Riza Ahamat New President Of IATA Agents Association

Riza Ahamat, the Director / General Manager of Hemas Travels (Private) Limited was elected as the President of the IATA Agents Association of Sri Lanka ( IATA – AASL).

He was elected for the post, during the 26th Annual General Meeting of the IATA Agents Association of Sri Lanka (IATA-AASL), which was held on Thursday, 15th May, 2014 at the APA Hotel & Resort, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Apart from, Ahamat’s election as President for the year 2014/2015 period, Mr. Jude Condrad, Managing Director of Himpras Tours (Pvt) Limited was also elected as the Vice President.

 

In the meantime, the following persons were elected to the Committee of IATA-AASL for the period of 2014 / 15 and those are Nishantha Seneviratne, General Manager of Aitken Spence Travels (Pvt) Ltd,  S. Paramanathan, Managing Director of Atlas Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Suresh Mendis, Chief Executive Officer of Classic Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Rajiv Guruswamy, Chief Executive Officer of Delair Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Channe Wijemanne, Senior Director of George Steuarts Travel International Ltd,  Duminda Kuruwitaarachchi, Director of Go Holidays (Pvt) Ltd,  M.L.C. Fernando, Managing Director of  Lando Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Sonali Liyanamana, Chief Operating Officer of  Mackinnons Travels (Pvt) Ltd,  M. Thanarasa, Director of  Metro Travels (Pvt) Ltd,  Rimzi Nazeer, Managing Partner of Skymark Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Tillak Wickremasinghe, Proprietor of Skyways,  S. Premakumara, Managing Director of Travel World (Pvt) Ltd and Rizmi Reyal, Chairman/ Managing Director of The Traveller Global  (Pvt) Ltd as the Immediate Past President. 

IATA-AASL was formed in 1988 as a body to represent the interests of the Sri Lankan Travel Agencies, accredited by the International Air Transport Association.

 

 

At present, IATA Agents Association of Sri Lanka has a membership of 100.