The ITTAA Travel Agencies Association held its annual conference today, after a general meeting of the managers. More than 200 travel agents attended the conference who tried to come from the north and Tiberias, despite the security situation.
This year’s conference was held as a sign of recovery, and parts of it dealt with economic and psychological resilience in times of crisis. This was also the subject of the guest speech, Naor Paktiaz, Vice President of Bari Printing Marketing his stories about how they brought Bari Printing back into action, despite the emergency situation. more severe than the crisis in which some of the travel agencies have been since the beginning of the war.
The conference was opened by Kobi Karni, president of the association, who summarized the main points of activity from the last conference.
Tali said, “My five years at the Travel Agencies Association were the most important and eventful of my life. I went through a crazy roller coaster here.” She described the tourism industry during the corona crisis, activities in the Supreme Court and in the Knesset to open the skies, a time when travel agencies sent many workers to the Stad, and then reached a serious shortage of professional workers when the epidemic closed. , and in the last year again dealing with the cancellation of flights of foreign airlines, and more and more.
Tali, the retiring CEO, invited the new CEO, Rina Kamani, to replace him. “The society is going into the best of hands,” concluded Tali. Rina Kamani congratulated the members on a better year than the previous one, and promised that she would also work to make it better and not be satisfied with Alma’s words.
When Rina and Tali finished their congratulatory speeches, Kobi Karni returned to the stage and presented Tali Lauper with a souvenir on behalf of the association. It was a silver protective plate covered with glass, on which words of blessing are engravedIn recognition and appreciation for leading the travel industry with professionalism and commitment in challenging times“.
This was the most impressive part of the travel agent conference. The shield that Tali received from his hands fell on the platform floor, and broke into two pieces. The wing of the society and its foundation became separated from each other at the connection between them. This action was very symbolic. There were those in the audience who saw it as a sign from heaven. Continuing with this allegory it can be said that Rina’s first task will be to keep the society back to its member base. It may not be difficult, but it will be very interesting.
Eran Yaakov, former head of the Tax Authority, also spoke at the conference, presenting his approach to leadership. The CEO of El Al, Dina Ben Tal Gannasia, was invited to give a speech, sharing with the agents the issues she is dealing with in these difficult days such as dispersing planes until the reducing the risk of injury, instructions for aircrews being short and too simple for El Al when they are not working, difficulties in getting planes and plane parts to operate El Al’s flight schedule, etc. “We are already a military leader, and not just managers of a large company,” she concluded.
The conference was moderated with grace and humor by Rashef Levy. During the conference, a pair of tickets to Spain on the airline Air Europe, represented in Israel by Tel Aviation, a pair of flight tickets donated by Israir, and a cruise ticket on the ship NCL Norway went also collect latest.
