UFTAA President to address NANTA as association holds AGM
Posted on: April 7, 2025, by : uguru okorie
Determined to overcome the challenges posed by emerging market forces, Nigeria’s biggest travel trade professionals body, National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), will on Wednesday, April 9th in Lagos, deliberate on key efforts geared towards institutionalising protective measures to insulate and deflate the strange travel trade market viruses troubling the sector and also create opportunities to share and spread prosperity to its members.
The association which was recently readmitted into the fold of global travel trade industry association, the United Federation of Travel Agents’ Associations (UFTAA), whose President, Mr Sunil Kumar is slated to address NANTA members at the event, signifies the intentional search by NANTA President, Mr Yinka Folami and his council to find solutions in addressing frosty issues that have eroded and impacted the once lucrative Nigerian travel trade market.
This gathering, which is tracked under the non-elective 49th Annual General Meeting of the Association with Theme, ‘ Collective Prosperity Through Market Protection,’ will also have other key speakers such as Dr kemi Pinheiro ( SAN) , Dr Joseph KITHITU , President, Kenya Association of Travel Agents, who is also Director/ Vice President UFTAA at the confab which will take place at Mercellina’s Place on Issac John street, Ikeja by 10 am.
The AGM Planning Committee Chairperson and National Publicity Secretary on NANTA, Mrs. Lola Adewole stated that an industry exhibition will be on showcase as part the one day gathering of industry professionals. This will bring critical service providers in the industry and buyers together in order to strategically unveil emerging opportunities and also to provide data to licensed companies and organisations offering different types of travel and tourism experiences and services.