Wilhelm E. Brown, General Manager of Alpha Travels & Holidays Private Limited, a member of the “Finco Group” was elected as the President of the Travel Agents Association of Sri Lanka (TAASL).
He was elected for the post, during the 41st Annual General Meeting of the Travel Agents Association of Sri Lanka (TAASL), which was held recently in Manila, Philippines. Apart from, Mr. Brown’s election as President for the year 2016/2017 period, Mr. Trevor Rajaratnam, CEO of Travel7 Private Limited was also elected as the Vice President.
In the meantime, the following were elected to the Executive Council of TAASL for the period of 2016 / 17 and those are, Mr. Nishantha Senaveratne, General Manager of Aitken Spence Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Channe Wijemanne, Senior Director of George Steuarts Travel International Ltd, Mr. Riza Ahamat, Managing Director of Hemas Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Jude Condrad, Managing Director of Himpras Tours (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Lawrence Fernando, Managing Director of Lando Travels, Mr. Sanjay Weerakoon, CEO of Mackinnons Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Rimzi Nazeer, Managing Partner of Skymark Travels, Mr. Tillak Dayalan Wickremasinghe, Chairman of Skyways, Mr. Omar – Ul – Shibly Shamsudeen, Director Operations of Traveller Global Destinations & Leisure Holidays (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Niranjan Dalpethado, Manager of Hayleys Travels & Tours (Pvt) Ltd and Mr. S. Paramanathan, Managing Director of Atlas Lanka (Pvt) Ltd as the Immediate Past President.
TAASL was formed in 1974 as a body to represent the interests of the Sri Lankan Travel Agencies as an approved Association of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and currently has a membership of 168 members. At present, the Travel Agents Association of Sri Lanka has a membership of 168 and the AGM was followed by a fellowship held at the Hotel Jen Manila with the presence of the sponsors -M/s ITQ Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.