has made a hard fought come back.
Pronab Sarkar will continue to be the IATO President for a second term. Sarkar along with Rajiv Mehra, Ravi Gosain and Rajnish Kaistha were elected unopposed to their respective offices of President, Vice President, Hony. Treasurer and Hony. Joint Treasurer.
New faces in Executive Committee (Active) include India Travel Promotion Company’s Tony Marwah who has made a comeback to the IATO team after a gap of six years in yet another hard fought win along with first time IATO EC member Aamantran Travel Company’s Deepak Bhatnagar. Others elected as EC member in the Active category include Adventure World India’s Raj Bajaj; Minar Travel India’s PS Duggal and Uni Crystal Holidays’ Viney Tyagi, who have all been re-elected in a close contest.
In the EC (Allied) category the new face is Benchmark Hotels’ P Vijayasarathi. Travel Bureau’s Sunil Gupta and Alliance Hotels’ Zia Siddiqui have been re-elected as EC members in the Allied category.
TEAM IATO 2018-2020
Office Bearers
President: Pronab Sarkar, Swagatam Tours Pvt. Ltd.
Sr Vice President: EM Najeeb, Airtravel Enterprises India Ltd.
Vice President: Rajiv Mehra, Uday Tours & Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Hony. Secretary: Rajesh Mudgil, Planet India Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Hony. Treasurer: Ravi Gosain, Erco Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Hony. Jt. Treasurer: Rajnish Kaistha, Paradise Holidays (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Immediate Past President: Subhash Goyal, STIC Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Executive Committee Members (Active)
Raj Bajaj Adventure World India Pvt. Ltd.
Tony Marwah India Travel Promotion Company Pvt. Ltd.
PS Duggal Minar Travel India Pvt. Ltd.
Deepak Bhatnagar Aamantran Travel Company Pvt. Ltd.
Viney Tyagi Uni Crystal Holidays Pvt. Ltd.
Executive Committee Members (Allied)
Sunil Gupta Travel Bureau
Zia Siddiqui Alliance Hotels & Resorts
P Vijayasarathi Benchmark Hotels Pvt. Ltd.