DRKochi: Abraham George, Chairman and Managing Director of Kochi-based Intersight Tours & Travels Pvt. Ltd., has been inducted into the National Tourism Advisory Council (NTAC) as an ‘individual expert member’. This comes as a major recognition of his expertise and services in the tourism sector.
Abraham George, a recipient of the State Tourism Award for the Best Inbound Tour Operator of Kerala, had earlier served as President of Kerala Travel Mart Society which organises Kerala Travel Mart (KTM), India’s largest annual tourism event.
NTDC, which also includes private sector stakeholders as members, has been constituted to advise the Union Ministry of Tourism on various policy matters relating to the promotion of tourism in the country.
Abraham George’s impressive portfolio of achievements includes being the Managing Trustee of KTM Foundation; Chairman of Kerala Chapter of Association of Domestic Tour Operator of India (ADTOI); Member, Advisory Committee, Kerala Tourism, Govt. of Kerala; and Member, Regional Advisory Committee – Central Excise and Customs, Kerala.
He is the winner of the NDTV Award for the Most Influential Person in Tourism India (2014); The Times of India Award for BRAND ICON in Tourism (2014); Young Entrepreneur Award – World Malayali Council, Zurich (2011); and Responsible Tourism Initiative Award by Kerala Tourism for the ‘Sarathy Sauhrudam Project’ (2012).
Launched in Kochi, in 1996, Intersight Tours & Travels is now a pan-India company with branches in Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Indore, Nagpur, Vadodara and Chandigarh.
