KOCHI:
Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) Society revamped its managing committee for 2019-21, retaining top functionaries including Baby Mathew Somatheeram as the president, Swaminathan S as vice-president and Jose Pradeep as honorary secretary of the organisation that works for the promotion of the state’s tourism with the help of public-private partnership.
The 2000-founded institution, which conducts the biennial KTM that hosts the country’s largest buyer-seller meet in the tourism segment, will have Hari Kumar C as the honorary joint secretary and Scaria Jose as the honorary treasurer. The appointments were made based on an election held last weekend in this city.
The other members of the 17-strong committee are Bony Paul, Janeesh J, Jobin Joseph, Jose Mathew, Lalith Viswakumar, Mallika Dinesh Kumar, Muhammed Ansari K A, P M Ross Masood, Rakesh O M, Riyaz U C, Shilendran M, Tejus Jose. KTM is India’s largest gathering in tourism industry, facilitating meetings involving buyers, sellers, media and government agencies among others.