Executive Committee Members
MR. HARISH MATHUR
Concord Travels & Tours
E-38, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi - 110016
Ph: 011-41612227
(M): 981 019 1296
Email: harish@concordtravels.com , office@concordtravels.com
Mr. Mathur, was working with hotels like Oberoi in Delhi, Srinagar & Hyderabad and The Surya Sofitel in Delhi for 02 decades since 1974, Mr. Harish Mathur ventured into his own company and opened up Concord Travels & Tours in 1995.
He has successfully established himself as a Tour operator specialized in delegation business from various countries and taking care of state heads of different countries along with organizing mega events. He has also taken care of various corporates for their incentive programmes for their employees and dealer network and have operated across the globe. An avid traveller himself he led the groups to ensure success.
Apart from travel he has also indulged himself in his lifetime passions of music & arts and have established a world class studio where he and other artists nurture their talents. He is also actively involved in arts and have shot a documentary movie which is shown at Delhi International Film festival.
He is a member of IATO for the last 30 years but have contested for the first time.
He remains committed to resolve all the issues in all the capacities of his chair and be transparent for all the members as he strongly believe that the association is for the members and by the members.
MR. TONY MARWAH
Indian Travel Promotion Co. Pvt. Ltd.
Global Center, 327
Udyog Vihar, Phase-II,
Gurgaon - 122 016
Ph: 0124-4785900 (100 Lines),
(M): 98 10 170 671
Fax: 0124-4785950 & 51
Email: info@indiantravelpromotion.com , tonym@indiantravelpromotion.com
Mr. E.M. Najeeb
Airtravel Enterprises India Ltd.
First Floor, New Corporation Building,
Palayam,
Thiruvananthapuram– 695033
(M) : 98 46 063 767
Fax : 0471-2323900
Email : emnajeeb@atetravel.com
Chairman - Airtravel Enterprises Group of Companies
Business interest in Airtravel, Tourism & Leisure, Hospitality, Tourism Consultancy, Advertising, Event Management, Housing and construction, Information Technology, Logistics, and Healthcare.
Expertise in Management, Tourism Management.
Main Initiator of the Public-Private partnership in the Tourism industry in Kerala . One of the frontline players in forming the innovative ‘Kerala Travel Mart’, the mega promotional tool of the Tourism industry in Kerala. Pioneered Helicopter Tourism, Medical Value Travel, and Golf Tourism in Kerala.
Business presence in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Kannur, Calicut, Cochin, and Trivandrum. Overseas Associate offices in AbuDhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Mussafah.
Tourism Expert Member in various Government Committees. Committed campaigner for environment and ecology. Public speaker, writer, and developmental enthusiast.
BUSINESS
Founder Chairman and Managing Director - Airtravel Enterprises India Limited:
Airtravel and leisure company established in 1976 with offices at 11 locations across India.
Group Chairman - The Great India Tour Company Private Limited:
Premier Tourism, Leisure and Destination Management Company, Government of India accredited. Winner of the ‘Best Tour Operator Award’ of the Government of Kerala continuously for four years. Winner of the Galileo Express Award for the Best Regional Tour Operator, for the years 2006 & 2008. Offers Inbound, Domestic and Outbound Tours.
Executive Director - KIMS Health Care Management Limited:
A chain of 6 multi-specialty tertiary care hospitals in India and 5 hospitals in the GCC countries. Also a Cancer Care Hospital in Trivandrum.
Chairman - Green Gateway Leisure Limited:
Hospitality company promoting the 168 key deluxe five star beach and backwaters resort and spa in 45 acres of land at Bekal, Kasargode, North Kerala.
POSITIONS HELD
- Individual Expert Member - National Tourism Advisory Council (NTAC)
- Member of the Tourism Advisory Committee, Government of Kerala.
- Senior Vice President- IATO
- President, Confederation of Kerala Tourism Industry ( CKTI )
- President - Kerala Medical Value Travel Society
- Vice Chairman of the Trivandrum Agenda Task Force (TATF), an organization of leading businessmen and industrialists working for the development of Kerala and Trivandrum.
- Regional Chairman IATO - Southern region and former Chairman - Kerala Chapter.
- Elected member- Kerala State Council - CII.
- Convenor - Healthcare Panel - State Council of CII - 2017-18
- Board Member and Member of the Academic Council- Mar Ivanios College ( Autonomous College)- Board of studies for English.
- Patron, South Kerala Hoteliers Federation (SKHF)
- Member- Governing Council of Tourism & Hospitality Skill Council (THSC).
- Former President of Kerala Travel Mart- KTM for the past six years.
- Past President & Managing Committee Member- Trivandrum Management Association.
- Former President Trivandrum Chamber of Commerce and Indutry (TCCI)
- Former Secretary of Trivandrum Golf Club.
- Former Member of the Syndicate, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kerala
- Former Member of the Committee on State Level ‘Responsible Tourism’ constituted by the Department of Tourism.
- Former Member-Task Force for the Development of Tourism and Smart Waterways in the State Planning Board.
- Former Member of the Faculty of Social Science, Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) Kerala
- Former Member Managing Committee of Trivandrum International Airport Development Society (TRIDAS), constituted by the State Government.
- Former Member of the Board of Studies in Business Management, Kerala University.
- Former Member of Advisory Committee, and visiting faculty of ‘Kerala Institute of Travel & Tourism Studies (KITTS)’, a Government of Kerala undertaking.
