The 38th Annual Convention of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) will be held from September 29-October 2 at WelcomHotel by ITC Hotels Rama International in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
The theme of this year is ‘Inbound Tourism & Emerging Sustainable Trends’. Rajiv Mehra, President of IATO, Rajnish Kaistha, Senior Vice President of the organisation, will be the Chairman of the Convention along with Sanjay Razdan, honorary Secretary and Jitendra Kejriwal, Chairman, IATO Maharashtra Chapter as the Co-Chairmen. Jaswant Singh, an IATO member from Aurangabad will be the Convention Coordinator, says the statement. Ravi Gosain, Vice President of IATO said that the he expects about 900-1000 delegates from all over the country to participate in the convention.
The participants will include senior officials from the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and States, industry leaders, tourism and hospitality professionals and travel trade media. During the 3-day convention there will be deliberations on ‘burning’ issues during the business sessions being finalised and IATO will have experts in all fields, added Gosain. Members have been advised to block these dates for the IATO Convention and get their air tickets issued on the available fare. Registration details will follow soon.