Hyderabad gears up for Skål Congress
With participation from seven Skål clubs across the country, Skål National Congress in Kochi was a big success. The next big event is the Skål International Congress to be held in Hyderabad and the Skålleagues are all geared up for it.
After a gap of 15 years we have been able to have two successful national congresses; last year in Goa and this year in Cochin. The response has been great and so are the arrangements. We wish more members could have come and enjoyed it. Now it’s up to the club presidents and the members attending the congress to go back and tell their fellow Skålleagues what this is all about so that next time we have double the number of attendees.
I think holding congresses like this is very important for the national body. It brings the entire fraternity on one forum. We have seen great initiatives taken over here by the national body. They have brought together a large delegation. The events and the agenda that they have put together are refreshing and it is good to see the impetus being put into the forum.
It’s been really interesting to have the entire Skål India team here in Kochi. This is our second Skål National Congress. It is a wonderful experience to do business with friends. The friendship we have developed for the past two days and the hospitality of ‘God’s Own Country’ has been the most valuable experience that people will carry with themselves.
The congress has been very successful. After the last one in Goa we won the bid to host the congress this year. We received about 100 delegates from across the country and their guests along with their spouses also attended the function. The presentations were very informative and were jam packed. We are looking forward to the Skål International Congress to be held in Hyderabad next year.
This is a very well organised congress and I am sure all my fellow Skålleagues will agree with me. We are also privileged to be able to host the Skål International Congress in Hyderabad next year. We have succeeded against six other countries in getting to host the Congress. I feel this is the greatest opportunity for India to promote travel and tourism as Skål International is the apex body globally.
This is the second congress we are having after Goa last year and we hope to have this as an annual feature going forward. We have the World Congress in Hyderabad and we are all excited about it and will work hard and lend our support to the Hyderabad team which has done a remarkable job of bringing this platform to India.