- Former Member of the Board of Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University and Kannur University, Kerala
- Former Member of the Tourism Expert Committee, ASSOCHAM, New Delhi
CREATIVE PURSUITS
- Has contributed scores of articles in various magazines and publications in India and abroad.
- Public speaker, literary enthusiast, and creative writer.
RECOGNITIONS
A goodwill ambassador of many causes in the business, cultural and social field.
- Selected among the Travel Industry's 100 most Influential Persons - Award Winners in the category - Outbound Tour Operators, in the survey conducted by OTM, Travel News Digest Publication with Media Partners NDTV Profit.
- Received over 100’s of awards and recognitions for for Business excellence from leading Airlines in the tourism industry.
- Tourism Award for several years from Kerala Government, and National award for one year.
- Management Leadership Award for the year 2003-2004 from the Trivandrum Management Association (TMA)
- MKK Nayar Memorial Productivity Award, by Kerala Productivity Council.
- Conferred the honour of “Professor Emeritus” by the Korean Medical Tourism Association in 2009.
- Won the Mother Teresa Award 2011 by the Socialist Samskara Kendra for the contributions rendered to the Socio Cultural causes
- World Malayalee Council Business Award - 2011 for contribution to Travel & Tourism.
- Business Excellence Award - 2013 by Trivandrum Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
- Won the “Gallery of Legends” award of South India Travel Awards- 2015
- Indywood Business Excellence awards-2018 by the Indywood Billionaires Club
PERSONAL PROFILE
- Graduate in English literature from Kerala University, Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from Bhavan's Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication & Management, and MBA from the New Port University, USA.
Married to Dr. P M Saffia MS MCH, Former Principal and Professor & Head, Department of Plastic Surgery, Government Medical College, Trivandrum. Presently Sr. Consultant - Plastic Surgery and Vice Dean - Academics - Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences ( KIMS)
- Two Sons - Zaheer E.N (B. Tech, MBA), Executive Director - Airtravel Enterprises India Ltd and Tariq E.N (B. Tech), Head - Operations - Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences- Kollam.
- Family- Mrs. Sherin Zaheer w/o Mr Zaheer and two children Manha and Innaya.Mrs Siju Tariq w/o Mr Tariq and daugter Nezha.
- Active Golfer.
Deepak Kumarr Bhatnagar
Minar Travels (India) Pvt Ltd.
29, Regal Building, Parliament Street
Connaught Place
New Delhi - 110001
Tel: 011- 43368700 - 99,
(M): 989 935 8613
Email: deepakkumarr@minartravels.com ,
MR. MANOJ KUMAR MATTA
Oriental Vacations & Journeys Pvt. Ltd.
S-9 & 10, 2nd Floor,
Manish Royal Plaza-2,
Plot No.-20, Sector-10, Dwarka
New Delhi - 110075
Tel: 011-45505050/42758275
(M): 981 166 8071
Email: info@orientaljourneys.in , manoj@orientaljourneys.in
Probably the youngest EC in the current team, Manoj, a gold medalist, has an Electronics and Communication Engineering background however to handle most difficult machine, "The Man Machine", he went back to University and pursued Masters in Tourism Management followed by Ph.D.in Tourism. He also studied German Language at Kurukshetra University and also at Max Mueller Bhawan.
He joined Tourism industry in 1997 as Management Trainee and worked for 8 years with the same company (representative of Nepal`s largest travel company, Yeti Travels) promoting Nepal, Bhutan and India and established a solid agent network across the country before setting up his own company, Oriental Journeys in year 2005 which got changed to Oriental Vacations and Journeys Pvt Ltd. in year 2007. His company is into handling Inbound, adventure, MICE and Domestic Niche tours.
To facilitate his B2B network, he has partner companies in Nepal (Oriental Holidays) and in Bhutan (Bhutan Oriental Vacations and Journeys) as such Oriental Vacations and Journeys does act as DMC for Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet for several renowned inbound tour operators across the country.
He is a self made hardworking professional who is a perfectionist and people`s person. He is a mountain lover and always eager to learn as he firmly believes that learning never ends. He has many awards and accolades in his name.
He is on the panel of various universities and institutions as a visiting faculty, external examiner and an industry expert. He regularly attends various conferences and seminars being organised by the universities.
He is attached to various NGOs to serve the humanity.
In his current position as an EC Active member, he is committed to serve the members and revive the industry. As he himself started from scratch, he understands the problems and issues being faced by small and medium tour operators.
Mr. Zia Siddiqui
Alliance Hotels & Resorts,
108, Tamoor Nagar,
New Friends Colony,
New Delhi - 110065,
Tel: 011-26936973-75
M: 9313057165,
Fax: 011-26936973
Email: ceo@alliancehotels.net
Mr. P. Vijayasarathy
Benchmark Hotels Pvt. Ltd.
141, Ground Floor , Sant Nagar,
East of Kailash,
New Delhi - 110 065,
Tel: 011-41623448/41623449,
M: 98 11 284 529,
Fax: 011-41644787
Email: bhotels@gmail.com
Mr. ASHOK B. DHOOT
Harsh Travels
403, Aryan Work Space,
Opp. Zodiac Plaza St. Xaviers College Corner,
Navrangpura Ahmedabad – 380009, Gujarat
Ph: 079-26402172, 26402173
(M): 982 509 5514
Fax: 079-26402172
Email: info@harshholidays.com ,