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Mark Meader to chair new WTAAA executive committee
The World Travel Agents Association Alliance (WTAAA) has elected a new executive committee and board.
Outgoing Chair Otto de Vries has served his two-year term as Chair and the WTAAA board thanked him for his service which has seen the WTAAA expand its membership considerably, negotiate for meaningful change with IATA and continue to represent the voice of the travel agency community on the global stage.
The following newly elected WTAAA Executive Committee include:
Chair – Mark Meader – American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA)
Vice Chair – Praveen Chugh – Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI)
Vice Chair – Guillermo Correa Sanfuentes – Federation of Latin American Travel Associations (FOLATUR)
Secretary – Michel de Blust – European Travel Agents and Tour Operators Associations (ECTAA)
Treasurer – Wendy Paradis – Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA)
The following newly elected WTAAA Board (Directors, Deputy Directors) will hold a two-year-term:
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Association Countries/Regions
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Directors
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Deputy Directors
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ABAV Brazil
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Geraldo Jose Zaidan Rocha
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Marcelo Marcos de Oliveira
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ACTA Canada
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Wendy Paradis
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Heather CraigPeddie
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AFTA Australia
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Jayson Westbury
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ASATA South Africa
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Otto de Vries
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Dinesh Naidoo
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ASTA USA
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Mark Meader
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Eben Peck
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CEAV Spain
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Rafael Gallego Nadal
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Eva Blasco
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ECTAA Europe
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Michel de Blust
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Lars Thykier
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FATA ASEAN
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Hamzah Rhamat
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Pauline Suharno
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FOLATUR Latin America
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Guillermo Correa Sanfuentes
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Paula Cortes Calle
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KATA South Korea
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Moo-seung Yang
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Sa-woon Hong
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SIPA Hong Kong
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Larry Lo
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Sunil Nanda
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TAFI India
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Praveen Chugh
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Jayesh Tharani
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TAANZ New Zealand
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Andrew Bowman
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Andrew Olsen
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