Nomination withdrawal extended
Ahead of IATO's biennial election scheduled for April 25, the list of contestants for various posts in the Executive Committee has been released. In wake of the nationwide lockdown, the last date for withdrawing nominations has been extended.
Nominations for the IATO election have been released. The last date of withdrawal of nominations was March 24 (by 3 pm), but after presiding over a meeting of all contestants, the Returning Officer for the election, Akshay Kumar, CEO, Mercury Himalayan Explorations, decided to postpone the date of withdrawal of nominations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Withdrawal of nominations received so far stands invalid. It was also decided that there will be no campaign till such time the new dates are announced.
The position of the President has received 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 VP, the nominations are—
EM Najeeb, Air Travel Enterprises;
Lajpat Rai, Lotus Trans Travel; and Sarab Jit Singh, Travelite (India). For VP, 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 and Lajpat Rai, Lotus Trans Travel.
For Hony Secy, nominations have been received from Rajnish Kaistha, Paradise Holidays India; Raj Bajaj; Ravi Gosain; Amaresh Tiwari; Lally Mathews; Rajesh Mudgill and
Sanjay Razdan, Razdan Holidays. For Honorary Treasurer, Rajnish Kaistha; Viney Tyagi, Uni Crystal Holidays; Ravi Gosain; Arun Anand, Midtown Travels; Sunil Mishra, Cosmos Tours & Travels; Atul Rai, Ananya Tours; Tony Marwah, Indian Travel Promotion Company and
Sanjay Razdan have applied. For Hony Joint Secy, Rajnish Kaistha; Raj Bajaj; Viney Tyagi; Sunil Mishra; Atul Rai; Tony Marwah; Sanjay Razdan and Naresh Sharma, Inpac Tours, have filed nominations. For EC Members – Active, nominations
have been received from Himanshu Agashiwala, Columbus Travels & Services; Mahender Singh, KK Holidays N Vacations; Deepak Gupta, Tour Express; PS Duggal, Minar Travels; Manoj Kumar Matta, Oriental
Vacations & Journeys; Vikram Madhok, Abercrobie & Kent; Viney Tyagi; Deepak Bhatnagar,
Aamantaran Travel Company; VKT Balan, Madura Travel Service; Arun Anand; Vishal Yadav, Incredible Destination Management Service; Sunil Mishra; Atul Rai; Tony Marwah; Harish Mathur, Concord Travels & Tours; Naresh Sharma and Ravinder Kumar, Indian Legends Holidays. For EC Members – Allied, 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.