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Mr. Rajesh Arge - President TFM

Mr. Priyank Ranka - Vice President TFM

Mr. Priyank Ranka - Vice President TFM

 Rajesh Arge, MD ‘Om Tourism’ Pune is associated with tourism industry since last 25 years. A true entrepreneur who started with mere selling bus tickets has grown into a trusted DMC for Maharashtra. ‘Maharashtra Maza’ is the brand initiated by Om Tourism to promote Maharashtra in B2B segment. His close association with hotels, vehicle suppliers.  

Mr. Priyank Ranka - Vice President TFM

Mr. Priyank Ranka - Vice President TFM

Mr. Priyank Ranka - Vice President TFM

 Priyaank Ranka, with entrepreneurship and business in blood, Priyank is the Managing director at Altair Holidays Pvt. Ltd. and founder director at Aviorr Resorts and Camps Pvt Ltd.  He specializes in corporate, leisure, MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions/Events) and DMC (Destination Management Services) within Dubai an

 Priyaank Ranka, with entrepreneurship and business in blood, Priyank is the Managing director at Altair Holidays Pvt. Ltd. and founder director at Aviorr Resorts and Camps Pvt Ltd.  He specializes in corporate, leisure, MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions/Events) and DMC (Destination Management Services) within Dubai and Maharashtra. A boutique repost near Shirwal is owned by him. 

He has been awarded by UBM as the Most Preferred Travel and Tour Company in 2018, followed by India travel Awards as Best MICE Operator (West India) in 2019 

Mr. Krishna Gopalan - Secretory TFM

Mr. Priyank Ranka - Vice President TFM

Mr. Krishna Gopalan - Secretory TFM

Krishna Gopalan has 30 years of solid experience in the travel & tourism industry.  currently working as Vice President in Travel Masters (Mumbai) Pvt. Ltd.  Krishna also served as Chairman, Board of Studies Diploma in Travel & Tourism at Maharashtra State Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Pune,  Other portfolios he has

Krishna Gopalan has 30 years of solid experience in the travel & tourism industry.  currently working as Vice President in Travel Masters (Mumbai) Pvt. Ltd.  Krishna also served as Chairman, Board of Studies Diploma in Travel & Tourism at Maharashtra State Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Pune,  Other portfolios he has handled include Chairman, Travel Agents Association of India, Pune Chapter, He is currently sharing his time with Secretary of Skål International India 

Ms. Vaishnavi Watwe - Treasurer TFM

Mr. Manoj Menon - Committee member TFM

Mr. Krishna Gopalan - Secretory TFM

Vaishnavi , Proprietor at  Travel Club.  began her journey in tourism with formal education in Travel & tourism, she holds BA.Tourism degree IGNOU, Brings in more than 15 years of experience in inbound tourism. Starting her tourism journey from Durban, South Africa, she has experimented in different special interest tours like “find your 

Vaishnavi , Proprietor at  Travel Club.  began her journey in tourism with formal education in Travel & tourism, she holds BA.Tourism degree IGNOU, Brings in more than 15 years of experience in inbound tourism. Starting her tourism journey from Durban, South Africa, she has experimented in different special interest tours like “find your Roots” tours for Migrated Indian (अप्रवासी भारतीय) for Northern regions of India & also in Maharashtra for Marathi migrants from Mauritius. With her interests in Photography, Painting, Food she also active in promoting ‘Wine tourism’ in Maharashtra. 

Mr. Sarang Bhide - Committee member TFM

Mr. Manoj Menon - Committee member TFM

Mr. Manoj Menon - Committee member TFM

Sarang has roots into tourism since last couple of decades with specialization in training and education. Currently he is associated with Pune University for a project to showcase “Indian Culture” to global students. As a trainer he is associated with various management institutions like MIT world peace, SP Pune University and leading tra

Sarang has roots into tourism since last couple of decades with specialization in training and education. Currently he is associated with Pune University for a project to showcase “Indian Culture” to global students. As a trainer he is associated with various management institutions like MIT world peace, SP Pune University and leading travel academies in Pune. He holds experience from all segments of tourism from star hotels to adventure travel companies. He is promoter of Sarang Global Tours, a domestic and outbound tour company. “Pedal Wali” for cycle tourism and “iRoots” for heritage tourism are couple of initiatives by him to promote regional tourism in Maharashtra 

Mr. Manoj Menon - Committee member TFM

Mr. Manoj Menon - Committee member TFM

Mr. Manoj Menon - Committee member TFM

Manoj Menon is associated as the Vice President (Operations) at the O Hotel, Pune, Manoj carries a solid experience in Hospitality industry over 30 years. A Sales and Marketing professional by education, Manoj has served as a sales manager, then moving to setting up hotels (14 in all) and running them successfully in Maharashtra, Gujarat 

Manoj Menon is associated as the Vice President (Operations) at the O Hotel, Pune, Manoj carries a solid experience in Hospitality industry over 30 years. A Sales and Marketing professional by education, Manoj has served as a sales manager, then moving to setting up hotels (14 in all) and running them successfully in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa. He champions areas of feasibility study, setting up of hotels, setting up S.O.P’s & the sales team, training, revenue management, designing special packages, the tariff and interface with owners and clients.

Mr. Sagar Shinde - Committee member TFM

Mr. Sagar Shinde - Committee member TFM

Mr. Sagar Shinde - Committee member TFM

Mr. Sagar Shinde is Director at  Platinum Group, with rich experience of more an 24 years in travel industry. 

Platinum group is mainly in transport service , they provide buses, cars, vans on hire , Hotel Reservations, holidays packages. Sagar with his transport industry experience and network lead the transport section in TFM

Mr. Arunabh Sinha - Committee member TFM

Mr. Sagar Shinde - Committee member TFM

Mr. Sagar Shinde - Committee member TFM

Vice President- Sun n Sand Group hotels

Seasoned professional with over 25 years experience in the hotel industry. Having completed tenures at Taj Group of hotels, Sarovar hotels and resorts I am currently leading Sun n Sand hotels Pvt ltd as it’s Vice President.
I am a graduate in Business Administration and have completed 3yr Diploma in Hotel Management, catering and nutrition from IHM Lucknow.

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