Critical times call for extreme and innovate methods and the prevailing times certainly do fall in that category. The travel industry can be seen undertaking a plethora of initiatives to stay afloat and one of them has been the formation of IATTE – Indian Association of Travel and Tourism Experts. IATTE is the first Virtual & Digitalised platform / forum that includes all tourism stakeholders including Hoteliers and Tour Operators under one roof. From late night coffee/Tea/ maggi chats to serious discussions on Zoom, Whatsapp, Facebook, and other social media chats – the members of the association have has various ‘virtual’ discussions but no one has met physically till date. The first online discussion took place on March 21, 2020 where Mr. Naveen Manchanda shared the idea of bringing the different verticals of travel trade together with his travel trade friends on Facebook. The initial discussions happened between 7 people and the platform started taking shape. Naveen Manchanda (President, IATTE) spoke to Veena Robinson, Subhash Verma (National Advisor), Jatin Mehta, Gaurav Khandelwal, Aanal Singh and Nischay Manchanda – and an association was formed.
Some of the Key Highlights of the discussions between IATTE members includes –
- How to balance strategy and operational excellence post COVID
- What should be the focus of the businesses to heal and get strong?
- Introduce a framework for building the muscles of driving excellence
- How to speak with data, manage by facts
- How to avoid panic situations
- Cutting costs – Why it’s not the solution OR is this the solution
- Focusing on efficiency, collaborations and creativity will bring greater gain
- Good processes bring good results to adapt, adopt & accommodate during this Pandemic
This unique FORUM will provide Indian and Global perspectives on how organisations are reacting to these unforeseen circumstances and overcoming challenges by converting them into opportunities. You will have a comprehensive understanding as to what to take back and implement in your operations, processes and business as a whole, which will help place you in a better place than before. Thus, IATTE the first Virtual digitalized Platform formed, which will witness its formal online inauguration on July 23 – 24, 2020 to keep the morale and motivation in the Tourism Industry in high spirits.
