TAAI Western India EDW in Bhutan
About 50 TAAI members from Mumbai have returned from an Educational Destination Workshops that were held in Bhutan recently. On the cards for the association is the AGM in Mumbai and a new destination for its convention.
The Travel Agents Association of India ( TAAI) Western Region recently concluded the educational trip to Bhutan under its Educational Destination Workshop (EDW) programme for 50 of its agent members from Mumbai. The tour was held from December 18- 21, 2014 and was in collaboration with Druk Air, Sharaf Travels that is the GSA for the airline and Bhutan Bookings along with the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB).
Sampat Damani, Chairman of TAAI Western India Chapter, said, “The EDW in Bhutan was very successful. The group was a good mix of agents who do corporate, leisure, MICE and even Bollywood movements. Fortyseven agents participated as three agents dropped out in the end. The agents interacted | with officials from TCB and the airline.”
He added that the chapter is discussing a few more destinations for more such workshops. “While in Bhutan, the group casually discussed their inclination to explore destinations like Vietnam, Cambodia, Oman, Greece and even Portugal amongst each other. We will explore these destinations and accordingly start a dialogue with the concerned tourism board,” Damani added.
When asked whether there were any new plans that the association will roll out for its chapter members, Damani said that they were in discussion and will be firmed up and announced during their next chapter meeting in mid-February next year. “We have one or two projects in the pipeline but they will be announced only in February since our members will be busy with the various trade events till then,” he added.