The elections to decide the new leadership team of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) is scheduled to take place on April 18th. A meeting of IATO’s present Office Bearers was called by the Returning Officer, Homa Mistry on March 13th at the association’s New Delhi office. The meeting disclosed nominations that have been received for the forthcoming elections. The incumbent President of the association, Rajiv Mehra of Uday Tours & Travels is the only person in the fray for the post of President. Sunil Mishra of Cosmos Tours & Travels and Viney Tyagi of Uni Crystal Holidays are also all set to be elected unopposed for the position of Hony. Treasurer and Hony. Joint Secretary respectively.
The following nominations have also been received:
Sr. Vice President
1. Rajnish Kaistha of Paradise Holidays India
2. Ravi Gosain of Erco Travels
Vice President
1. Ravi Gosain of Erco Travels
2. Sanjay Razdan of Razdan Holidays
Hony. Secretary
1. Rajnish Kaistha of Paradise Holidays India
2. Sanjay Razdan of Razdan Holidays
EC Members – Active (5 posts)
1. Kamlesh Hemchand Lalan of Ravine Trek
2. Arun Anand of Midtown Travels
3. E.M. Najeeb of Air Travel Enterprises
4. Tony Marwah of Indian Travel Promotion Company
5. Deepak Bhatnagar of Aamantaran Travel Company
6. Harish Mathur of Concord Travels & Tours
7. Manoj Kumar Matta of Oriental Vacations & Journeys
8. Rajesh Mudgill of Planet India Travels
EC Members - (3 posts)
1. Ashok Dhoot of Harsh Travels
2. Zia Siddiqui of Alliance Hotels & Resorts
3. P. Vijayasarathy of Benchmark Hotels
4. Parul Shailendra Kesari of Safari Plus
The last date for withdrawal of nominations is March 18th, 2023 by 3 pm in a sealed envelope. The candidates who have filed multiple nominations need to withdraw their nominations for all other posts except one.