Rajiv Mehra of Uday Tours & Travels has been elected as its new president at IATO Elections 2021. The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), which represents more than 1,600 inbound tour operators. He will be appointed for two years and will subsequently qualify for another term.
The election was also a significant moment, with 322 of 352 votes being carried today and the highest turnout in the history of IATO elections is said to be.
The race was between Rajiv Mehra’s Moving Forward team and Lally Mathews’ Change Team. It was a struggle for the top spot when Rajiv Mehra received 166 votes against 156 votes from Lally Mathews.
On Left: Mr Pronab Sarkar (Imm. Past President – IATO) Swagatam Tours Pvt. Ltd.
New IATO Office bearers:-
President: Rajiv Mehra
Senior Vice President: EM Najeeb
Vice President: Ravi Gosain
Secretary: Rajnish Kaistha
Joint Secretary: Sanjay Razdan
Treasurer: Sunil Mishra
EC members:
Harish Mathur
Tony Marwah
Vishal Yadav
Deepak Bhatnagar
Manoj Kumar Matta
Allied members:
Zia Siddique
Vijay Sarthi
Ashok Dhoot
The Association said that because of restrictions on coronavirus elections were delayed by 10 months. The new Executive Board Committee has also been announced in addition to the president.
As per the constitution of IATO, a member can hold the same executive position for a maximum of two terms-four years-and after that a member is eligible to run again for a post after a gap of one term.
IATO has 12 Action Committees, each focused on a specialized area headed by a Convenor assisted by his committee members. They are:
- Adventure Tourism Development Committee
- Civil Aviation, Press & PR Committee
- Domestic Tourism Development Committee
- Grievances Committee
- Guides Coordination Committee
- Host Committee
- Hotel Relations Development Committee
- IATO News Committee
- Legal Affairs, Insurance & Consumer Committee
- Privilege Card Development Committee
- Railways Co-ordination & Dev. Committee
- Surface Transportation Development Committee
- Website Development Committee
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