PATA India elects new team

Chaired by Yogendra Tripathi, Secretary — Tourism, the newly-elected team of PATA India Chapter has a busy year ahead. Its upcoming events include the Update & Outlook Meeting and Tourism Powerhouse.

Nisha Verma

PATA India Chapter recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at The Park New Delhi, where it elected its new Executive Committee and shared plans for the future. Yogendra Tripathi remains the Chairman of PATA India Chapter, while Jatinder Taneja, MD, Travel Spirit International, has been elected Vice Chairman. Vikram Madhok, MD, Abercrombie & Kent India, is now the Honorary Secretary and SanJeet, Director, DDP Publications, has been elected Honorary Treasurer. Runeep Sangha remains the Executive Director.

Addressing the gathering, Tripathi said, “PATA India Chapter has been very active in the last one year, conducting roadshows, B2B meetings, and conferences. I am sure that next year, which will be the 50th year of PATA India Chapter, we would be able to make even more concrete programmes and increase the activities.”

The new team plans to conduct more educational seminars for members and aims to bring the PATA Travel Mart back to India within the next few years. The chapter’s upcoming events include the eighth Update and Outlook Meeting for PATA members and the tourism fraternity on November 21, for which Meenakshi Sharma, Director General – Tourism, Govt of India, has been invited. On December 6, the chapter will host the second edition of Tourism Powerhouse, themed ‘The Big Leap Forward’.