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The 32nd Annual Convention of Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) will be held in Chennai from September 18 -21, 2016 at ITC Grand Chola Chennai.
While announcing the host destination, Pronab Sarkar, President, IATO, said, “We were planning to have our convention in Chennai for the last couple of years as IATO never had its annual convention in Tamil Nadu. However, this year, it is going to become a dream come true. From the very beginning, we were focused to have our convention in Chennai only.”
Sarkar mentioned that more than 1200 delegates are expected for the 3-day event.
Rajeev Kohli, Senior Vice President and the Chairman of the Convention commented, “The industry is going through a very bad time and our main focus would be to have deliberations as to how we can change this scenario and bring back tourism on track for which interesting business sessions are being planned.”
Rajiv Mehra, Vice President and Co-Chairman of the Convention mentioned that Tamil Nadu offers A to Z of tourism, be it beaches, pilgrimage, hill station, wildlife, shopping, Ayurveda and medical tourism. “These are our main consideration to have our convention in Tamil Nadu and see the products. Even as per our policy we always try to have convention in different state and try to boost tourism to the state basing our venue of the Convention,” he added.
“Concurrently with our convention, there will be an Indian Travel Mart. It is an opportunity for exhibitors to showcase exciting and diverse range of destinations, conference and incentive venues. This will facilitate discerning buyers from the travel trade and corporate world to reinforce their choice for business travel, incentives etc,” said Lally Mathews, Hony. Secretary, IATO.
Amaresh Tiwari, Hony. Treasurer, IATO is looking to have good participation in ‘IATO Run for Responsible Tourism’ to create awareness about IATO and tourism in general.
Source: travelnewsdigest.in
 will be held in Chennai from September 18 -21, 2016 at ITC Grand Chola Chennai. While announcing the host destination, Pronab Sarkar, President, IATO, said, “We were planning to… "Pin It")