Nominations for IATO election, scheduled on 25th April at The Ashok New Delhi, have been released. The last date of withdrawal is today by 3pm. As of now, for the position of the President, there have been five nominations— Rajiv Mehra, Uday Tours & Travels; Amaresh Tiwari, AT Seasons & Vacations Travel; Lally Mathews, Divine Voyages; Rajesh Mudgill, Planet India Travels and EM Najeeb, Air Travel Enterprises. For Senior Vice President, the nominations are— EM Najeeb, Air Travel Enterprises; Lajpat Rai, Lotus Trans Travel; and Sarab Jit Singh, Travelite (India). For Vice President, nominations have been received from Raj Bajaj, Perfect Travels & Tours; Ravi Gosain, Erco Travels; Amaresh Tiwari, AT Seasons & Vacations Travel; Arun Anand, Midtown Travels; Lally Mathews, Divine Voyages; Rajesh Mudgill, Planet India Travels; and Lajpat Rai, Lotus Trans Travel.
For Hony. Secretary, nominations have been received from Rajnish Kaistha, Paradise Holidays India; Raj Bajaj, Perfect Travels & Tours; Ravi Gosain, Erco Travels; Amaresh Tiwari, AT Seasons & Vacations Travel; Lally Mathews, Divine Voyages; Rajesh Mudgill, Planet India Travels; and Sanjay Razdan, Razdan Holidays. For Hony. Treasurer, the nominations have been received from Rajnish Kaistha, Paradise Holidays India; Viney Tyagi, Uni Crystal Holidays; Ravi Gosain, Erco Travels; Arun Anand, Midtown Travels; Sunil Mishra, Cosmos Tours & Travels; Atul Rai, Ananya Tours; Tony Marwah, Indian Travel Promotion Company; and Sanjay Razdan, Razdan Holidays.
For Hony. Joint secretary, Rajnish Kaistha, Paradise Holidays India; Raj Bajaj, Perfect Travels & Tours; Viney Tyagi – Uni Crystal Holidays; Sunil Mishra, Cosmos Tours & Travels; Atul Rai, Ananya Tours; Tony Marwah, Indian Travel Promotion Company; Sanjay Razdan, Razdan Holidays; and Naresh Sharma – Inpac Tours.
For EC Members – Active (5 posts), nominations have been received from Himanshu Agashiwala- Columbus Travels & Services; Mahender Singh, KK Holidays N Vacations; Deepak Gupta, Tour Express; P.S. Duggal, Minar Travels; Manoj Kumar Matta, Oriental Vacations & Journeys; Vikram Madhok, Abercrombie & Kent; Viney Tyagi, Uni Crystal Holidays; Deepak Bhatnagar, Aamantaran Travel Company; V.K.T. Balan, Madura Travel Service; Arun Anand, Midtown Travels; Vishal Yadav, Incredible Destination Management Service; Sunil Mishra, Cosmos Tours & Travels; Atul Rai, Ananya Tours; Tony Marwah, Indian Travel Promotion Company; Harish Mathur, Concord Travels & Tours; Naresh Sharma – Inpac Tours; Ravinder Kumar, Indian Legends Holidays. For EC Members –Allied (3 posts), nominations have been received from Kamlesh Hemchand Lalan, Ravine Trek; Ashok Dhoot, Harsh Travels; Zia Siddiqui, Alliance Hotels & Resorts; A. Aarif – Parveen Travels; P. Vijayasarathy Benchmark Hotels; and Sunil Sikka, Katha Tours.
Two nominations were rejected as not eligible, having not been completed two years as IATO member—Geeta Maheshwari, Hospitality & Marketing Services and Virender Bhan, Ramada Plaza Agra.