Bengaluru Skål gets new prez

Manoj Mathew, General Manager, Vivanta by Taj MG Road Bangalore, has been elected the new president of Skål International Bangalore.

TT Bureau

Mathew will lead Skål International Club for the next two year years and succeeds Rajendra Singh Bhati. Mathew is an established leader in the hospitality space and brings over three decades of professional experience, all of which has been with Taj Hotels, Resorts & Palaces in overseas destinations and in various properties in India.

Skål International Bangalore is a professional organisation of tourism leaders around the world, promoting global tourism and friendship. It is the only international group uniting all branches of the travel and tourism industry. It’s members, the industry’s managers and executives, meet at local, national, regional and international levels to ‘Do Business among Friends’. It has over 15,000 members in 83 countries.

Skål International Bangalore will be hosting the Skål International Asia Congress 2019 in June 2019. Over 200 international delegates are expected to participate in this Congress. It will be a great opportunity to showcase tourism in India especially for Karnataka.

The first Club was founded in 1932 in Paris by travel managers, following an educational tour of Scandinavia.

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