The maiden OTOAI Member’s meet in Ahmedabad was recently held at Hyatt Regency Hotel. It was well attended by 90 guests, sponsors, and office bearers of OTOAI. The agenda for the meet was to introduce OTOAI to the industry in the city, use it as a networking event with members of OTOAI and non-members, with intention to increase the membership base in the state. Along with the networking, the event also included destination, product presentation and presentation by Anil Bhargavan from Tally Solutions, on the implications of GST in the industry.
The office bearers present at the event include Guldeep Sahni, president; Riaz Munshi, vice president; Himanshu Patil, executive committee member; Sujit Nair, executive committee member; Ankush Nijhawan, executive committee member and Vineet Gopal, chapter head, Northern Region.
The event was kick started with a welcome speech by Mahendra Vakharia, chairman, Western Chapter, OTOAI, who welcomed OTOAI office bearers and members, and guests including airline heads based in Ahmedabad. Vakharia urged partners to keep updating the knowledge, and be proud of being part of an industry which is one of the top contributors to world. It was followed by speech and insight on OTOAI from Sahni, who spoke about the future and potential of the outbound tourism industry, and about the Turkey EduCon in March.
Saugat Nandy, director, Western India, Marriott International, explained about the merger, group strength, and about the SPG Pro preferred partner programme for the industry. Whereas other presentations include Nijhawan Group, Dubai Parks & Resorts, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Reunion Island.
“The feedback and response from agents is very encouraging and will definitely motivate us to have many more such events in the future,” OTOAI said in a release.