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IATO and TravTalk are organising a motivational session by Roshan Suhail, the renowned communication coach and keynote speaker on Friday 27th November, 2020 at 11:30am. The session titled, ‘Staying up’ will be fruitful in helping the trade to sail through these tough times and prepare ahead. To register, call Jaspreet 9650196532 or email: jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com.

The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) conducted its 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually with members attending the proceedings online while the Executive Committee (EC) presented the financial year’s report physically at The Park Hotel, New Delhi. Sharing updates, the association also put forward its expectations from the next union budget of the government which includes deemed industry status, removal of cascading effects of GST on tourism industry, withdrawal of TCS for overseas tour packages, extension of SEIS among other.  

IATO Elections will be held on 6th March 2021. In a communication released by IATO, on behalf of Homa Mistry, Returning Officer, IATO Elections -2020, it was revealed that in a meeting called by him, it was decided to hold the elections on 6th March 2021. It was also decided to take a call whether to hold the elections with physical presence of the members or to be done online. This will be decided as per prevailing pandemic conditions at that time for which the call will be taken in the beginning of February 2021.

IATO in association with TravTalk is organising a webinar with Art of Living, titled ‘Redesign Your Itineraries – Wellness Tourism’ today at 11:30 am. During the session, Rajeev Nambiar, Director, National Teachers Desk, The Art of Living, will share his thoughts on the subject with the audience, and inspire them to do better planning. To know more and register, contact Jaspreet Kaur at jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call 9650196532.

Ministry of Tourism has sought inputs from IATO on the promotion and marketing of Incredible India. The Ministry desires to plan in advance for these promotions and marketing so that as soon as e-Visa, tourist visa and international flights are announced or resume, it can begin with the promotions and marketing effort in a bid to revive tourism from international market.

IATO in association with TravTalk is organising a webinar with Art of Living on the topic, ‘Redesign Your Itineraries- Wellness Tourism’ on Thursday, November 5 at 11:30 am. During the session, Rajeev Nambiar, Director, National Teachers Desk, The Art of Living, will be sharing his thoughts on the topic with the audience and inspire them to do better planning. To know more and register, contact Jaspreet Kaur at Jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call 9650196532.

IATO in association with TravTalk will be conducting a skill development program for online training of its members on Internet Marketing today from 11:30am to 1pm. Get ready for the masterclass featuring sessions on social media marketing, website marketing and development and effective email marketing. Register at jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com or call on 9650196532.

Randhir Singh Vaghela, Chairman, Gujarat Chapter, IATO, is leading the #JanAndolan campaign that aims to spread awareness about the safety precautions that the industry needs to follow strictly. He says, “I request the travel industry stakeholders to join #JanAndolan for everyday preventive actions to reduce the spread of COVID-19. We must strictly follow three things: wearing a mask at all times, sanitising hands on a regular basis and keep social distancing. For tourism to re-open safely we all have to adhere to this new normal.”

IATO in association with TravTalk is organising a skill development program for online training of its members on Internet Marketing. The masterclass featuring sessions on social media marketing, website marketing and development and effective email marketing starts from October 16. To ensure success post COVID-19, the virtual tour shop is followed by 9 weeks and 40 hours of training. For registration contact Jaspreet Kaur at 9650196532 or Jaspreet.kaur@ddppl.com.

During the motivational session titled ‘Turn Setbacks into Comebacks’ organised by IATO and powered by TravTalk, Shiv Khera, renowned speaker and author, spoke of how a solutions-focused approach will help people during this pandemic. He said, “Let us not overrate this crisis and threat, and let us not underrate our strength to fight and win.”