TAFI adds 183 new members

With 12 chapters across India, TAFI has done commendable work. It has managed to add not just 183 new members in India over the last two years, but also organised unique events.

Hazel Jain

The Travel Agents Association of India (TAFI) has managed to add 183 new members over the last two years to its existing 1,400-odd members distributed across 12 chapters. Giving more information on this, Ajay Prakash, President, TAFI, says, “The new members are in chapters other than Mumbai and Delhi, which shows that our chapter teams are doing good work. New members indicate that the trade believes TAFI is an organisation worth belonging to.”

Moreover, for the first time ever, TAFI Western India Region organised a ‘Stakeholders Showcase’ in Mumbai, which brought together eight key suppliers like DMCs, hotels, OTAs, and destinations, and more than 100 TAFI members for a unique one-on-one networking experience. Prakash says, “We hope to host many more tabletop meetings like this in future. No association has done this so far. The Western India chapter took the lead, and within four or five weeks, our Gujarat Chapter replicated it, albeit on a larger scale in Ahmedabad. It was an immersive experience filled with opportunities for networking and collaboration.”

This was the first time it organised the B2B tabletop meet that saw 22 exhibitors, and more than 80-odd members participated from across Gujarat like Mehsana, Vadodra, and Surat. TAFI Western India also organised an educational evening for its members in Mumbai. Sponsored by Global Destinations, the event saw presentations from Fernando Heredia Noguer, Consul General of Spain, in Mumbai, as well as Elisa Robles Fraga, Director – Spain Tourism Board (Tourism Counsellor – Embassy of Spain India). Also present at the event were BLS representatives and Visa Heads from the Spain Embassy. Apart from this, TAFI’s North India Chapter also conducted a meeting in Delhi, which saw over 120 members meeting representatives from airlines, BLS and VFS Global.